Research
My research interests are in the crossroads of organization strategy, corporate governance, and social responsibility. Some of my current works have covered global public goods and nonfinancial outcomes, including DEI-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. 2024. The rainbow glass ceiling: Breaking barriers for LGBTQ+ inclusion in board diversity. Academy of Management Perspectives, 38(3): 325–348. doi: 10.5465/amp.2023.0186
- Albareda, A., Saz-Carranza, A., & Federo, R. 2024. Inclusiveness-efficiency configurations of business interest associations with access to policymakers. Administration & Society.
- Aguilera, R. V., Federo, R., Justo, R., Merida, A., & Pascual-Fuster, B. 2024. The corporate governance of business groups around the world: A review and agenda for future research. Corporate Governance: An International Review. doi: 10.1111/corg.12603
- Pascual-Fuster, B., Federo, R., Crespi-Cladera, R., & Gabaldon, P. 2024. The second glass ceiling: The dark side of women recategorization in corporate boards. Gender, Work & Organization. doi: 10.1111/gwao.13185
- Federo, R. & Parente, T. 2023. Understanding board designs in Latin American firms: Insights from Brazil. Journal of Business Research, 166: 114102. doi: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2023.114102
- Aguilera, R. V., Federo, R., Pascual-Fuster, B., & Crespi-Cladera, R. 2023. The corporate governance of business groups: What we know and what lies ahead. Annals of Corporate Governance, 7(3): 152–251. doi: 10.1561/109.00000040
- Freixanet, J. & Federo, R. 2023. Learning by exporting: A system-based review and research agenda. International Journal of Management Reviews, 25(4): 768–792. doi: 10.1111/ijmr.12336
- 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: 103929. 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
Book chapters
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- Federo, R. (2023). Qualitative comparative analysis. In F. Badache, L. Kimber, & L. Maertens (Eds.), International organizations and research methods: An Introduction (pp. 292–300). Michigan: University of Michigan Press. doi: 10.3998/mpub.11685289. ISBN: 978-0-472-90354-2
- 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 (pp. 318–367). Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198840954.013.3. ISBN: 978-0-198-84095-4
- 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.
Practitioner-oriented publication
Open Dataset
Work in progress at different stages of development
- Federo, R. & Aguilera, R. V. LGBTQ+ and firm outcomes (under review)
- Infantes, P., Pascual-Fuster, B., & Federo, R. Board gender diversity in business groups (under review)
- Freixanet, J. & Federo, R. A configurational analysis of learning-by-exporting (under review)
- Federo, R., Galang, R. M., & Lizares, R. M. Politically connected directors of Philippine listed firms (under review)
- Infantes, P., Federo, R., & Parra, M. I. Boards of IBEX35 (in preparation)
- Federo, R., Aguilera, R., Bustamante, X., & Infantes, P. How ownership matters on firms (in preparation)
Conference/workshop papers
- 2024: Academy of Management Annual Meeting at Chicago, Illinois; European Academy of Management Annual Conference at University of Bath, United Kingdom; International Corporate Governance Society Annual Conference at Phoenix, Arizona
- 2023: Academy of Management Annual Meeting at Boston, Massachusetts; AMJ Paper and Idea Development Workshop at ESADE-Barcelona, Spain; International Corporate Governance Society Annual Conference at Madrid, Spain
- 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; 7th 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, United Kingdom; 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, United Kingdom
- 2018: Academy of Management Annual Meeting at Chicago, Illinois; 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, Maryland
- 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
- 2024: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- 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
Research projects
- 2024-2027: Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (MICIN) – PID2023-152155NA-I00 (The Silent Majority: How Deaf Employees Resist Workplace Stigma – DEAFSTIG) – Principal researcher
- 2023-2024: Universitat de les Illes Balears’ Institute for Educational Research and Innovation (IRIE UIB) – PID232523 (Storytelling Educativo: Potenciando la Educación Universitaria de Calidad a través de Narrativas Inspiradoras en el Aula) – Principal researcher
- 2021-2024: Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (MICIN) – PID2020-115982RB-C21 (Business Groups: Strategy. Governance, and Finance – BIGRU) – Research work team member
- 2017-2020: Agency for Management of University and Research Grants (AGAUR) – 2017 SGR1556 (Research Group in Leadership and Innovation in Public Management – GLIGP) – Research work team member
- 2019-2020: ESADE-PWC Corporate Governance Research Project on Board of Directors – Researcher