JOANNA WYROBEK Ph.D.
SUMMARY
SOFT SKILLS
TECHNICAL SKILLS
TIMELINE OF KEY CAREER EVENTS
Initiated her academic journey as a Research and Teaching Assistant at Cracow University of Economics.
Appointed as Adiunkt (Assistant Professor) in Corporate Finance following the completion of her doctoral studies.
Completed her habilitation and was subsequently promoted to University Professor (prof. UEK) at Cracow University of Economics.
Awarded the UEK Rector’s Individual and Team Scientific Awards as well as the Ministry of Science and Higher Education Team Award.
Continued to publish on critical issues such as low-carbon development, environmental policies, and innovative data-driven analyses in finance.
EXPERIENCE
- Mentoring
- Scientific support
- Motivation
- Ensuring scientific quality
- Compliance with CUE regulations
- InVoting on the appointment or rejection of Ph.D. dissertation supervisors
- Approving or denying the conferral of the doctoral degree
- Reviewing and approving changes in dissertation supervisors
- Approving proposed topics for doctoral dissertations
- Initiating doctoral and postdoctoral (habilitation) proceedings
- Closing doctoral and postdoctoral (habilitation) proceedingsUEK - Krakow's University of Economics
- Expert opinions
- Research projects
- Supervision of graduate and doctoral candidates
- Teaching courses in corporate finance
- Research in corporate finance
- Computer architecture
- Introduction to Vue.js
- Introduction to React
- Introduction to Javascript
- Introduction to Python
- Introduction to Java
- Introduction to C++
- Introduction to C
- Assembly language
- Artificial Intelligence
- Data mining
- Machine learning
- Rule-based systems
- Neural networks
- Genetic algorithms
- Fuzzy logic
- Maintaining the department's website
- Teaching Advanced Corporate Finance
- Teaching Financial Analysis
- Business Valuation
- Long-Term Financial Decisions
- ACCA F9 Financial Management
- Business Fraud Prevention
- Cost Accounting
- Financial Planning
- Maintaining the department's website
- Teaching Corporate Finance
- Teaching Financial Analysis
- Luquidity Management
- Intorduction to Investments
- Investment Project Evaluation
- Teaching Excel
- Teaching Ms Excel VBA
EDUCATION
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
- Individual Scientific Award (Second Degree)
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Team Scientific Award (First Degree)
Recognized for outstanding academic and research achievements based on contributions during 2017.
- Acknowledged for excellence in organizational and educational contributions at Cracow University of Economics.
- Secured funding from the National Science Centre (NCN) for projects such as research on the financial viability of wind farms, reinforcing the quality and impact of her research proposals.
RESEARCH CONTRIBUTIONS
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Finance & Financial Management:
Focused on how enterprises manage finance and capital structure, with extensive work in corporate finance theory and practice.
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Fraud Detection & Predictive Financial Modeling
Developed advanced methodologies using artificial intelligence and machine learning to detect financial fraud and analyze financial irregularities.
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Interdisciplinary Projects:
Participated in major initiatives such as the “Socio-economic Consequences of the Fourth Industrial Revolution,” integrating finance with emerging technologies and sustainability challenges.
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Contemporary Issues:
Recent studies have addressed topics like the economic determinants of low-carbon development, environmental policies on renewable energy production, and innovative decision- tree algorithm applications (e.g., analysis of COVID19 outcomes).
PUBLICATIONS
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Financial Manipulation Research
- 2024 Applications of machine learning and artificial intelligence methods to detect financial irregularities in companies
- 2023 Application of Machine Learning Techniques and Artificial Intelligence to Detect Financial Irregularities in Commercial Companies
- 2015 Manipulations of Financial Statements in the Polish Accounting and Role of Financial Audit in Their Detection
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Forecasting Bankruptcy
- 2018 Predicting Bankruptcy at Polish Companies: A Comparison of Selected Machine Learning and Deep Learning Algorithms
- 2019 Efficiency of Gradient Boosting Decision Trees Technique in Polish Companies' Bankruptcy Prediction
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International Finance
- 2019 Impact of internationalization on the capital structure of commercial companies
- 2011 Impact of exports on the volatility of profitability indices of WSE companies
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Interdisciplinary
- 2023 Challenges for the education system in the era of the fourth industrial revolution
- 2021 The impact of environmental policy stringency on renewable energy production in the Visegrad Group countries
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Sectoral analysis
- 2021 Analysis of financial problems of wind farms in Poland
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Labor economics
- 2016 Changes in labor productivity and labor costs in Poland and the competitiveness of the Polish economy
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Financial analysis methodology
- 2012 Empirical Problems with Application and Interpretation of Financial Analysis in a Company
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Profit management and crime
- 2012 Creative Accounting in Poland
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS & ACTIVITIES
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Cracow University of Economics:
Faculty member in the Department of Corporate Finance, actively involved in teaching, research, and supervision of graduate and doctoral candidates.
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Academic Committees:
Serves as a member of the Discipline Council for Economics & Finance, contributing to academic governance and doctoral/habilitation processes.
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Research Collaborations:
Engages in both national and international research networks, contributing to interdisciplinary projects that bridge traditional finance and emerging technological innovations.
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Professional Networks:
Listed on research platforms like ResearchGate and ORCID, supporting ongoing collaboration with scholars worldwide.
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