My research interests are in the crossroads of organization strategy and corporate governance. Some of my recent topics have covered global public goods and nonfinancial outcomes, including diversity-related issues and societal problems. I am also an advocate of using a configurational approach in my research to study organizational designs and complex phenomena.

Publications in refereed journals

• Federo, R., Saz-Carranza, A., Fernandez-i-Marin, X., & Losada, C. 2023. CEO selection in intergovernmental organizations: The clash between control and efficiency in governance. Journal of Management and Governance, 27, 155-180. doi: 10.1007/s10997-021-09605-6
• Freixanet, J. & Federo, R. 2022. When born globals grow up: A review and agenda for research on the performance of early internationalizers. Management International Review, 62: 817-857. doi: 10.1007/s11575-022-00485-y
• Bustamante, X., Federo, R., & Fernandez-í-Marin, X. 2022. Riding the wave: Predicting the use of the bike-sharing system in Barcelona before and during COVID-19. Sustainable Cities and Society, 83: 1-16. doi: 10.1016/j.scs.2022.103929
• Federo, R. & Bustamante, X. 2022. The ties that bind global governance: Using media-reported events to disentangle the global interorganizational network in a global pandemic. Social Networks, 70: 253-266. doi: 10.1016/j.socnet.2022.02.012
• Ponomareva, Y., Federo, R., Aguilera, R. V., & Collin, S. O. 2022. The cost of conformity to good governance: Board design and compensation. Corporate Governance: An International Review, 30(4): 399-420. doi: 10.1111/corg.12408
• Freixanet, J. & Federo, R. 2022. The complex interplay of innovation, internationalization, and learning capability in driving firm performance: A configurational analysis. Journal of Strategy and Management, 15(4): 766-790. doi: 10.1108/JSMA-11-2021-0220
• Federo, R., Ponomareva, Y., Aguilera, R. V., Saz-Carranza, A., & Losada, C. 2020. Bringing owners back on board: A review of the role of ownership type in board governance. Corporate Governance: An International Review, 28(6): 348-371. doi: 10.1111/corg.12346
• Saz-Carranza, A., Albareda, A., & Federo, R. 2020. Network tasks and accountability: A configurational analysis of EU regulatory networks. Public Administration, 98(2): 480-497. doi: 10.1111/padm.12631
• Federo, R. & Saz-Carranza, A. 2020. A typology of board design for highly effective monitoring in intergovernmental organizations under the United Nations system. Regulation & Governance, 14(2): 344-361. doi: 10.1111/rego.12216
• Parente, T. & Federo, R. 2019. Qualitative comparative analysis: Justifying a neo-configurational approach in management research. RAUSP Management Journal, 54(4): 399-412. doi: 10.1108/RAUSP-05-2019-0089
• Federo, R. & Saz-Carranza, A. 2018. A configurational analysis of board involvement in intergovernmental organizations. Corporate Governance: An International Review, 26(6): 414-428. doi: 10.1111/corg.12241
• Federo, R. & Saz-Carranza, A. 2017. Devising strategic plans to improve organizational performance of intergovernmental organizations. Global Policy, 8(2): 202-212. doi: 10.1111/1758-5899.12380

Book

• Federo, R., Saz-Carranza, A., & Esteve, M. (2020). Management and governance of intergovernmental organizations (Elements in Public and Nonprofit Administration). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 9781108908283 

Book chapters

• Federo, R. (forthcoming). Qualitative comparative analysis. In F. Badache, L. Kimber, & L. Maertens (Eds.), Introduction to international organization research methods. Michigan: Michigan University Press. 
• Aguilera, R. V., Federo, R., & Ponomareva, Y. (2021). Gone global: The international diffusion of hedge fund activism. In D. Cumming, S. Johan, & G. Wood (Eds.), Oxford handbook of hedge funds. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN: 9780198840954 
• Federo, R. & Saz-Carranza, A. 2015. A research approach to international governmental organizations: Examining executive boards and strategy. In J. Solana & A. Saz-Carranza (Eds). The global context: How politics, investment, and institutions impact European business. Barcelona: ESADEgeo, ESADE Business School.

Open Dataset

• Federo, R. & Bustamante, X. 2022. Global interorganizational network dataset from GDELT. Accessible at: https://www.bustawin.com/interorg-network-dataset/ 

Work in progress at different stages of development (*working paper available)

• Freixanet, J. & Federo, R. Learning-by-exporting: A review and research agenda (minor revision)
• Federo, R. & Parente, T. Barriers of board monitoring in Brazil (under review)
• Infantes, P., Pascual-Fuster, B., & Federo, R. Board gender diversity in business groups (under review)
• Pascual-Fuster, B., Federo, R., & Crespi-Cladera, R. The double glass ceiling in Spanish corporate boards (under review)
• Freixanet, J. & Federo, R. A configurational analysis of learning-by-exporting (under review)
• Aguilera, R. V., Federo, R., Pascual-Fuster, B., & Crespi-Cladera, R. Corporate governance of business groups (under review)
• Federo, R. Reconceptualizing board gender diversity (under review)
• Aguilera, R. & Federo, R. A review on institutional owners (proposal submitted)
• Aguilera, R., Federo, R., Justo, R., Merida, A., & Pascual-Fuster, B. A review on business groups around the world (proposal invited for a full paper)

Conference paper presentations

• 2022: Academy of Management Annual Meeting at Seattle, Washington; International Corporate Governance Society Annual Conference at Miami, Florida; Public Management Research Association Conference at Arizona State University, Phoenix, Arizona; 21st Workshop on Corporate Governance and Investment at Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen-Denmark
• 2021: Academy of International Business Annual Conference – Online; Academy of Management Annual Meeting – Online; International Corporate Governance Society Annual Conference at Groningen, The Netherlands; International Studies Association Annual Convention – Online; 7^th International Congress of the Bicycle | XVIII Iberian Congress “The Bicycle and the City” at Barcelona, Spain
• 2020: Academy of Management Annual Meeting – Online; Corporate Governance Summit 2020 at Centre for Business Organisations and Society at the School of Management-University of Bath, UK; International Corporate Governance Society Annual Conference – Online
• 2019: AMJ/AMR Lisbon Paper and Idea Development Workshop at Lisbon, Portugal; Corporate Governance and European Union Integration (CGEUI) Workshop at Barcelona, Spain; International Corporate Governance Society Annual Conference at University of Essex, UK
• 2018: Academy of Management Annual Meeting at Chicago, IL; Strategic Management Society Annual Conference at Paris, France; XLII Encontro de ANPAD at Curitiba, Brazil
• 2017: Academy of Management Annual Meeting at Atlanta, Georgia; International Studies Association Annual Convention at Baltimore, MD
• 2016: Academy of Management Annual Meeting at Anaheim, California; European Group for Organizational Studies Annual Conference at Naples, Italy; International Research Society for Public Management Annual Conference at Hong Kong; Political Economy of International Organizations Annual Conference at University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah; Public Management Research Association Conference at Aarhus University, Denmark
• 2015: Barcelona Workshop on Global Governance at ESADE Business School and IBEI, Barcelona, Spain; Business and Public Policy Workshop at ESMT Berlin, Germany; ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops at the University of Warsaw, Poland; Public Management Research Association Conference at the Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Invited presentations

• 2022: GLOBE Webinar Series, KU Leuven, Belgium 
• 2021: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
• 2020: Universitat de les Illes Balears, Palma de Mallorca, Spain; EADA Business School, Barcelona, Spain
• 2019: EADA Business School, Barcelona, Spain
• 2018: ESCP Business School, Madrid, Spain; LUISS Business School, Rome, Italy; University of Barcelona Business School, Barcelona, Spain 
• 2017: D’Amore-McKim School of Business, Northeastern University, Boston-MA, United States

Awards/Grants/Honors

• Best Reviewer Award 2022, Corporate Governance: An International Review
• Finalist for the IM Division Best Paper in International Corporate Governance Award, Academy of Management Annual Meeting at Seattle-WA, 2022
• Nominated for the Best Paper Award, International Corporate Governance Society Annual Conference at Groningen, The Netherlands, 2021
• Nominated for the Alan M. Rugman Young Scholar Award, Academy of International Business Annual Conference, 2021
• Best Reviewer Award, Academy of Management Annual Conference – International Management Division (IM), 2020
• Best Paper Award, Corporate Governance Summit 2020 at Centre for Business Organisations and Society at the School of Management-University of Bath, U.K., 2020
• ESADE Doctoral Grant, 2014-2017
• ESADE Mobility Grant, 2017
• International Studies Association Travel Grant, 2017
• ESADE Talent Scholarship, 2013-2014

Research projects

• 2021-2024: MICIN – PID2020-115982RB-C21 (Business Groups: Strategy. Governance, and Finance – BIGRU)
• 2017-2020: AGAUR – 2017 SGR1556 (Research Group in Leadership and Innovation in Public Management – GLIGP)
• 2019-2020: ESADE-PWC Corporate Governance Research Project on Board of Directors