Florez Lopez Raquel

Raquel Florez Lopez is a University Professor at the Department of Financial Economics and Accounting, Faculty of Business Sciences, Universidad Pablo de Olavide. She holds a PhD in Business Administration and Management from the University of León (cum laude) and maintains active research collaborations with the Centre for Risk Research (University of Southampton) and Gate to Plate Research Group (University of Portsmouth).

Her research focuses on governance mechanisms for value creation in internationalized SMEs, analyzing management control systems within asymmetrized supply chains and high-risk export environments. Key projects include the Ministry of Science and Innovation's PID2019-104856GB-I00 on value co-creation in international entrepreneurship and the Andalusian Excellence Project SEJ-1933 examining efficiency management in food company exports.

She has published in top-tier journals including Accounting, Organizations and Society, International Business Review, Expert Systems with Applications, and Information Sciences. Her work spans international research initiatives funded by the European Commission (ESPRIT PROJECT 29933) and the UK's Economic and Social Research Council.

• Principal Investigator: PID2019-104856GB-I00 (MEC)
• Principal Investigator: ECO2014-57023-P (National R&D Plan)
• Principal Investigator: SEJ-1933 (Andalusian Excellence Project)

She teaches advanced management accounting, supervises final degree projects across multiple business programs, and conducts research stays at UK institutions. Her academic contributions are recognized through Spain's rigorous research merit system with three active six-year periods and four five-year periods.