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Research Group on Economics and Laws

Research Groups

GRIE (Education)
GREL (Languages)
GRCS (Health)
GRED (Economics and Laws)
GRET (Technology)

Introduction

The Research Group on Economics and Laws (GRED) from the University of Andorra was established in 2008 as Research Group on Financial Economics with the aim of promoting research in the field of business in order to generate and disseminate knowledge and strategies that are useful for the whole of the economic structure.

The objectives of the research group are:

  1. Identifying and classifying intangible assets involved in the management of a company.
  2. Create a model of intellectual capital adapted to the type of organization.
  3. Studying the human capital of organizations.
  4. Studying the quality of service organizations.
  5. Studying organizational learning and its relation to knowledge creation.
  6. Analyze customer satisfaction in the hotel sector.
  7. Analyze the determinants of occupational health and safety in organizations.
  8. Study the factors that determine foreign direct investment.
  9. Study the legal regime of animals.
  10. Carry out the translation from English to Catalan of the International Financial Reporting Standards (NIIF)
  11. Analyze the impact of the new municipal urban planning regulations on the territorial management and sustainable development of Andorra.
  12. Evaluate the regulations, uses and customs of the Andorran protocol to adapt them to international standards.

Members

RM-BW

Rosa M. Mariño Mesías

rmarino@uda.ad

Group coordinator. PhD in Business organization and strategy. Graduate in Economics and business, specializing in the Economy of the company.

Josep Fortó Areny

jforto@uda.ad

PhD in Business organization and knowledge management. Graduate in Business administration, Graduate in Business sciences, Postgraduate in Financial markets, Postgraduate in Financial instruments, Graduate in Mathematics.

cristina fernandez

Cristina Fernández Farina

cfernandezf@uda.ad

PhD in Occupational health and safety. Master’s degree in Occupational risk prevention. Graduate in Social and cultural anthropology. Graduate in Nursing.

Lorena Jordana Carmona

ljordana@uda.ad

PhD in the field of Economics. MSc in International management. MA in European economic integration. Master in Taxation. Graduate in Business administration.

celiaguitian

Celia Guitián Miranda

cguitian@uda.ad

PhD in the field of Laws. Master in Business administration. Graduate in Laws.

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Marta Llorens Ferrer

mllorens@uda.ad

PhD in Law and Law graduate. Licensed attorney at the Barcelona Bar Association, specialized in Public Law, particularly in public procurement, property, and urban planning.

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Beatriz Blanc Uclés 

bblanc@uda.ad

PhD in Law and Social Sciences. Master’s degree in European Communities and European Union. Postgraduate diploma in Protocol and State and International Ceremonial.

Ongoing projects

Line 1: Andorra’s Tourism Sector

Objectives:
  • To assess customer satisfaction with Andorra’s ski sector and propose a service quality model for the sector.
  • To assess customer satisfaction with the Andorran hotel sector and develop a model proposal.
  • To identify and study the elements of intellectual capital in Andorra’s hotel and ski sectors, with the aim of proposing improvements for their management.
Actions carried out:
  • Study of customer satisfaction with Andorra’s hotel sector based on information gathered from specialized websites (Booking).
  • Collection and analysis of data forming part of the intellectual capital of the Andorran hotel sector, and proposal of an intellectual capital model for this sector.
  • Evaluation of the importance given by experts to the various elements that make up the intellectual capital of alpine ski resorts.
  • Study of data obtained on customer satisfaction with Andorra’s ski sector. This action is carried out jointly with researchers from Pompeu Fabra University.
  • Proposal of a service quality model for Andorra’s ski sector. This action is also carried out jointly with researchers from Pompeu Fabra University.

Line 2: Economic and Regulatory Development in Andorra

Objectives:
  • To translate the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) from English into Catalan.
  • To explain the behaviour of multinational companies in Andorra, including their motivations for entering the Andorran economy and their operations once established in the country.
  • To analyse the factors influencing occupational health and safety in Andorra’s ski resorts.
Actions carried out:
  • Translation and conceptual review of the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). This action is carried out jointly with researchers from the University of Barcelona and the Open University of Catalonia.
  • Analysis of economic, political, and institutional reforms aimed at attracting foreign direct investment.
  • Study of the key factors determining foreign direct investment in Andorra. This project is carried out in collaboration with Andorra Business.
  • Analysis of ski resort workers’ perceptions regarding occupational health and safety.
  • Study of the most commonly used tools for assessing psychosocial risks in organizations, with the aim of promoting occupational safety.

Line 3: The Legal System in Andorra

Objectives:
  • To analyse the adequacy of existing regulations regarding animal welfare in Andorra and propose improvements to align them with international standards.
  • To analyse the impact of updates to Andorra’s municipal urban planning regulations on land management and sustainable development.
  • To conduct a qualitative analysis of the legal framework governing Andorran institutions in matters of official protocol, in order to adapt regulations to international standards in the areas of Institutional Law, Honorary Law, and International Law.
Actions carried out:
  • Review of the legal regime governing animals in Andorra.
  • Review and comparison of new or updated municipal urban planning ordinances.
  • Preparation of a Manual of Protocol and Ceremonial Practices of Andorra.

PARTICIPATION IN SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEES OF JOURNALS 

Rosa M. Mariño is a member of the Scientific Committees of the following journals:

PARTICIPATION OF GRED MEMBERS IN OTHER RESEARCH GROUPS

  • Rosa M. Mariño is a member of the Asociación Española de Contabilidad y Administración de Empresas. Comisión de Turismo de AECA.

Publications

Doctoral theses

Guitián Miranda, C. (2025). La protecció jurídica dels animals al Principat d’Andorra: perspectiva administrativa i penal. (Tesi doctoral). Universitat d’Andorra.

Jordana Carmona, L. (2024). Reformes institucionals i la seva contribució a l’enfortiment dels factors d’atracció d’inversió estrangera directa. El cas del Principat d’Andorra. (Tesi doctoral). Universitat d’Andorra.

Fernández Farina, C. (2020). Relació entre l’avaluació, la percepció i la gestió dels riscos laborals en els dominis d’esquí alpí d’Andorra. (Tesi doctoral). Universitat d’Andorra

Fortó Areny, J. (2017). Proposta d’un marc conceptual per a modelar l’aprenentatge organitzatiu i la creació de coneixement. Una aplicació en organitzacions d’ensenyament superior. (Tesi doctoral). Universitat d’Andorra.

Mariño Mesías, R. M. (2015). Proposta d’un model relacional entre el capital humà i la qualitat de servei. Una aplicació al sector bancari andorrà. (Tesi doctoral). Universitat d’Andorra.

Congresses, journal articles and books

2025

  • Llorens Ferrer, M. (2025). Expedientes de protección de la legalidad urbanística: estímulo para la regularización de situaciones urbanísticas no ajustadas a la legalidad urbanística. En Subirana, S.; Fortuny, M. (Dir.), Compliance en el Sector Público (567-596). Ed. Aranzadi.

2024

2023

  • Mariño, R. M., & Sabrià, B. (2023). El compromiso de la Universidad de Andorra con los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible. Dins García Gutiérrez, J., Amador Morera, F.J. y Cano Ramírez, A. (Eds.) (2023) El aprendizaje-servicio universitario ante los retos de la agenda 2030. (Editorial UNED, 530-537). https://www.librosuned.com/compras/detalle.aspx?isbn=9788436280210
  • Fernández-Farina, C., Sabrià-Bernadó, B., & Mariño-Mesías, R.M. (2023). Estudio del comportamiento del riesgo en función del sexo, tipo de contrato y accidente laboral previo. ORP Journal XXIII. https://www.orpjournal.com/index.php/ORPjournal/issue/view/17
  • Pérez-Bonaventura, M., Fortó-Areny, J., & Mariño-Mesías, R.M. (2023). Las redes sociales de universidades públicas de Andorra, España y Francia. Visual Review. International Visual Culture Review. Revista Internacional de Cultura Visual, 14(2), 2-13. https://doi.org/10.37467/revvisual.v10.4609
  • Guitián Miranda, C. & Navarro Villanueva, C. (2023). El régimen jurídico de los animales en el Principado de Andorra: evolución histórica y perspectivas futuras. Revista Chilena de Derecho Animal, 4, 71-89.
  • Jordana-Carmona, L., Mariño-Mesías, R.M., & García-De la Cruz, J.M. (2023, Juny). Andorran Policy Measures to Enhance Foreign Direct Investment. Presentat al 6th International Conference on Advanced Research in Management, Business and Finance, Amsterdam. Online.
  • Fernández-Farina, C., Mariño-Mesías, R.M., & Sabrià-Bernadó, B. (2023, Maig). Instrumentos más utilizados en la evaluación de los riesgos psicosociales. Presentat al VI Simposio Ibérico de Riesgos Psicosociales (SIRPS), Alcalá de Henares. VI SIRPS, 77-85.
  • Fernández-Farina, C., Sabrià-Bernadó, B., & Mariño-Mesías, R.M. (2023, Abril). Estudio del comportamiento del riesgo en función del sexo, tipo de contrato y accidente laboral previo. Presentat al XXIII ORP Congreso Internacional, Bilbao. Actas del XXIII Congreso Internacional ORP Conference.
  • Jordana-Carmona, L., García-De la Cruz, J.M., & Mariño-Mesías, R.M.(2023, Gener). Economic and Political Reforms and Foreign Direct Investment in Andorra. Presentat al 42nd Eurasia Business and Economics Society Conference, Lisboa. Online.

2022

  • Pérez-Bonaventura, M., Fortó-Areny, J., & Mariño-Mesías, R.M. (2022, Octubre). Las redes sociales de universidades públicas de Andorra, España y Francia. Presentat al Congreso Universitario Internacional sobre la Comunicación en la Profesión y en la Universidad de hoy: Contenidos, Investigación, Innovación y Docencia (CUICIID). Online.
  • Sabrià-Bernadó, B., Mariño-Mesías, R.M., & Fernández-Farina, C. (2022, Octubre). Evolución de la siniestralidad laboral en los dominios esquiables de Andorra. Presentat al X Congresso Vertentes e Desafios da Segurança (VDS), Leiria. X VDS, 103-112.
  • Jordana-Carmona, L. (2022, Agost). L’impacte de l’estratègia d’obertura econòmica del Principat en l’àrea Andorra-Pirineus. Presentat a la 35a Diada andorrana a la 54a UCE, Prada de Conflent.
  • Fernández-Farina, C., Sabrià-Bernadó, B., & Mariño-Mesías, R.M. (2022, Abril). Riesgos en el dominio de salud y seguridad de la escala DOSPERT entre los empleados del sector del esquí andorrano según el sexo. Presentat al V Simposio Ibérico de Riesgos Psicosociales (SIRPS), Aveiro. V SIRPS, 98-103.

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