Dr Rodrigo Juan Basco Rodriguez is currently Associate Professor of Management and Sheikh Saoud bin Khalid bin Khalid Al-Qassimi Chair in Family Business at the American University of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). He earned his PhD in Business from Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain and MBA from Universidad Antonio de Nebrija, Spain after completing his BS in Accounting from Universidad Nacional de Tucuman, Argentina, in 1998. He has taught economics, management and family business Spain, Chile and Germany. Before joining AUS, Dr. Basco held a post-doctoral position at the Witten Institute for Family Business, University of Witten/Herdecke. His major research focuses on the field of entrepreneurship, management and regional development with special interest in family firms. The results of his research have been published in international academic journals such as Family Business Review and International Small Business Journal. He edited a special issue on the topic “Family Business and Regional Development” in the Journal of Family Business Strategy.