Garcia-Pina Rosete Has Paper Published in Academic Journal

Dr. Juan Carlos Garcia-Pina Rosete, assistant professor of management at University of the Ozarks, is the lead author of a paper that has been accepted for publication in the prestigious Meditari Accountancy ResearchJournal.

Garcia-Pina Rosete is the paper's principal author along with co-author Dr. Rafael Hernandez Barros of the EAE Business School in Barcelona, Spain. The paper is titled, "Sustainability Accounting Reporting: Issues for the Automobile Industry."

"I am deeply honored and delighted to announce the publication of our research paper in the Meditari Accountancy Research, a prestigious JCR Q1 journal, which signifies the highest quality and impact in our field," Garcia-Pina Rosete said. "I need to express my heartfelt gratitude to the Lord for His support and guidance throughout this journey, which has been crucial in achieving this milestone."

Garcia-Pina Rosete, a 2004 alumnus of Ozarks who has taught at his alma mater since 2021, said the paper underscores the urgent need for an internationally accepted standard for sustainability accounting reporting across all industries, with a particular focus on the automobile sector.

"By analyzing data from the Newsweek Green Rankings of 25 Global Fortune 500 corporations between 2014 and 2016, the study reveals significant gaps and challenges in current reporting practices due to the lack of standardization," he said. "The findings highlight the benefits of standardized reporting, such as improved data accessibility and the promotion of sustainable practices. The research provides empirical evidence linking sustainable variables with profitability margins, advocating for global standards to enhance transparency and accountability, thus positively impacting corporations, governments, academic researchers, and society as a whole."

Garcia-Pina Rosete called the research paper a team effort.

"I am deeply grateful for our research team's unwavering commitment and meticulous work, whose perseverance and resilience were instrumental, particularly during the extended review process necessitated by the COVID-19 pandemic," he said. "This publication not only highlights the importance of standardized sustainability reporting, but also our commitment to contributing valuable insights and advancing best practices within the automobile industry and beyond. We are proud of our work in such a distinguished journal, and we hope it will inspire further research and positive changes in sustainability accounting practices worldwide."

Meditari Accountancy Research Journal is considered a Q1 journal in Journal Citation Reports (JCR). A Q1 journal is one that ranks in the top 25 percent of journals in its subject category based on its impact factor.

The paper is available to be viewed online at https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/MEDAR-07-2021-1386/full/html

Garcia-Pina Rosete earned a master's degree in business administration with an emphasis in finance from the Universidad Regiomontana in Monterrey, Mexico, before achieving his Ph.D. in business administration from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid in Spain in 2019.

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