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College / Department

School of Business Administration

Department of Management, Strategy and Entrepreneurship

Teaching areas

Management

Research areas

Management

Education

PhD, Ph.d., Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain, 2005

MBA, Mba, Universidad Antonio de Nebrija, Spain, 2000

BS, Accounting, Universidad Nacional de Tucuman, Argentina, 1998

Professional experience

Professor, Management, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2021 - Present

Associate Professor, Management, American University of Sharjah, 2016 - 2021

Visiting Professor, Management, IMT School for Advanced Studies, Italy, 2020 - 2021

Researcher - Post-doc Phd, Witten/Herdecker University, Germany, 2013 - 2016

Assistant Professor - Researcher, Universidad Catolica del Norte, Chile, 2010 - 2013

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Dr. Rodrigo Basco Rodriguez

Professor

PhD, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain

As part of a fourth-generation family-owned Argentinean firm, Dr. Rodrigo Basco has always been interested in the nuances of family businesses. He is currently an associate professor at American University of Sharjah (AUS)–United Arab Emirates and holds the Sheikh Saoud bin Khalid bin Khalid Al-Qassimi Chair in Family Business. His research focuses on entrepreneurship, management, and regional development with special interest in family firms, and he has taught economics, management, and family business courses at universities in Spain, Chile, and Germany. His research has been published in international academic journals, including Family Business Review, European Management Journal, Journal of Management & Organization, Journal of Bus...

Publications

Rodrigo Rodriguez, Stefano Amato And Fernanda Ricotta. Family firms, Regional Competitiveness and Productivity: A Multilevel Approach, Entrepreneurship & Regional Development

Rodrigo Basco. Embeddedness and family businesses, Encyclopedia

Rodrigo Basco. Family Business Goals, Encyclopedia

Rodrigo Rodriguez. Informal institutions and family business, Encyclopedia

Rodrigo Basco. Family Business Management

Rodrigo Basco And Arpita Vyas. Succession Process and the Model of Change in a Transgenerational Family Business, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2023

Rodrigo Basco. Weathering the storm: Family firm strategies in the midst of growing uncertainty, 1 November 2022

Rodrigo Basco And Juan Manuel Gómez. Antecedents of next generation succession intention in family businesses: a cross-country analysis, European Journal Of International Management, August 2022

Jeremy Cheng, Luis Diaz-matajira, Nupur Bang, Rodrigo Basco, Andrea Calabro, Albert James And Georges Samara. Family Business Case Studies Across The World: Succession And Governance in a Disruptive Era, 25 May 2022

Rodrigo Basco, Norhan Ahmed, Mousa Saifi And Arpita Vyas. Student Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in the UAE - 3rd Edition, 1 April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2022

Stefano Amato, Fernanda Ricotta And Rodrigo Basco. Family-managed firms, external sources of knowledge and innovation, Industry And Innovation, 27 December 2021

Rodrigo Basco, Joseph Hair Jr, Christian Ringle And Marko Sarstedt. Advancing family business research through modeling nonlinear relationships: Comparing PLS-SEM and multiple regression, Journal Of Family Business Strategy, 5 November 2021

Rodrigo Basco. Why undergraduates in the UAE should learn about their family business, 26 October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2021

Rodrigo Basco, Thomas Bassetti, Lorenzo Mazzo And Nicola Lattanzi. Why and when do family firms invest less in talent management? The suppressor effect of risk aversion, Journal Of Management And Governance, 25 September 2021

Stefano Amato, Alessia Patuelli, Rodrigo Basco And Nicola Lattanzi. Family Firms Amidst the Global Financial Crisis: A Territorial Embeddedness Perspective on Downsizing, Journal Of Business Ethics, 8 September 2021

Rodrigo Basco, Mworia Kaibung'a, Lamia Larioui, Silvana Munoz, Ashraf Sheta, Pierre Sindambiwe, Arpita Vyas, Rana Hamdan, Fadi El-cheikh, Ali Altirkawi And Mousa Saifi. Weathering the storm: Family firm strategies in the midst of growing uncertainty, 6 September 2021

Rana Hamdan, Rodrigo Rodriguez And Arpita Vyas. Succession Intention of the United Arab Emirates NextGens, July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2021

Stefano Amato, Rodrigo Basco And Nicola Lattanzi. Contextualizing employment outcome in family business research: Current findings and future research avenues, Management Review Quarterly, 16 June 2021

María Sacristán-navarro, Laura Cabeza-garcía, Rodrigo Rodriguez And Silvia Gomez-anson. It's all about culture! Institutional context and ownership concentration across Europe, European Management Journal, 3 June 2021

Irma Garcia-martinez, Rodrigo Basco And Silvia Gomez-anson. Dancing with giants: Contextualizing state and family ownership effects on firm performance in the Gulf Cooperation Council, Journal Of Family Business Strategy

Norris Krueger, Marcel Bogers, Rania Labaki And Rodrigo Basco. Advancing family business science through context theorizing: The case of the Arab world, Journal Of Family Business Strategy

Rodrigo Basco And Lech Suwala. Family Business and Regional Development, 1 March 2021

Rodrigo Basco And Fernanda Ricotta. A regional perspective of family firms: Evidence from Europe, 1 March 2021

Rodrigo Basco And Inga Bartkeviciute. Place-based approach and family firms, 1 March 2021

Rodrigo Basco And Lech Suwala. Spatial familiness and family spatialities—searching for fertile ground between family business and regional studies, 1 March 2021

Rodrigo Basco, Stefano Amato, Silvia Gomez-anzon And Andrea Calabro. Urbanization economies, proximity dimensions and productivity: A family firm perspective, 1 March 2021

Trung Quang Dinh, Andrea Calabro, Giovanna Campopiano And Rodrigo Basco. The Impact of Politically Connected CEOs and Boards of Directors on Firm Performance: A Study of Vietnamese Family and Nonfamily Firms, Entrepreneurship Theory And Practice

Rodrigo Basco And Fernanda Ricotta. Family firms in European regions: the role of regional institutions, Entrepreneurship And Regional Development

Rana Hamdan, Rodrigo Rodriguez, Silvia Gomez-anson, Irma Martinez-garcia, Fatima Ghaleb And Sadia Malik. Ownership Concentration in Listed Firms in the Gulf Cooperation Council: Implications for Corporate Governance, September 2020

Rodrigo Basco And Lech Suwala. Spatial familiness: a bridge between family business and economic geography, A Research Agenda For Family Business

Rodrigo Basco, Fatima Ghaleb, Silvia Gomez-anson, Rana Hamdan And Irma Martinez-garcia. Ownership Concentration in Listed Firms in the Gulf Cooperation Council: Implications for Corporate Governance, 1 September 2020

Irma Martinez Garcia, Rodrigo Basco, Silvia Gomez-anson And Narjess Boubakri. Ownership concentration in the Gulf Cooperation Council, International Journal Of Emerging Markets

Ismael Barros-contreras, Rodrigo Basco, Natalia Martin=cruz And Juan Hernangomez. Strategic management in family business. The missing concept of the familiness learning mechanism, Journal Of Family Business Management

Rodrigo Basco And Tor Brodtkorb. Sheikh Saud Bin Majid’s Dilemma: A Case Study of the Al Saud Company, Harvard Business Review Arabia, 1 July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2020

Stefano Amato, Rodrigo Basco, Silvia Gomez Anson And Nicola Lattanzi. Family-managed firms and employment growth during an economic downturn: does their location matter?, Baltic Journal Of Management, 23 June 2020

Rodrigo Basco, Ana Rodriguez Escudero, Natalia Martin Cruz And Ismael Barros-contreras. The Combinations of Market and Non-Market Strategies That Facilitates Family Firm Survival, Entrepreneurship Research Journal

Rodrigo Basco, Felipe Hernández-perlines And María . The effect of entrepreneurial orientation on firm performance: A multigroup analysis comparing China, Mexico, and Spain, Journal Of Business Research, 1 May 2020

Rodrigo Basco, Giovanna Campopiano And Andrea Calabrò. The “Most Wanted”: The Role of Family Strategic Resources and Family Involvement in CEO Succession Intention, Family Business Review

Rodrigo Rodriguez, Stefano Amato, Mikaela Backman And Nicola Lattanzi. Family-managed firms and local export spillovers: evidence from Spanish manufacturing firms, European Planning Studies, 31 March 2020

Rodrigo Rodriguez, Lorenzo Dal Maso, Thomas Bessetti And Nicola Lattanzi. Family Ownership and Environmental Performance: The mediation effect of human resource practices, Business Strategy And The Environment, March 2020

Rodrigo Rodriguez, Albert James, Elias Hadjielias, Maribel Guerrero And Allan Discua Cruz. Entrepreneurial families in business across generations, contexts, and cultures, Journal Of Family Business Management

Rodrigo Basco, Luis Gomez-mejina, Ana Gonzalez And Claudio Muller. Family business and local development in Iberoamerica, Cross Cultural & Strategic Management, 12 February 2020

Rodrigo Rodriguez, Yasmine Omari And Layan Abochkaier. Family Business Ecosystem in UAE, January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2020

Rodrigo Rodriguez, Txomin Iturralde, Amaia Maseda And Gloria Aparicio. La Empresa Familiar Vasca en el contexto Europeo. El desafio de Crecer, Madurar y Permanecer, December 2019

Rodrigo Rodriguez. “¿Qué padre puede pensar que su hija tiene menos competencia que un hombre?”, Noticias De La Universidad Del Pais Vasco, 19 December 2019

Rana Hamdan And Rodrigo Rodriguez. Student Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in United Arab Emirates, November 2019

Rodrigo Basco, Giovanna Campopiano, Andrea Calabro And Sascha Kraus. They Are Not All the Same! Investigating the Effect of Executive versus Non-executive Family Board Members on Firm Performance, Journal Of Small Business Management, November 2019

Rodrigo Rodriguez And Rana Hamdan. Student entrepreneurship in the United Arab Emirates, October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2019

Rodrigo Basco. What kind of firm do you owner-manage? An institutional logics perspective of individuals' reasons for becoming an entrepreneur, Journal Of Family Business Management, April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2019

Rodrigo Basco, Susanne Sandberg, Per Servais And Allan Discua Cruz. Entrepreneurship, Migration, and Family in Peripheral Contexts – Avenues for Growth and Internationalisation, Int. J. Entrepreneurship And Small Business, January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2019

Rodrigo Basco, Allan Discua Cruz, Maria Jose Parada, Antonio Malfense Fierro And Cristina Alvarado-alvarez. Resilience and Family Business Groups in Unstable Economies, January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2019

Rodrigo Basco, Maria Jose Parada, Naveed Akhter, Allan Discua Cruz And Srah Fitz-koch. Understanding the Dynamics of Business Group Development: A Transgenerational Perspective, January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2019

Rodrigo Rodriguez, Allan Discua Cruz And Turcan R \& Fraser, N. A family perspective on Entrepreneurship, 2018

Rodrigo Rodriguez, Robert Grosse And Klaus Meyer. Family Business in Emerging Markets, 2018

M. Elo, S. Sandberg, P. Servais, R. Basco, A.d. Cruz, L. Riddle And T\"aube, F.. Advancing the views on migrant and diaspora entrepreneurs in international entrepreneurship, Journal Of International Entrepreneurship, 2018

Claudia Pongelli, Andrea Calabro And Rodrigo Basco. Family firms' international make-or-buy decisions: Captive offshoring, offshore outsourcing, and the role of home region focus, Journal Of Business Research, 2018

Rodrigo Rodriguez And Tor Brodtkorb. Saud Bin Majid's Dilemma, 2018

Rodrigo Rodriguez, Rana Hamdan And Olga Stangej. Career Intentions by The Next Generation: Initial Findings, 2018

Rodrigo Rodriguez, Niha Mahmood, Fatmeh Barazandeh And Noha Eman. Millennials’ Family Business Goals, 2018

Rodrigo Basco, Andrea Calabro And Giovanna Campopiano. Transgenerational Entrepreneurship around the World: Implications for Family Business Research and Practice, Journal Of Family Business Strategy, April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2018

Rana Hamdan, Rodrigo Rodriguez And Olga Stangej. Career Intentions by The Next Generation: Initial Findings, March 2018

Rodrigo Rodriguez. Epilogue: Multiple embeddedness contexts for entrepreneurship, 2017

Rodrigo Rodriguez. Epilogue: The Multiple Embeddedness of Family Firms in the Arab World, 2017

Olga Stangej, Rodrigo Rodriguez, Arnis Sauka And Alexander Chepurenko. The Entrepreneurial Role of Families in Transitional Economies: The Case of Lithuania, 2017

Gloria Aparicio, Rodrigo Rodriguez, Txomin Iturralde And Amaia Maseda. An exploratory study of firm goals in the context of family firms: An institutional logics perspective, Journal Of Family Business Strategy, 2017

Calabr\`o, A., G. Campopiano, Rodrigo Rodriguez And T. Pukall. Governance structure and internationalization of family-controlled firms: The mediating role of international entrepreneurial orientation, European Management Journal, 2017

Rodrigo Rodriguez And Calabr\`o, Andrea. Who should sit there? Effects of family-oriented objectives on board composition, International Journal Of Entrepreneurial Venturing, 2017

Rodrigo Rodriguez And Calabr\`o, A.. “Whom do I want to be the next CEO?” Desirable successor attributes in family firms, Journal Of Business Economics, 2017

Andrea Calabro, Giovanna Campopiano, Rodrigo Basco And . Principal-principal conflicts and family firm growth: The moderating role of business family identity, Journal Of Family Business Management, 9 October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2017

Rodrigo Basco. “Where do you want to take your family firm?” A theoretical and empirical exploratory study of family business goals, Brq Business Research Quarterly, July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2017

Calabr\`o, Andrea, Giovanna Campopiano, Rodrigo Rodriguez And Thilo Pukall. Governance structure and internationalization of family-controlled firms: The mediating role of international entrepreneurial orientation, European Management Journal, May 2017

J.e. Amoros, Rodrigo Rodriguez And Roman?, G.. Determinants of early internationalization of new firms: the case of Chile, International Entrepreneurship And Management Journal, 2016

Rodrigo Rodriguez And Bartkevi\vciūtė, I.. Is there any room for family business into European Union 2020 Strategy? Family business and regional public policy, Local Economy, 2016

Rodrigo Rodriguez And Calabr\`o, A.. Open innovation search strategies in family and non-family SMEs: Evidence from a natural resource-based cluster in Chile, Academia Revista Latinoamericana De Administracion, 2016

Rodrigo Rodriguez. Family business and regional development-A theoretical model of regional familiness, Journal Of Family Business Strategy, 2015

Roger Stough, Friederike Welter, Joern Block, Karl Wennberg And Rodrigo Rodriguez. Family business and regional science: "Bridging the gap", Journal Of Family Business Strategy, 2015

Rodrigo Rodriguez And Wim Voordeckers. 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, 2015

Rodrigo Basco. Exploring the influence of the family upon firm performance: Does strategic behaviour matter?, International Small Business Journal, 2014

R. Basco. The family's effect on family firm performance: A model testing the demographic and essence approaches, Journal Of Family Business Strategy, 2013

Rodrigo Basco. How family contributes to family firm performance. A model to put demographic and essence approach to a test, 2012

R. Basco And P\'erez Rodr\'iguez, M.j.. 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, 2011

P\'erez Rodr\'iguez, Mar\'ia Jos\'e And Rodrigo Basco. The Cognitive Legitimacy of the Family Business Field, Family Business Review, 2011

Rodrigo Basco. Types of family orientation, and management and governance practices. A research applied to Spanish family business | Tipo de orientaci?n familiar y pr?cticas de direcci?n y gobierno. Un estudio aplicado a las empresas familiares espa?olas, Revista Europea De Direccion Y Economia De La Empresa, 2010

Rodrigo Basco, M.j. Perez Rodriguez, P\'erez Rodriguez, M J And Rodr\'iguez, Mar\'ia Jos\'e P\'erez. Studying the Family Enterprise Holistically Evidence for Integrated Family and Business Systems, Family Business Review, 2009

P\'erez Rodriguez, M J, Rodrigo Basco, Garc\'ia-tenorio Ronda, Jes\'us, Gim\'enez S\'anchez, Jes\'us And S\'anchez Quir\'os, Isabel. Fundamentos en la direcci\'on de la empresa familiar. Emprendedor, empresa y familia, 2007

Rodrigo Basco. La investigaci\'on en la empresa familiar: "Un debate sobre la existencia de un campo independiente", Investigaciones Europeas De Direccion Y Econom\'ia De La Empresa, 2006

Rodrigo Basco. Comportamientos en la direcci\'on y gobierno de la empresa familiar an\'alisis emp\'irico de la profesionalizaci\'on como garant\'ia de continuidad, 2005

Conference Presentations

Contextualizing Family Firms’ Productivity: The Role of Local Institutions, Step Project Global Consortium (spgc) Global Family Business Summit, 26 April 2023

HOW INSTITUTIONAL LOGICS SHAPES THE ENTREPRENEURIAL PROCESS, Step Project Global Consortium (spgc) Global Family Business Summit, 26 April 2023

Change and Sustainability, Change And Sustainability” At Gulf Family Business Forum In Bahrain, 9 February 2023

Sharjah Entrepreneurial Ecosystem, Leading Panel Discussion At Sheraa Hosting 20 Students From Mit’s Legatum Center Of Development And Entrepreneurship, 6 February 2023

Family Business, Context, and Productivity, Family Business, Context, And Productivity, 20 January 2023

Life and Research journey, Thought Leader Series, 10 November 2022

Entrepreneurship and Family Business Ecosystem in the UAE. The case of Sharjah, 26th Mcgill International Entrepreneurship Conference., 5 October 2022

Family Business and Entrepreneurial Ecosystem - Doing Business in UAE and Sharjah, Master For Family Entrepreneurship, 1 July 2022

Family Business Masterclass, March 2022

Weathering the storm: Family firm strategies in the midst of growing uncertainty, Ibera-inrerational Top Leaders And Researchers Network, 16 March 2022

Family Business in UAE, Global Compact Network Uae, 2 March 2022

Family Owned and Small and Medium Sized Businesses as Engines of Growth, Policy Research Network Seminar Series, 26 January 2022

Weathering the storm: Family firm strategies in the midst of growing uncertainty, Family Business In The Arab World, December 2021

Family Business in the UAE, 15 December 2021

We are hiring! Family firms downsizing during COVID-19 pandemic, Step Project Research Think Tank, 6 December 2021

Family firms in European Regions: The Role of Regional Institutions, Authors An Erd Podcast, November 2021

Family Business and Regional Development, Policy Perspectives, Family Business Policy Forum-shaping Family Business Frontiers: From Theory To Practice To Policy, 23 October 2021

Student Entrepreneurial Orientation, 2 September 2021

Family Business and Regional Development Policy Perspectives, Family Business Research Sig, 16 June 2021

Succession Intention in the Arab World, Family Business Research Seminar, 5 December 2020

Student Entrepreneurial Education, Faculty Development Center, 28 October 2020

Contextualizing Family Business, Spanish Academy Of Management, 16 September 2020

Transitioning to the new normal: Successful practices from Asian families-in-business, Step Project Webinar Series, 18 June 2020

Conflict in Family Business, January 2020

Centennial Family Business, November 2019

Family Business Succession. The Paradox Between Change and Status Quo, Harvard Business Review Arabia, October 2019

Does the Institutional Context Influence Investors’ Typologies?, 29th Acede Conference, June 2019

Family Firms in Emerging Economies, European Academy Of Management, June 2019

Family-Managed Firms and Open Innovation. A Firm and Regional Familiness Approach, Regional Studies Association Annual Conference 2019, June 2019

Harvard Business Review Arabia, 1st Mena Family Business Forum 2019 – Paving The Road To Sustainable Success, June 2019

The Effect of the Euro on Exporters’ Productivity. Does Family Management Matter?, Regional Studies Association Annual Conference 2019, June 2019

The Influence of Culture on Investors’ Typologies? Relational vs. Transactional Owners’ Within European Firms, European Academy Of Management (euram) 2019, June 2019

Family-Managed Firms and Local Export Spillover, 15th Eiasm Workshop On Family Firm Management Research, May 2019

Family firms and talent management? Why do they fail?, 2018

Family Firms in the GCC, October 2018

The Presence of Family Firms in the Regions: the Role of the Quality of Regional Institutions, 58th Ersa Congress, August 2018

Does thenstitutional context influence typology of investors?, 26th Finance Forum Hosted By The Universidad De Cantabria, July 2018

Ownership Concentration in the Gulf Cooperation Council, 6th International Conference On Corporate Governance In Emerging Markets, July 2018

The Presence of Family Firms in the Regions: the Role of the Quality of Regional Institutions, 5th Global Conference On Economic Geography, July 2018

Why do Family Firms Fail to Manage Talent?, Family Enterprise Research Conference (ferc), July 2018

Dancing with Giant! Contextualizing the Family Ownership Effect on Firm Performance in the GCC Countries, Family Enterprise Research Conference (ferc), June 2018

It’s also about Culture! The Effect of Formal and Informal Institutional Context on Ownership Concentration across European Union, European Academy Of Management, June 2018

Teaching Family business. Approaches and Contexts, Family Enterprise Research Conference (ferc), June 2018

“It’s also about Culture! The Effect of Formal and Informal Institutional Context on Ownership Concentration across European Union, 28th Acede Conference, June 2018

Export and Productivity. The Joint Effect of Family Involvement and Economic Crisis, 14th Workshop On Family Business Management Research, May 2018

Why do Family Firms Fail to Manage Talent?, Theories Of Family Enterprise Conference (tofe), May 2018

Family Business in Emerging Economies, 14th Workshop On Family Business Management Research, 26 May 2018

Are Family Businesses Green?, 4th Forum For Research In Economics & Finance, 20 May 2018

Regional Familiness Model, Laemos 2018, 23 March 2018

Next CEO – Family or Non-family Member? The Role of Competitive Resources and TMT Configurations, Step Conference, 2017

Successful Transgenerational Entrepreneurial Practices: Implications for Family Business Research and Practice, Step Conference, 2017

Transgenerational Entrepreneurial, 2017

Transgenerational Entrepreneurial around the world. Implications for Family Business Research and Practice, 17th Annual Conference Of The European Academy Of Management, June 2017

An exploratory study of family firm survival during economic downturn, 13th Workshop On Family Firm Management Research, May 2017

An Exploratory Study of Family Firm Survivability During Economic Downturn, 2016

Competition and Family Firm Risk Aversion in the Era of Talent Management., Imaef Conference, 2016

Family Businesses – Made by Paradoxes, Reseach Seminar, 2016

Firm- and individual-level antecedents of management succession intention in family firms, 12th Workshop On Family Firm Management Research, 2016

Regional competitiveness and family firms, 2016

Scenes From a Marriage – Family Business and Marketing, Research Seminar, 2016

Family business and regional development, Research Seminar, 2015

Grants and sponsorships

Grant, Entrepreneurship and Family Business Ecosystem in the UAE. The case of Sharjah, American University of Sharjah, 1 June 2023 - 2026

Grant, Undergraduate Entrepreneurial Education in the UAE, American University of Sharjah, 1 June 2021 - 31 May 2024

Grant, Family Business in the Arab World Observatory, American University of Sharjah, 1 June 2019 - 31 May 2022

Awards and Honors

Ranked among the TOP 2% Scientists in the World in Business, Stanford University Report, 1 October 2022

The Family Business Hall of Fame, Family Business United, 31 August 2022

Researcher of the Year 2021, American University of Sharjah, 15 July 2021

Stanford University's World Top 3% Scientists, 1 December 2020

Reviewer Award at the International Family Enterprise Research Academy (IFERA) conference, 30 June 2016

Award Nominee 2015 IFERA Best Conference Research Paper Award., 2015