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CARLOS RUFÍN

 Management Division                                                                            +781-239-6411 voice

226 Tomasso Hall                                                                                +781-239-5272 fax

Babson College                                                                                    crufin@babson.edu

Babson Park, MA 02457, USA

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Business-government relations and nonmarket strategy

·        Political economy of privatization and deregulation

·        Management of political and regulatory risk

·        Business influence on public policy

·        Regulation of private business activity

Base of the pyramid

·        Business models for markets of low-income consumers

·        The business environment in developing countries

·        Poverty and private supply of public services

·        Corporate social responsibility and the base of the pyramid

 

TEACHING INTERESTS

International Business                The environment of business                  Public Management

 

EDUCATION

Doctor of Philosophy, Public Policy                                                            June 2000

John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University     Cambridge, Mass.

Coursework in industrial organization, econometrics, public management, and economic development.

Master of Arts in Economics                                                             May 1987

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University      New York, N.Y.

Bachelor of Arts in Economics, cum laude                                      June 1986

Princeton University                                                                              Princeton, New Jersey

General Course Diploma                                                                  June 1985

London School of Economics and Political Science                               London, England

 

FULL-TIME ACADEMIC POSITIONS

Assistant Professor, International Business                                             September 2000-present

Babson College, Babson Park, Massachusetts

 

PH.D. DISSERTATION RESEARCH

“The Political Economy of Institutional Change in the Electricity Supply Industry”

Ph.D. Dissertation, Harvard University, June 2000.

 

PUBLICATIONS

Refereed articles

Rajesh Kumar, U. Srinivasa Rangan, and Carlos Rufín, “Negotiating Complexity and Legitimacy in Independent Power Project Development,” forthcoming 2005, Journal of World Business.

Ishtiaq P. Mahmood and Carlos Rufín, “From Big Push to Big Pull: The Paradox of Government Action,” Academy of Management Review 30(2) (April 2005): 338-360.

Carlos Rufín, U. Srinivasa Rangan, and Rajesh Kumar, “The Role of the State and Changing Value Dynamics,” American Journal of Economics and Sociology 62(4) (October 2003): 649-675.

Carlos Rufín, “Sustainability of Power Sector Reform in Latin America’s Small Countries,” Infrastructure and Financial Markets Review 8(3) (September 2002): 1-6.

Ishtiaq P. Mahmood and Carlos Rufín, “From Big Push to Big Pull: The Paradox of Government Action,” Proceedings of the Academy of Management 2002 Annual Meeting.

 

Books

Carlos Rufín, The Political Economy of Institutional Change in the Electricity Supply Industry: Shifting Currents (Cheltenham, England, and Northampton, Massachusetts: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2004).

 

Book chapters

Carlos Rufín, “Multilateral Institutions and Market-oriented Reform: Have They Changed the Nature of MNC-Government Relations?” in Sushil Vachani (ed.), Transformations and Global Governance [preliminary title] (Cheltenham, England, and Northampton, Massachusetts: Edward Elgar Publishing, forthcoming 2005).

Carlos Rufín, “Regional Public Goods and Infrastructure,” in Antoni Estevadeordal, ed., Regional Public Goods: From Theory to Practice (Washington, D.C.: Inter-American Development Bank and Asian Development Bank, 2004).

Fundación Solar and Carlos Rufín, “Guatemala’s Reforms in the Balance,” in Jaime Millán and Nils von der Fehr, eds., Keeping the Lights On: Power Sector Reform in Latin America (Washington, D.C.: Inter-American Development Bank, 2003).

 

Other articles

Gregory P. Swinand, Carlos Rufín, and Chetan D. Sharma, “Valuing Assets Using Real Options: An Application to Deregulated Electricity Markets,” Journal of Applied Corporate Finance 17(2) Spring 2005.

Carlos Rufín, “Political and Regulatory Risk in Latin America’s Electric Power Industry,” Latin America Energy Report, September 16, 2004: 1, 10-13.

A.J. Goulding, Carlos Rufín, and Gregory P. Swinand, “The Role of Vibrant Retail Electricity Markets in Assuring That Wholesale Power Markets Operate Efficiently,” Electricity Journal 12(10) (1999): 61-65.

 

WORKING PAPERS

Luigi Manzetti and Carlos Rufín, “Private Utility Supply in a Hostile Environment: The Experience of Water/sanitation and Electricity Distribution Utilities in Northern Colombia, the Dominican Republic, and Ecuador,” Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, D.C., December 2004.

“The Political Economy of the Brazilian Electricity Sector,” Inter-American Development Bank, January 2002.

Carlos Rufín, “Institutional Change in the Electricity Industry: A Comparison of Four Latin American Cases,” Discussion Paper, Environment and Natural Resources Program, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 1999.

Carlos Rufín, “El día después: la legitimación de las reformas institucionales en Latinoamérica,” unpublished manuscript, Cambridge, Massachusetts, December 1999.

Carlos Rufín, “A Comparison of the South Korean and Brazilian Electricity Sectors, 1945-1995,” unpublished manuscript, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1995.

 

RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS

Regulation in Latin America: Internationalization and Domestic Politics Conference

Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, Mexico City, June 2005

Luigi Manzetti and Carlos Rufín, “Private Utility Supply in a Hostile Environment: Political Opportunism in Water and Electricity”

Regulation in Latin America: Internationalization and Domestic Politics Conference

Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, Mexico City, June 2005

Carlos Rufín, “Entry, Voice and Loyalty: Legitimizing Privatization Through NGOs”

Brazil in Interdisciplinary Perspective Conference

S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Business, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., April 2005

Carlos Rufín, “Evaluating the Sustainability of Privatization and Regulatory Reform: Brazil in Comparative Perspective”

Energy Week Conference

World Bank, Washington, D.C., March 2005

Simone Lawaetz, Jaime Millán, Luigi Manzetti, Antônio Pinhel, Carlos Rufín, and Connie Smyser, “Innovative Approaches to Slum Electrification”

Conference on Transformations and Global Governance

Boston, Massachusetts, October 2004

Carlos Rufín, “Multilateral Institutions and Market-oriented Reform: Have They Changed the Nature of MNC-Government Relations?”

Academy of Management Conference, International Management Division

New Orleans, August 2004

Carlos Rufín and U. Srinivasa Rangan, “Institutional Change in the Electricity Industry: Initial Evidence”

Academy of International Business Conference

Stockholm, Sweden, July 2004

Rajesh Kumar, U. Srinivasa Rangan, and Carlos Rufín, “Greenfield Investment in the Global Energy Industry”

Academy of International Business Conference

Stockholm, Sweden, July 2004

Carlos Rufín and Evanán Romero, “Institutional Sustainability in Latin America: Unraveling Commitments”

Seminar on Financing Sustainable Electricity: Policy and Governance Obstacles

World Resources Institute, Heinrich Böll Foundation, and International Institute for Energy Conservation, Washington, D.C., April 2004

Carlos Rufín, “Sustainable Policies for the Electricity Sector and the Inter-American Development Bank”

Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Annual Research Conference

Washington, D.C., November 2003

Carlos Rufín and Evanán Romero, “Implementing and Sustaining Regulatory Reform in Latin America”

Academy of International Business Conference

Monterey, California, July 2003

Carlos Rufín, “Entry, Voice and Loyalty: Legitimizing Privatization Through NGOs”

Conference on Regional Public Goods and Regional Development Assistance

Asian Development Bank and Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, D.C., November 2002

Carlos Rufín, “Regional Public Goods and Infrastructure”

Academy of Management Conference

Denver, August 2002

Ishtiaq P. Mahmood and Carlos Rufín, “From Big Push to Big Pull”

Carlos Rufín, Rajesh Kumar, and U. Srinivasa Rangan, “The Role of the State and Changing Value Dynamics”

Academy of International Business Conference

San Juan Puerto Rico, June-July 2002

Rajesh Kumar, U. Srinivasa Rangan, and Carlos Rufín, “Negotiating Independent Power Projects: How to Survive the Perils of Complexity”

Sustainability of Power Sector Reform in Latin America and the Caribbean Workshop

Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, D.C., May 2002

Carlos Rufín, “Sustainability of Power Sector Reform in Latin America: The Reform in Small Countries”

Latin American Studies Association Conference

Washington, D.C., September 2001

Carlos Rufín and Evanán Romero, “Sustainability of Regulatory Reform in Latin America: A Comparative Analysis of Brazil, Bolivia and Panama”

Academy of Management Conference

Washington, D.C., August 2001

Ishtiaq P. Mahmood and Carlos Rufín, “The Institutional Environment of Technological Development”

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, May 2001

Carlos Rufín and Evanán Romero, “Regulação: Um novo marco para as relações estado-sociedade”

Conference on the Future of Private Utilities in Latin America

Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, May 2001

Carlos Rufín, “Beyond Independence: A Scenario for Regulatory Unraveling”

Latin American Studies Association Conference

Miami, March 2000

Carlos Rufín, “Institutional Change in the Electricity Industry: A Comparison of Four Latin American Cases”

 “Latinoamérica Cotemporánea” Conference

Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, December 1999

Carlos Rufín, “El día después: la legitimación de las reformas institucionales en Latinoamérica”

Northeast Political Science Association Conference

Boston, Massachusetts, November 1996

Carlos Rufín, “Technology Diffusion and Development: The Political Economy of Acquiring Electricity Generation Technology in South Korea and Brazil, 1961-1985”

 

TEACHING

Graduate

John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University                   Summer 2005

Public Policy Challenges: Analysis, Applications, and Strategies in Energy Policy, for students from the Master’s Degree in Public Policy, Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey (1 course)

Olin Graduate School of Business, Babson College                                   Fall 2003-present

Strategic Management, Evening MBA Program (2 courses)

National Business Systems, Full-Time MBA Program (1 course)

Competing Globally: A Closer Look at Spain, Offshore Elective (1 course)

Doing Business in Brazil, Offshore Elective (1 course)

School of Executive Education, Babson College                                        Summer 2004, 2005

Corporate Entrepreneurship (2 courses)

Lucent Technologies Program, Olin Graduate School of Business, Babson College                                                                                                                                          Summer 2001

Competitive Strategy & Competitor Assessment, Custom MS Program (1 course)

 

Undergraduate

Management Division, Babson College                                                       Fall 2000-present

International Business (2 courses)

Intermediate Management Core - III (10 sections)

Department of Government, Harvard University                                         1996-1997

The Political Economy of Development (teaching assistant, 1 course)

Accounting Department, School of Business Administration, Universitat Pompeu Fabra                                                                                                                                 1992-1993

Principles of Cost Accounting (1 course)

 

RESEARCH GRANTS

Glavin Center for International Business, Babson College

Research grant of $8,500, 2004-present

 Board of Research, Babson College: Research funding for summer 2004

 Board of Research, Babson College: Research funding for summer 2003

 Board of Research, Babson College: Research funding for summer 2001

 Institute for Latin American Business, Babson College: Research funding, 2001

 John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

The Joseph R. Crump Fellowship, 1998-1999

 David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University

Graduate Fellow, 1996-1997

 David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University

Research Travel Grant of $2,500, summer 1995

 

ACADEMIC HONORS & AWARDS

John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Four-Year Financial Support Award, 1994-1998

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University

Graduate Fellowship, 1986-1987

Princeton University

The Kidder, Peabody & Co. Scholarship, 1985-1986

The John I. Dixon, Class of ‘48, Memorial Scholarship, 1984-1985

The John Reid Christie, Jr., Scholarship, 1983-1984

The Philip Lee Gill, Class of 1905, Scholarship, 1982-1983

 

SERVICE TO PROFESSION

Journal of International Business Studies

Member, Editorial Review Board                                                                                  2005-present

 

Reviewer for Journals

Latin American Politics and Society                                                                           October 2005

Foro Internacional                                                                                                  September 2005

International Journal of Public Sector Management                                                 May 2005

Israel Science Foundation                                                                                          April 2005

World Development                                                                                                December 2004

Journal of International Business Studies                                                                   July 2003

 

Academy of Management

Best Reviewer Award, International Management Division                                             August 2005

Reviewer for Annual Conference                                                                                   2004-2005

International Management Division

Public and Nonprofit Management Division

 

Academy of International Business

Reviewer for Annual Conference                                                                                   2004-2005

 

Business Association of Latin American Studies

Program Chair and Proceedings Editor, Annual Conference                                           May 2004

Conference Theme: “Entrepreneurship: Opportunities Arising From Crisis”

 

SERVICE TO BABSON COLLEGE

Faculty Director, Institute of Latin American Business                            Fall 2004-present

Member, Library Committee                                                                             Fall 2003-present

 

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Case Teaching Workshop, Babson College                                                       October 2005

Professional Development Workshop, Business Policy and Strategy Division, Academy of Management                                                                                                            August 2002

Professional Development Workshop, Academy of International Business          July 2002

Case Writing Workshop, Babson College                                                         September 2001

Case Teaching Workshop, Harvard Business School     Press                           December 2000

 

ACADEMIC AFFILIATIONS

Academy of Management

Academy of International Business

Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management

 

OTHER EXPERIENCE

Consultant to the World Bank                                                               2005-present

Consultant to the Inter-American Development Bank                             2001-2005

Contributor, Joint World Bank/USAID Policy Paper “Sustainable Power Sector Reform in Emerging Markets—Issues and Options,” (Washington, D.C.: Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, June 2004)

Consultant, United States Agency for International Development                        2002-2004

Executive Consultant, London Economics                                                         1999-2000

Managing Consultant, Levitan & Associates                                                      1994-1998

Finance and Administration Director, Stahl Ibérica (subs. of Zeneca plc)            1992-1993

Financial Analyst, Imperial Chemical Industries                                      1989-1992

Consultant, Stone & Webster Management Consultants                                    1987-1989

 

 

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