Ezequiel Reficco, PhD HBS LATIN AMERICA RESEARCH CENTER Cerrito 1320, piso 11. Ciudad de Buenos Aires C1010ABB, Argentina +54 (11) 4814‐1212 ereficco@hbs.edu Education The Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy. TUFTS UNIVERSITY in cooperation with Harvard University. Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Law & Diplomacy. Medford, MA 1997‐2002 School of Political Science and Sociology. UNIVERSITAT AUTÓNOMA DE BARCELONA. Degree of Master of Arts in International Studies. Barcelona, Spain 1991‐1993 Buenos Aires, Argentina 1984‐1989 School of Law and Social Sciences. UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES. Professional degree in Law. Professional experience • Senior Researcher, Harvard Business School, Latin American Research Center (Buenos Aires, Argentina) September 2004 to present. • Visiting Professor, Centro de Innovación Social, ESADE (Barcelona, Spain), May 2006 and Fall Semester 2008; Centro de Estudos em Administração do Terceiro Setor [CEATS], Universidade de São Paulo (São Paulo, Brazil), March 2006. • Invited Professor, Universidad de San Andrés (Buenos Aires, Argentina), Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Fall 2007. • Post‐doctoral Fellow, Harvard Business School, Boston, MA. Initiative on Social Enterprise. Fall 2002 to September 2004. • Research Associate, Harvard Business School, Boston, MA. Initiative on Social Enterprise. Fall 2001 – spring 2002. • ISSP Fellow. Tufts University, the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy. Spring 2000 ‐ spring 2001. • Lecturer. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, CIDOB. 1992. • Instructor. Universidad de Buenos Aires, School of Law and Social Sciences, 1990 (by virtue of Resolution Number 257/90). Publications Co‐authored book James Austin, Ezequiel Reficco et al. Social Partnering in Latin America. Lessons Drawn from Collaborations of Businesses and Civil Society Organizations. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2004. Reprinted in Spanish: Alianzas sociales en América Latina: enseñanzas extraídas de colaboraciones entre el sector privado y organizaciones de la sociedad civil. Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo, SOLDIERS FIELD | BOSTON, MA 02163 | Ph 617.495.6776 | Fx 617.496.2910 | ereficco@hbs.edu | G E O R G E F. B AK E R F O U N D AT I O N Washington, DC: 2005. Reprinted in Portuguese: Parcerias sociais na América Latina: lições da colaboração entre empresas e organizações da sociedade civil, Elsevier, Rio de Janeiro: 2005. Co‐edited book James Austin, Ezequiel Reficco, et al ed. Effective Management of Social Enterprises Lessons from Businesses and Civil Society Organizations in Iberoamerica. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, 2006. Reprinted in Spanish: James Austin, Ezequiel Reficco, et al ed. Gestión efectiva de emprendimientos sociales. Lecciones extraídas de empresas y organizaciones de la sociedad civil en Iberoamérica. Washington, DC: Inter‐American Development Bank & David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, 2006. Chapters in books Márquez, Patricia, and Ezequiel Reficco. ʺSMEs and Low‐income Sectors.ʺ In Small Firms, Global Markets: Competitive Challenges in the New Economy, edited by Jerry Haar and Jörg Meyer‐Stamer. London and New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. Austin, James, Patricia Márquez, Ezequiel Reficco et al. ʺBuilding New Business Value Chains with Low Income Sectors in Latin America.ʺ In Business Solutions for the Global Poor: Creating Social and Economic Value. Eds. Rangan, Kash, John Quelch, Gustavo Herrero & Brooke Barton. San Francisco: Jossey‐Bass, 2006. Austin, James, Herman Leonard, Ezequiel Reficco, and Jane Wei‐Skillern. ʺSocial Entrepreneurship: Itʹs for Corporations, Too.ʺ In Social Entrepreneurship: New Paradigms of Sustainable Social Change, edited by Alex Nicholls. Oxford, GB: Oxford University Press, 2005. Austin, James, Herman Leonard, Ezequiel Reficco, and Jane Wei‐Skillern. ʺCorporate Social Entrepreneurship: The New Frontier.ʺ In The Accountable Corporation: Corporate Social Responsibility, edited by Marc Epstein and Kirk Hanson. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2005. Laver, Roberto, and Ezequiel Reficco. ʺAnglo‐Argentine Negotiations.ʺ In The Falklands/Malvinas Case: Breaking the Deadlock in the Anglo‐Argentine Sovereignty Dispute, edited by Roberto Laver. The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, February 2001. Articles, reports and papers Austin, James, Roberto Gutiérrez, Enrique Ogliastri, and Ezequiel Reficco. “Capitalizing on Convergence.” Stanford Social Innovation Review (Winter 2007): 24‐31. Reficco, Ezequiel. “Towards Social Inclusion: Do Strategic Networks Work?” ReVista Harvard Review of Latin America (Fall/Winter 2006). Reficco, Ezequiel, Roberto Gutiérrez and Diana Trujillo. ʺEmpresas sociales: ¿una nueva especie?ʺ Revista de Administração da Universidade de São Paulo 41, no. 4 (Oct‐Dec 2006): 404‐418. Gabriel Berger, Ezequiel Reficco and Ricardo Hermelo, Encuesta de Responsabilidad Social Empresarial en la Argentina ‐ Año 2005, Universidad de San Andrés & TNS Gallup Argentina, July 2005. Austin, James, Gustavo Herrero, and Ezequiel Reficco. ʺLa nueva ruta: alianzas sociales estratégicas.ʺ Harvard Business Review América Latina 82, no. 12 (December 2004): 42‐56. Also available in Portuguese: ʺA nova rota: alianças sociais estratégicasʺ, Brazilian edition. Reprinted in English: “The New Road: Strategic Social Partnerships” Strategy & Sponsorship 2006 [Available from http://strategyandsponsorship.org/html/detalle.php?sec=4&id=21]. Reprinted in Portuguese: ʺA Nova Rota: Alianças Sociais Estratégicas.ʺ In Varejo E Responsabilidade Social: Visão Estratégica E Práticas No Brasil, edited by Gelman Jacques and Juracy Parente. Porto Alegre: Bookman, 2005. —2— Austin, James, Herman Leonard, Ezequiel Reficco, and Jane Wei‐Skillern , Corporate Social Entrepreneurship: A New Vision of CSR, Harvard Business School, Working Paper Series, No. 31, 2004. ________. ʺArgentina como aliado extra‐OTAN de los EEUU: los factores detrás de la alianza.ʺ Afers Internacionals 42 (1998): 79‐97. Reprinted in Italian: Ezequiel Reficco. ʺUna scorciatoia per lʹoccidente.ʺ Politica Internazionale 1/2 (April 1999). ________. ʺPolítica exterior y cultura política: el caso de la democracia argentina (1983‐1995).ʺ Afers Internacionals 32 (1996): 65‐97. ________. ʺ¿De la diplomacia al derecho? La solución de controversias en el marco del gatt.ʺ Cuadernos Jurídicos 9 (1993): 47‐56. Case studies Di Tella, Rafael M., Laura Alfaro, and Ezequiel Reficco. ʺBolivia and Evo Morales.ʺ Harvard Business School Case 707‐041 (Boston: Harvard Business School Publishing, 2007). V. Kasturi Rangan, Brooke Barton and Ezequiel Reficco, “BHP Billiton & the Tintaya Copper Mine.” Harvard Business School Case No. 506‐023 (Boston: Harvard Business School Publishing, 2006). James Austin and Ezequiel Reficco, “Forest Stewardship Council.” Harvard Business School Case No. 2‐303‐047 (Boston: Harvard Business School Publishing, 2005) James Austin and Ezequiel Reficco, “Forest Stewardship Council: Teaching Note.” (Boston: Harvard Business School Publishing, 2006). Dissemination Ezequiel Reficco. “CANTV y la responsabilidad social” Debates IESA, 2006. ________. ʺEl aporte de una alianza intersectorial.ʺ Infobae, June 25, 2004. ________. ʺ¿Acabar con Saddam Hussein?ʺ El Nacional, January 17 1999, A‐6. Reficco, Ezequiel, and Luis Rosales. ʺDe la línea de fuego a la academia.ʺ Uno, July 26 1998, 2‐3. Ezequiel Reficco. ʺEconomía llatinoamericana: a la reçerca del trésor perdut.ʺ DCIDOB, Bimestral de Relacions i Cooperació Internacionals 40 (May 1992): 6‐7. Papers and presentations in conferences • ʺEffective Management of Social Enterprise: Concluding Reflectionsʺ, presented at the ʺIV Inter‐ American Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility: Good Business for All;ʺ organized by the Inter‐American Development Bank, Salvador, Brazil, December 10‐12, 2006. • Panel Chair, Fall 2006 Seminar: “Corporate Social Responsibility In Latin America: Trends And Challenges” organized by the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University, New York, October 6, 2006. • ʺInserción exitosa en contextos turbulentos,ʺ IV Simposio de Responsabilidad Social Empresarial en las Américas, July 19‐20, 2006, Cancun, Mexico. Organized by the Asociación Regional de Empresas de Petróleo y Gas Natural en Latinoamérica y el Caribe (ARPEL). • “Inclusión de SBI en cadenas de valor,” presented at the III Ciclo de Capacitación en Responsabilidad Social Empresaria: Estrategias de inversión social corporativa: Iniciativas empresarias en respuesta a los grandes desafíos sociales, June 29, 2006, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Organized by AMCHAM (American Chamber of Commerce in Argentina), in partnership with the Universidad de San Andrés —3— • Celli, Josefina Bruni, Patricia Márquez, Alfred Vernis Domènech, Daniel Arenas, Roberto Gutiérrez, and Ezequiel Reficco. ʺSocial Enterprises in Iberoamerica: What Makes Them Work?ʺ Paper presented at the 4th International Meeting of the Iberoamerican Academy of Management, ʺManagement, Knowledge and Flexibilityʺ, Lisbon, Portugal December, 2005. • Austin, James, Patricia Marquez, Cristina Fedato, and Ezequiel Reficco. ʺBusiness Engagement with Low Income Sectors in Latin America.ʺ Paper presented at the research symposium ʺThe Business of Reaching the Global Poorʺ, organized by Harvard Business School. Boston, MA December 1‐3, 2005. • “Encuesta de Responsabilidad Social Empresarial en la Argentina,” presented at the III Conferencia Argentina de Responsabilidad Social Empresaria, organizad by Fundación Tucumán. Salta, Argentina, November 2005. • ʺLos grandes eventos deportivos como promotores de los valores deportivos, sociales y medioambientales,ʺ Illes Balears Forum. Sport and Tourism Global Network for Development of Regions. Palma de Mallorca, Spain. November 2005. • ʺThe Valencia Summit: New Trends in Management of Major Sports Events;ʺ organized by the Noos Institute, Valencia, Spain, October 2005. • “Strategic Cross‐Sector Partnerships in Latin America,” presented at “Management in Iberoamerica: Lessons and Challenges in the Global Arena”, organized by the Business Association of Latin American Studies, Madrid, Spain, May 2005. • ʺAlianzas intersectoriales: un instrumento privilegiado para la responsabilidad social empresarialʺ, Tribuna Sant Cugat, Barcelona, Spain, March 2005. • ʺUna mirada estratégica a las relaciones empresas‐tercer sectorʺ, presented at the “Noveno Simposio Internacional de Responsabilidad Social Empresarial y Medio Ambiente;” organized by Perú 2021, Lima, Peru, December 2004. • ʺLa dimensión social del desarrollo localʺ, presented at ʺThe Valencia Summit: the necessary involvement of the city for the success of a major sport event;ʺ organized by the Noos Institute, Valencia, Spain, October 2004. • ʺAlianzas intersectoriales en América Latina: Qué nos enseña la práctica recienteʺ, presented at the ʺ8vo Congreso de ingeniería industrial: Tendencias de clase mundial para la industria colombiana;ʺ organizad by AEIAP, Manizales, Colombia, May 2004. In-company training • Krafts Food, Kraft Latin American Management Meeting, Costa Do Sauipe, Brazil, November 2006. • Grupo Arcor, Buenos Aires, Argentina, August 2006. Experience in academic management • Social Enterprise Knowledge Network; Harvard Business School, Boston, MA. Played a pivotal role in the launching of the SEKN, a partnership between HBS, the AVINA Foundation and leading business schools from Latin America. Managed relations with partners and provided overall leadership of the organization. Supported and advised member institutions in field research, analysis of collected information, and writing of case‐studies. Designed research protocol that guided data collection of the network. Coordinates knowledge creation of the network. • Armenian Diplomatic Training Program; The Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, Tufts University, 1999‐2000. The ADTP emerged from a partnership between the Fletcher School, the Tavitian Foundation and the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Designed, implemented and administered —4— successfully two consecutive editions of the program. Interviewed and recruited faculty, monitored students’ performance. Trained more than 50 diplomats; budget of each program: US$ 570,000. Membership in professional/social organizations • • • • • • • The Business Association of Latin American Studies (BALAS) The Valencia Summit. Major Sport Events as Opportunity for Development of Cities. Member of Summit’s Board of Experts. Instituto Nóos, Barcelona, Spain. Member of Scientific Commission. Inditex Group, La Coruña, Spain. Member of Social Council. Fundación Areté, Madrid, Spain. Member of Scientific Board. Harvard Argentine Club, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Member. Former member of Harvard Argentine Society (HAS), Cambridge, MA. —5—