Rodrigo Basco

E-mail: bascorodrigo@gmail.com
Nationality: Argentinian – Spanish

University Studies

• 2000–2005 Ph.D. in Business Administration, Complutense University, Madrid.
• 1999–2000 Master in Business Administration, Antonio de Nebrija University, Madrid
• 1994–1998 B.A. of Business Sciences (Accounting), Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Argentina

Research Experience

• 2016 – Associate Professor and Sheikh Saoud bin Khalid bin Khalid Al-Qassimi Chair in Family Business.
• 2015 Visiting Researcher at University of Edinburgh.
• 2013-present Research fellow at the Witten Institute for Family Business, Witten/Herdecke University (Germany).
• 2010–2013 Research fellow at the Regional Science and Public Policy Institute at Universidad Católica del Norte. Antofagasta, Chile.
• 2009 Post-doctoral student at the Jönköping International Business School (JIBS), Center for Family Enterprise and Ownership (CeFEO), Sweden.
• 2006–2009 Researcher at Complutense University, Madrid (Chair of Family Business).

Academic Experience
Teaching Experience for University Courses

• “Fundamentals of Family Businesses” at American University of Sharjah, UAE, 2016
• “Organizational Behavior” at American University of Sharjah, UAE, 2016
• “Entrepreneurship in family business” at Witten/Herdecke University, Germnay, 2014
• “Entrepreneurship in family business” at Witten/Herdecke University, Germnay, 2013
• “Microeconomics” at Universidad Católica del Norte, Antofagasta, Chile, 2012
• “Introduction to Economics” at Universidad Católica del Norte, Antofagasta, Chile, 2012
• “Family Business and Regional Development” at Universidad Católica del Norte, Antofagasta, Chile, 2011 (one-year undergraduate research course).
• “Microeconomics” at Universidad Católica del Norte, Antofagasta, Chile, 2010

Teaching Experience for Executive Education

• “Family Firm, Bridge to the Future” 6 seminars at the Association of Registered Companies of Madrid (European Commission Program), 2007–2008.

Books Published

• Pérez R. M. J., Basco, R., García-Tenorio R. J., Giménez S. J., & Sánchez Q. I. (2007). Fundamentos en la dirección de la empresa familiar. Emprendedor, empresa y familia. (Family Business Management. Entrepreneur, Business and Family). Thomson, Madrid ISBN: 8497325087.
• Basco, R. (2007). Guide for the Entrepreneurial Tourism Business in Madrid. La Viña, Madrid.

Articles Published in Peer-Reviewed Journal

• • Calabrò, A., Campopiano, G., Basco, R., & Pukall, T. (2016). Governance structure and internationalization of family-controlled firms: The mediating role of international entrepreneurial orientation. European Management Journal, Forthcoming.

• • Basco, R., & Calabrò, A. (2016). ``Whom do I want to be the next CEO?’’ Desirable successor attributes in family firms. Journal of Business Economics, Forthcoming.

• • Stough, R.; Welter, F.; Block, J.; Wennberg, K.; & Basco, R. (2015). Family Business and Regional Science: ‘Bridging the Gap. Journal of Family Business Strategy, 6 (4), 208–18.

• • Basco, R. & Calabró, A. (2015). Who should sit there? Effects of Family-oriented Objectives on Board Composition. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing, Forthcoming.

• • Basco, R. (2015). Family Business and Regional Development: A Theoretical Model of Regional Familiness. Journal of Family Business Strategy, 6(4), 259-271.

• • Basco, R., & Voordeckers, W. (2015). The relationship between the board of directors and firm performance in private family firms: A test of the demographic versus behavioral approach. Journal of Management & Organization, 21(4), 411–435.

• • Amorós, J. E., Basco, R., Romaní, G.,  (2015). Determinants of early internationalization of new firms: the case of Chile. International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, 12(1), 283-307.

• • Basco, R. (2014). Exploring the influence of the family upon firm performance: Does strategic behaviour matter? International Small Business Journal, 32(8), 967-995.

• • Basco, R. (2013). The family’s effect on family firm performance: A model testing the demographic and essence approaches. Journal of Family Business Strategy, 4(1), 42-66.

• • Basco, R., & Pérez Rodríguez, M. J. (2011). Ideal types of family business management: Horizontal fit between family and business decisions and the relationship with family business performance. Journal of Family Business Strategy, 2(3), 151-165.

• • Rodríguez, M. J., & Basco, R. (2011). The Cognitive Legitimacy of the Family Business Field. Family Business Review, 24(4), 322-342.

• • Basco, R. (2010). Tipo de orientación y prácticas de dirección y gobierno. Un estudio aplicado a las empresas familiares españolas. Revista Europea de Dirección y Economía de la Empresa, 19(2), 129-144.

• • Basco, R., & Pérez Rodriguez, M. J. (2009). Studying the Family Enterprise Holistically Evidence for Integrated Family and Business Systems. Family Business Review, 22(1), 82-95.

• Basco, R. (2006). La investigación en la empresa familiar: “Un debate sobre la existencia de un campo independiente”. Investigaciones Europeas de Direccion y Economía de la Empresa, 12(1), 33-54.

Papers Presented at Conferences

• • Basco, R. (2015). Opportunity-oriented and family-oriented owner-managers. Presented at 15th Annual Conference of the European Academy of Management. Warsaw, Poland. June.

• • Basco, R (2015). Family business and regional public policy. Presented at 15th IFERA conference. Hamburg, Germany. June.

• • Basco, R. (2015). An exploratory study of opportunity-oriented and family-oriented owner-managers. Presented at UEBS-Strategy conference. University of Edinburgh Business School, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.

• • Basco, R. (2014). Family business and regional development. presented at 13th IFERA conference. Lappeenranta, Finland, June.

• • Basco, R. & Bartkeviciute, I. (2014). Is there any room for family business into European Union 2020 Strategy? Family business and regional public policy, preented at EIASM 8th Workshop on Family Firm Management Research. Bergamo, Italy.

• • Vecchiarini, M., Basco, R., & Calabrò, A. (2014). Untangling Board Composition in Family Firms: Main Effects on Firm Performance. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2014(1), 15187.

• • Basco, R.; De Massis, A; Kotlar, J. (2013). Search breadth and innovation in family firms: Evidence from a natural-resource based cluster in Chile, presented at 13th IFERA conference. St. Gallen, Switzerland.

• • Basco, R. (2012). Determinants of family and non-family member nomination in the succession of privately-owned family firm, presented at EIASM 8th Workshop on Family Firm Management Research. Jönköping, Sweden, May.

• • Basco, R. (2012). The way Family contributes to family firm performance. A model to put demographic and essence approach to a test, presented at 8th FERC Conference. Montreal, Canada, April.

• • Basco, R. (2011). Family-business decision-making and strategic behaviour fit and its relationship with performance, presented at 11th annual IFERA World Family Business Research Conference. Sicily, Italy, July.

• • Basco, R. (2011). How family-oriented objectives affect the relationship between ownership concentration and board composition, presented at 1ºannual IFERA-America conference. Bogota, Colombia, March.

• • Basco, R., & Pérez Rodriguez, M. J. (2010). Ideal profiles of family businesses. Horizontal fit between family and business decisions and its relationship with performance, presented at 10th annual IFERA World Family Business Research Conference. Lancaster, UK, July.

• • Basco, R., & Pérez Rodriguez, M. J. (2010). Legitimacy and splendour of family business field, presented at 8th International Academy of Management and Business (IAMB). Madrid, June.

• • Basco, R., & Pérez Rodriguez, M. J. (2010). Family-Enterprise Management, presented at 8th International Academy of Management and Business, Madrid (IAMB). Madrid, June.

• • Basco, R., & Pérez Rodriguez, M. J. (2010). The impact of board roles as a mediator variable on the board composition-performance relationship in family businesses, presented at 6th Workshop on Family Firms Management Research (EAISM). Barcelona, June.

• • Basco, R., & Pérez Rodriguez, M. J. (2010). The second decade of the 21st century legitimacy and splendour of the family business field through a new core knowledge, presented at 6th Workshop on Family Firms Management Research (EAISM). Barcelona, June.

• • Basco, R., & Pérez Rodriguez, M. J. (2009). The concept of Family-Enterprise Management. A model and empirical test, presented at 9 th annual IFERA World Family Business Research Conference Global Perspectives on Family Business Developments. Cyprus, June.

• • Basco, R., (2008). Taxonomy of Family Enterprises and It´s Relationship with Performance, presented at the First International Conference of the Pontifica University of Salamanca. Salamanca, April.

• • Basco, R., & Pérez Rodriguez, M. J. (2005). Profiles of Family Businesses According to the Orientation of Management Practices and Government and Their Relationship with Results. Applies to a sample of Spanish companies, presented at the Fourth International Conference of the Iberoamerican Academy of Management. Nova University of Lisbon. Lisbon, December 2005.

• Basco, R., & Pérez Rodriguez, M. J. (2005). The Human Resource Practices in the Model of Professionalising the Family Business, presented at the “International Workshop V Human Resources” of the Pablo de Olavide University. Sevilla, May.

Speeches Presented

• Basco, R. (2016). Family Businesses – Made by Paradoxes. Presented at University of Valladolid (Spain)
• Basco, R. (2016). “Scenes From a Marriage – Family Business and Marketing”. Research Seminar at American University of Sharjah (United Arab Emirate).
• Basco, R., Martin Cruz, N., Rodriguez, A. I., & Barros, I. (2016). An Exploratory Study of Family Firm Survivability During Economic Downturn. Research Seminar at American University of Sharjah (United Arab Emirate).
• Basco, R. (2015). Family business and regional development. Research Seminar at Lappeenrant University of Technology in Lathi (Finaland).
• Basco, R. (2015). Family business and regional development. Research Seminar at Stockholm School of Economics in Riga (Latvia).
• Basco, R. (2015). Regional Familiness a theoretical model. Presented at American University of Sharjah (United Arab Emirates).
• Basco, R. (2015). Family business and regional development. Presented at Deusto University (Spain).
• Basco, R. (2015). Family business and regional development. Presented at University of Valladolid (Spain).
• Basco, R. (2014). The relationship between board composition and firm performance in privately family firms. Presented at ISM University. (Lithuania).
• Basco, R. (2014). Family Business in Argentina and Chile. Presented at Zeppelin University (Germany).
• Basco, R. (2014). Family Business and Regional Development. A theoretical Model. Research conference FERC Spanish.
• Basco, R. (2014). Family Business and Regional Development”. Witten/Herdecke University, Germany.
• Basco, R. (2014). Family-Enterprise Management. Is family influence an asset or a liability?. Witten/Herdecke University, Germany.
• Basco, R. (2013). Opportunity-oriented and family-oriented owner-managers. Do they actually behave differently?. Research seminar at Witten/Herdecke University, Germany.
• Basco, R. (2013). Family Business. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Argentina.
• Basco, R. (2012). Regional development, entrepreneurship, and family business. A study applied to Region of Antofagasta, Universidad Católica del Norte, Antofagasta, Chile.
• Basco, R. (2011). Moderation effect of family-oriented objectives on ownership concentration / board composition relationship, presented in the research seminar, Universidad Católica del Norte, Antofagasta, Chile.
• Basco, R. (2010). Family business: a regional perspective, presented in the research seminar, Universidad Católica del Norte, Antofagasta, Chile.
• Basco, R. (2009). A way to understand the professionalization in the family business, presented in the Research Seminar, Jonköping University, Sweden.
• Basco, R. (2008). The Professionalisation of Family Business, presented in the Commission of Family Business of the CEIM and Association of Registered Companies, Madrid.

Working Papers/Unpublished Papers

• Basco, R. (2014). Is there any room form family business into European Union 2020 Strategy? Family business and regional public policy. Working paper at Witten Institute for Family Business. Germany.
• Basco, R. (2014). Opportunity-oriented and family-oriented founder owner-managers. Do they behave differently? Working paper at Witten Institute for Family Business. Germany.
• Calabro, A, & Basco, R. (2014). Board composition in family firms: Its effect on firm performance. Working paper at Witten Institute for Family Business. Germany.

Other Published Articles

• Basco, R., & Pérez Rodríguez, M.J. (2009) ¿Cómo afecta la relación empresa-familia en la empresa?, FFI Practitioner Review, vol. 5, March. EEUU. (How does the family-business relationship affect the family firm?)
• Between 2007 and 2008, I had my own column at the Journal of Asociación Empresarial de Hostelería de la Comunidad de Madrid: La Viña. España.
• Basco, R. (2003). A Model for Generating and Sustaining the Competitive Advantage of the Family Business. Labour and Social Security Human Resources section. May. Centre for Financial Studies. Spain.

Academic Awards

• • Reviewer Award at the International Family Enterprise Research Academy (IFERA) conference, 2010.

• The article “Studying the Family Enterprise Holistically: Evidence for Integrated Family and Business Systems” was fifth among the top-ten most downloaded articles from the Family Business Review website in 2009.

Other Research Activities

• Stough, R., Welter, F., Block, J., Wennberg, K., & Basco, R. (2013). Family Business and Regional Development – Call for Papers. Journal of Family Business Strategy, 4(4), 296-297.
• Promoter of the Family Business Track at EURAM 2015: “Family Business in Emerging, Developing and Transition Economies”. Team: Basco, R.; Discua Cruz, A.; Jimenez-Seminario, G., Ramachandran, K.; Xin-chun L.; Welter F.
• Responsible for the Spanish track at IFERA Regional Forum Academic Committee, Mexico 2015.
• I have acted as PhD Examiner at Hasselt University (Belgium), University of Basque Country (Spain), University of Valladolid (Spain), and University of Murcia (Spain).

• Editorial Reviewer Board member of Journal of Family Business Strategy.
• Editorial Reviewer Board member of Revista de Empresa Familiar.
• Editorial Reviewer Board member of Open Journal of Business and Management.
• Ad hoc reviewer for Corporate Governance, International Review.
• Ad hoc reviewer for Journal of Management & Organization.
• Ad hoc reviewer for Journal Small Business Management.
• Ad hoc reviewer for International Small Business Journal.
• Ad hoc reviewer for Revista Europea de Dirección y Economía de la Empresa.
• Ad hoc reviewer for the Journal INNOVAR Journal of Administrative and Social Science.
• Ad hoc reviewer for the International Journal of Entrepreneurship Behaviour & Research.
• Ad hoc reviewer for the Chilean National Commission on Science and Technology (CONICYT).
• Ad hoc reviewer for the Research Foundation—Flanders (Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek [FWO]—Vlaanderen), Belgium.

Other Work Experience

• 2007–Present Co-founder of “20 Propuestas” SL (graphic design firm), Madrid, Spain.
• 2003–2009 Independent business consultant providing management assistance for subject-matter experts, Spain and Argentina.
• 2006–2008 Consultant to small and medium enterprises, Asociación de Hostelería de la Comunidad de Madrid (Association of Registered Companies), Madrid, Spain.

Languages
Spanish (Native) and English (fluent)