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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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