Luis
Rubalcaba

Professor of Applied Economics at the Department of Economics and Business Administration, University of Alcalá

About me

Expert in business, public and social
innovation, and in competitiveness trade
and international trade.

Visiting professor at Harvard university in 2022. Professor of Economics, Department of Economics and Business Administration, University of Alcala and Director of the INSERAS services for society research group.

I have worked as Senior Private Sector Development Specialist (2013-2016) and as Consultant for the World Bank in Washington DC (2016-2022). I have also worked as external consultant for the European Commission in Brussels (2002-2004), for the IDB (2011-2013; 2019-2021), the United Nations and the OECD

About me

Expert in business, public and social innovation and in competitiveness trade and international trade.

Visiting professor at Harvard university in 2022. Professor of Economics, Department of Economics and Business Administration, University of Alcala and Director of the INSERAS services for society research group.

I have worked as Senior Private Sector Development Specialist (2013-2016) and as Consultant for the World Bank in Washington DC (2016-2022). I have also worked as external consultant for the European Commission in Brussels (2002-2004), for the IDB (2011-2013; 2019-2021), the United Nations and the OECD

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Selected scientific publications

120 scientific publications including author books, edited books, chapter writing, articles in indexed journals and other publications.

Publications in English

80 scientific publications including author books, chapter writing and articles for different media.

Publications in Spanish

Selected Books

Public-Private Innovation Networks in Services

/ Ed. Edward Elgar
ISBN:978-1-78100-265-0
Gallouj, F., Rubalcaba, L. and P. Windrum (eds.) (2013)

The New Service Economy: Challenges and Policy implications for Europe

/ Edward Elgar, Glos (UK) and Massachussets (US)
ISBN: 1-84542-585-5
Rubalcaba, L. (2007)

Innovation and the new service economy in Latin America and the Caribbean. Policy challenges and implications

CINVE – IDB
Aboal, D., Crespi, G. and L. Rubalcaba (2015)

Economy and customer experience management: The new challenge for business innovation (Business and Management)

/Pirámide
ISBN: 978-8-43684-276-0
L. Rubalcaba, Cortijo Laura (2020)

Supervised Doctoral Theses

“Innovation and employment growth in manufacturing and services: A firm-level econometric approach from Uruguay”.

Hector J. Lagunes Marín
“Innovation in public sector services”
Jenna Smith

“Educational services in the 21st century: Performance, efficiency and innovation”

Oscar R. Montes Pineda