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Dra. Elisa María Aracil Fernández

Current position:
Associate Professor
Association date:
01/Sep/2020
Location:
AA23. OD-414
Phone extension number:
+34 91 542-2800 ext. 2395
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Biography:

Elisa Aracil holds a degree in Business Administration from CUNEF - Universidad Complutense de Madrid. She has ten years-experience at investment banking in the institutional equities division at Morgan Stanley. She holds a PhD from Universidad Rey Juan Carlos in Sustainable Banking. She has lectured in graduate and post-graduate levels at both public and private universities. Currently she works as a researcher for Instituto de Investigación Tecnológica, where she coordinates the Smart Management for Sustainability area, and as a lecturer in the Economics Department at ICADE. Her research focuses on sustainable corporate strategies, their instrumental value and their contribution to sustainable development. In addition, she presents her work at international academic conferences. Finally, she is a reviewer for ranked academic Journals and a member of the CETIS Phd Program, at Universidad Pontificia Comillas.


Areas of interest:

Corporate strategy, sustainability, innovation and digitalization, development economics, savings and investment products, sustainable finance, financial markets, stakeholder capitalism.


Journal Publications

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Ph.D. Thesis

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Conference Papers

show 7 conference papers

Books and Book Chapters

show 8 books and book chapters

International Exchanges

  • May 2022, Management Department, Sapienza Università di Roma. Rome (Italy).
show 1 international exchanges

Invited Conferences and Seminars

  • Conference "Understanding demographic transformation to inspire a new economic and social paradigm: the Senior Economy Tracker" II Encuentro de Longevidad. Cátedra Iberdrola de Ética Económica y Empresarial. Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Madrid (Spain). Oct 2024.
  • Seminar "Monitoring socioeconomic readiness for the demographic transition: Introducing the Senior Economy Tracker" Seminars of the Economic Research Portal at the Banco de España. Banco de España. Madrid (Spain). Oct 2024.
  • Conference "Multinational enterprises as agents of global transformation. A review and framework for scaling up solutions to Grand Challenges" Global Strategy Journal Idea & Paper Development Workshop. Norwegian University of Science and Technology - NTNU. Ålesund (Norway). Sep 2024.
  • Conference "Progress towards longevity economics: the silver economy tracker" I Encuentro sobre longevidad y bienestar social y económico. Cátedra Iberdrola de Ética Económica y Empresarial. Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Madrid (Spain). Jun 2023.
  • Chair in "Round table: The challenge of sustainability for the financial sector". Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Madrid (Spain). Oct 2022.
  • Chair in "Round table: Analysis of current challenges" Foro anual «La Aceleración de la Transición Ecológica como Respuesta a los Retos Actuales». Grupo Español para el Crecimiento Verde (GECV). Madrid (Spain). Jun 2022.
  • Chair in "Round table: ESG challenges in the 4th industrial revolution". Cátedra de Industria Conectada. Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Madrid (Spain). Jun 2022.
  • Workshop "AMR Idea Development Workshop". Academy of Management. Madrid (Spain). Apr 2022.
  • Conference "An analytical framework for the silver economy in Europe" Conferencia sobre el futuro de Europa (COFE). Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Madrid (Spain). Mar 2022.
  • Round table "We will live 100 years: rethinking the economics of longevity in Europe" Conferencia sobre el futuro de Europa (COFE). Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Madrid (Spain). Mar 2022.
  • Conference "Silver economy" III Jornadas «Mayores y postpandemia: derechos, riesgos y oportunidades». Observatorio de Conciliación, Corresponsabilidad y Diversidad. Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Madrid (Spain). Nov 2021.
  • Round table "The demographic challenge and the Silver Economy" Semana de la Ciencia y la Innovación 2021. Fundación para el conocimiento madri+d. Comunidad de Madrid. Madrid (Spain). Nov 2021.
  • Conference "The silver economy tracker, an interdisciplinary approach" Measuring the silver economy: impact and metrics. An interdisciplinary approach to ageing societies. Universidad Pontificia Comillas; Centro de investigación Ageingnomics - Fundación MAPFRE. Madrid (Spain). Jun 2021.
  • Presentation "Ageingnomics. The economics of aging" Foro de Fundaciones y sociedad civil Demos 2020. Asociación Española de Fundaciones para el desarrollo de la sociedad civil (AEF). Madrid (Spain). Dec 2020.
  • Conference "Impact of COVID on Latin America" COVID-19 Webinar. Geneva Centre for Security Policy. Online. Jun 2020.
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Organization of Scientific Meetings

  • Organization of "Round table: The challenge of sustainability for the financial sector". Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Madrid (Spain). Oct 2022.
  • Organization of "Workshop «Recent contributions in climate finance»". Cátedra de Estudios Sobre el Hidrógeno; y Cátedra de Caixabank Economía Sostenible. Madrid (Spain). Jun 2022.
  • Organization of "Climate change and climate finance: the key role of the banking sector in emerging markets". Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Madrid (Spain). May 2022.
  • Organization of "Banking on ESG. Microfinance in Spain". Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Madrid (Spain). Apr 2022.
  • Organization of "Conference on the future of Europe (COFE). Round table: We will live 100 years: rethinking the economics of longevity in Europe". Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Madrid (Spain). Mar 2022.
  • Organization of "Measuring the silver economy: impact and metrics. An interdisciplinary approach to ageing societies". Universidad Pontificia Comillas; Centro de investigación Ageingnomics - Fundación MAPFRE. Madrid (Spain). Jun 2021.
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Media and research dissemination

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Fellowships and Awards

  • «So good but so far away? How institutional distance shape subsidiaries’ reputation building from multinationals’ corporate social responsibility.» "Best paper award on “Management Challenges in Business for Society” on the EURAM 2023". European Academy of Management (EURAM). Dublin (Ireland). Jun 2023.
  • Fellowship "Erasmus Scholarship «Teachers / Researcher» Training". Sapienza Università di Roma. Rome (Italy). May 2022.
  • «La responsabilidad corporativa de emergencia en tiempos de conmoción» "Estudios Financieros 2020 Award on Accounting and Business Administration". Centro de Estudios Financieros (CEF). Madrid (Spain). Oct 2020.
  • «Redefining boundaries and scope in financial services firms: the complementarity between digitalization and corporate sustainability capabilities » "II Prize Bankinter Consumer Finance-ICADE to Business Ethics Research, CSR, Corporate Governance and Sustainability". Bankinter Consumer Finance; Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Madrid (Spain). Jun 2019.
  • «Redefining boundaries and scope in financial services firms: the complementarity between digitalization and corporate sustainability capabilities » "Finalist Award for the best work- XXIX ACEDE Congress". Asociación Científica de Economía y Dirección de la Empresa (ACEDE). Corunna (Spain). Jun 2019.
  • «Sustainable Banking and developing markets: Leading to (mutual) prosperity » "Second prize Best communication in I Workshop ACEDE financial section". Asociación Científica de Economía y Dirección de la Empresa (ACEDE). Santander (Spain). Apr 2016.
  • «¿La sostenibilidad genera valor? Un análisis de los bancos europeos cotizados en DJSI en el período 2003-2013. » "Finalist award Estudios Financieros 2015". Centro de Estudios Financieros (CEF). Madrid (Spain). Oct 2015.
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