FRANCISCO MANUEL FIGUEIRA DE LEMOS (2F1B-EF44-CB4A)

Curriculum Vitae

FRANCISCO MANUEL FIGUEIRA DE LEMOS

Francisco Figueira de Lemos is an Associate Researcher at Uppsala University, in Sweden, and a Visiting Scholar at Florida International University, in USA. He holds a PhD in International Business from Uppsala University, which curricula partially done at Harvard Business School, in the United States. The title of his doctoral thesis is “A Political View on the Internationalization Process”. His scientific work focuses on comparative multilevel studies concerning the effect of the institutional environment between countries on the strategic decisions, as well as the factors which explain the differences of trade and investment performance of firms and national economies. It has been receiving international recognition through several papers published in international journals and prizes of excellence, such as the Best Doctoral Proposal of the European International Business Academy/COST (2012) and Wallander Prize from Handelsbanken of Sweden. In 2014 he was a finalist of the Gunnar Hedlund Award for the Best PhD Thesis in International Business. Francisco Lemos' professional path includes previous experiences as a manager, entrepreneur and consultant in engineering and international business fields. He was also a member of cabinet in the XVIII Constitutional Government of Portugal.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: FRANCISCO MANUEL FIGUEIRA DE LEMOS

Citation names

Lemos, Francisco
Figueira de Lemos, Francisco

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 2F1B-EF44-CB4A
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7409-9483

Websites

http://katalog.uu.se/profile/?id=N7-1481 (Professional)

Knowledge fields

Social Sciences - Economics and Business

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening
English	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
French	Beginner (A1)	Intermediate (B1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)
Spanish; Castilian	Beginner (A1)	Intermediate (B1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)
Portuguese (Mother tongue)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2014 Concluded	Economics/Business Studies (Doctor of Philosophy) Uppsala Universitet, Sweden "A Political View on the Internationalization Process" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Approved
2012 Concluded	Foundations of Strategy (Postgraduate Certificate) Harvard Business School, United States "n/a" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Approved
2010 Concluded	Nord IB (Postgraduate Certificate) Nordic Research School of International Business, Sweden "n/a" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Approved
2007/06/01 Concluded	Master in Management and Administration [Mestrado em Gestão e Administração] (Mestrado) Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal "The Effect of Cooperation Strategies in the Internationalization Process of the Firm, [O Efeito das Estratégias de Cooperação no Processo de Internacionalização das Empresas], Universidade Católica Portuguesa. " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	"Magna cum laude"
2004 Concluded	MBA in Management (Pós-Graduação) Universidade Católica Portuguesa Católica Porto Business School, Portugal	16 / 20
2004 Concluded	MBA in Marketing (Pós-Graduação) Universidade Católica Portuguesa Católica Porto Business School, Portugal	16 / 20
1992 Concluded	Engenharia Civil (Licenciatura) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal "n/a" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	13 / 20

Affiliation

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
2020/02/01 - Current	Visiting Professor (University Teacher)	Fundação Getúlio Vargas Escola de Administração de Empresas de São Paulo, Brazil
	Fundação Getúlio Vargas Escola de Administração de Empresas de São Paulo, Brazil
2018/08 - Current	Visiting Professor (University Teacher)	Florida International University College of Business Administration, United States
	Florida International University College of Business Administration, United States
2014/01 - 2021/04	Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher)	Universidade Católica Portuguesa Católica Porto Business School, Portugal
	Universidade Católica Portuguesa Centro Regional do Porto, Portugal
2007/05 - 2014/12	Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Economia, Portugal
	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Economia, Portugal

Positions / Appointments

	Category Host institution	Employer
2018/07 - Current	Associate Researcher	Uppsala Universitet Foretagsekonomiska Institutionen, Sweden
	Uppsala Universitet Foretagsekonomiska Institutionen, Sweden
2014/01/01 - 2018/06/30	Post Doc	Uppsala Universitet Foretagsekonomiska Institutionen, Sweden
	Uppsala Universitet Foretagsekonomiska Institutionen, Sweden
2008/09 - 2010/12	Docent and Researcher	Universidade Católica Portuguesa Centro de Estudos de Gestão e Economia, Portugal
	Universidade Católica Portuguesa Centro de Estudos de Gestão e Economia, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2020/02/14 - Current	Artificial Intelligence in the coevolution of Firms and Institutions: building up moral and sentiments in a hyper rational economic society Researcher Uppsala Universitet Foretagsekonomiska Institutionen, Sweden Marianne och Marcus Wallenbergs Stiftelse, Sweden	Ongoing
2014/01/10 - 2018/06/30	A Political View on the Internationalization Process - Francisco Lemos Wh13-0552 Post-doc Fellow Uppsala Universitet Foretagsekonomiska Institutionen, Sweden	Jan Wallanders Och Tom Hedelius Stiftelse Samt Tore Browaldhs Stiftelse Concluded
2011/01 - 2014/01	FCT - Individual Doctoral Grants SFRH/BD/69800/2010 PhD Student Fellow Uppsala Universitet Foretagsekonomiska Institutionen, Sweden	FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia Concluded
2011/12 - 2012/08	Hedelius Stipendium H11-0401 Harvard Business School - Strategy Unit, United States	Jan Wallanders Och Tom Hedelius Stiftelse Samt Tore Browaldhs Stiftelse

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2019/05/10 - 2020/05/02	Portugal Exporta (Artificial Intelligence in International Business) 194773655 Research Fellow AICEP - AGENCIA PARA O INVESTIMENTO E COMERCIO EXTERNO DE PORTUGAL, Portugal	Ongoing

Other

	Designation	Funders
2016/09/01 - Current	INDUSTRIA 2030 Researcher Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, Portugal	Ongoing
2010/03 - 2011/03	BIU - Business Intelligence Unit Research Technician Fellow AICEP - AGENCIA PARA O INVESTIMENTO E COMERCIO EXTERNO DE PORTUGAL, Portugal	Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Book chapter	Lemos, Francisco. "Alignment of Top-Down Pro-Internationalization Policies of Outward Foreign Direct Investment". In Successes and Challenges of Emerging Economy Multinationals, 12-24. United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2014. Published • 10.1057/9781137369413_2 Torres, Miguel; Figueira de Lemos, Francisco; Fidas, Penelope. "Between Neighbours’ Heat and Colonial Ties’ Comfort: Does Distance Really Matter?". In Business, Society and Politics, 105-130. Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2012. Published • 10.1108/s1876-066x(2012)0000028013
Conference paper	Figueira de Lemos, Francisco. "The Legitimacy Mechanism: A Political View on the Uppsala Model". Paper presented in 45th Conference of European International Business Academy., Leeds, 2019. Figueira de Lemos, Francisco. "Risk Assessment in International Ventures". Paper presented in 61th Conference of Academy of International Business., Copenhagen, 2019. Figueira de Lemos, Francisco. "Learning and Legitimizing: The Internationalization Process Conciliated with Institutionalism Perspectives". Paper presented in 60th Conference of Academy of International Business, Minneapolis, 2018. Figueira de Lemos, Francisco. "Exports, R&D Activities, and Labour Productivity of SMEs". Paper presented in CONCORDi 2017, 6th European Conference on Corporate R&D and Innovation. European Commission., Seville, 2017. Figueira de Lemos, Francisco. "Operations Ownership or International Contracts?". Paper presented in 59th Conference of Academy of International Business, Dubai, 2017. Figueira de Lemos, Francisco. "International Alliances and Joint Ventures: Why the Local Partner?". Paper presented in 42nd Conference of European International Business Academy, Vienna, 2016. Figueira de Lemos, Francisco. "Barriers to Direct Investment Abroad and Efficiency of Internationalization". Paper presented in 42nd Conference of European International Business Academy, Vienna, 2016. Figueira de Lemos, Francisco. "Re-Using Uppsala Lens in Cross-Border M&As of Emerging Market: Challenging the Springboard Perspective". Paper presented in 58th Conference of Academy of International Business, New Orleans, 2016. Figueira de Lemos, Francisco. "Internationalization: Does Politics Matter? (awarded with track best paper).". Paper presented in 41st Conference of European International Business Academy, Rio de Janeiro, 2015. Figueira de Lemos, Francisco. "The Control of Foreign Operations: Reassessing Coase’s influence on Hymer’s Thesis’. In Proceedings of the 11th Iberian International Business Conference. Porto, Portugal". Paper presented in 11th Iberian International Business Conference. Porto, Portugal, Porto, 2015. Figueira de Lemos, Francisco. "The Structural view of the Multinational". Paper presented in 40th Conference of European International Business Academy, Uppsala, 2014. Figueira de Lemos, Francisco. "International cooperation with local partners: Is it a strategic choice or a contingent move?". Paper presented in 56th Conference of Academy of International Business, Vancouver, 2014. Figueira de Lemos, Francisco. "The role of the local partner in the choice between International Alliances and Joint Ventures". Paper presented in 39th Conference of European International Business Academy, Bremen, 2013. Figueira de Lemos, Francisco. "The Control of Foreign Operations: Is it strategic, economic or politically driven?". Paper presented in 55th Conference of Academy of International Business, Istanbul, 2013. Figueira de Lemos, Francisco. "The Internationalization Process: a political based view (awarded with the best PhD thesis project)". Paper presented in 3rd COST-EIBA EIASM Doctoral Think Tank in the 38th European International Business Academy Annual Meeting, Brighton, 2012. Figueira de Lemos, Francisco. "Internationalisation of small firms in emerging markets: The strength of historical ties". Paper presented in 38th Conference of European International Business Academy, Brighton, 2012. Figueira de Lemos, Francisco. "The decision of entry mode in cooperative strategies: Cultural distance or relative size of the host country?". Paper presented in 54th Conference of Academy of International Business, Washington DC, 2012. Figueira de Lemos, Francisco. "Firm-level determinants of outward foreign direct investment: A systematic review of the empirical literature". Paper presented in Academy of International Business (UK & Ireland Chapter), Liverpool, 2012. Figueira de Lemos, Francisco. "The Influence of Internationalization on Crises Recovering: Preliminary results from the Portuguese banking sector’, In Taking International Business to the Next Level Emerging Issues, Strategies and Economies, Bucharest, Romania. European International Business Academy". Paper presented in 37th Conference of European International Business Academ, Bucharest, 2011. Figueira de Lemos, Francisco. "Consortia in construction industry internationalization: an exploratory study on its motivations". Paper presented in 37th Conference of European International Business Academy, Bucharest, 2011. Figueira de Lemos, Francisco. "Learning with Crises for a Sustainable Growth: Lessons from Internationalization Processes in Extreme Unstable Markets". Paper presented in 53th Conference of Academy of International Business, Nagoya, 2011. Figueira de Lemos, Francisco. "The Impact of Internationalization on Crises Recovering: A preliminary study on the Portuguese banking sector’. In IB’s Role in Building a Better and Stronger Global Economy, Porto, Portugal. European International Business Academy". Paper presented in 36th Conference of European International Business Academy, Porto, 2010. Figueira de Lemos, Francisco. "Internationalization Processes in Unstable Markets: A Model to Deal with Crisis Environments". Paper presented in 52nd Conference of the Academy of International Business, Rio de Janeiro, 2010.
Conference poster	Zichichi, Antonino. ""Guess what?": improvising for the unexpected". Paper presented in 37th Conference of European International Business Academy, 2011. Figueira de Lemos, Francisco. "Modelling the effect of cooperation in firm’s internationalization’,". Paper presented in 35th Conference of European International Business Academy, 2009.
Journal article	Lemos, Francisco. "Complementarity of R&D and productivity in SME export behavior". Journal of Business Research 96 (2019): 157-168. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0148296318305708. Published • https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2018.11.018 Lemos, Francisco. "Reusing Uppsala lens in cross-border M&As of emerging markets". Strategic Change 27 1 (2018): 35-42. https://doi.org/10.1002%2Fjsc.2178. 10.1002/jsc.2178 Lemos, Francisco. "Internationalization processes in stable and unstable market conditions: Towards a model of commitment decisions in dynamic environments". Journal of World Business 49 3 (2014): 332-349. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.jwb.2013.07.003. Published • 10.1016/j.jwb.2013.07.003 Figueira-de-Lemos, Francisco; Johanson, Jan; Vahlne, Jan-Erik. "Risk management in the internationalization process of the firm: A note on the Uppsala model". Journal of World Business 46 2 (2011): 143-153. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jwb.2010.05.008. Published • 10.1016/j.jwb.2010.05.008 Lemos, Francisco. "Complexity and interdependency in firm's internationalisation: when the state becomes the partner". International Journal of Business Environment 2 4 (2009): 485-485. https://doi.org/10.1504%2Fijbe.2009.028796. Published • 10.1504/ijbe.2009.028796
Newsletter article	Lemos, Francisco. "A Political View on the Internationalization Process", European International Business Academy, 2013
Newspaper article	Figueira de Lemos, Francisco. "Macron: O Socialismo 4.0", Jornal de Notícias, 2017 Figueira de Lemos, Francisco. "Europeísta ou socialista? Atlantista!", Jornal de Notícias, 2016 Figueira de Lemos, Francisco. "O peso do interior", Jornal de Notícias, 2016 Figueira de Lemos, Francisco. "O regresso da internacionalização?", Jornal de Negócios, 2009
Thesis / Dissertation	Lemos, Francisco. "A Political View on the Internationalization Process". PhD, Uppsala Universitet Foretagsekonomiska Institutionen, 2013. http://uu.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:610193/FULLTEXT02.pdf.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2017/04/20	I2030 Project Preliminary Results	[Industry 2030] Indústria 2030 ISEG-UTL (Porto, Portugal)
2016/02/24	“[Entrepreneurship & Internationalization] Empreendedorismo & Internacionalização”	Master Class ISEG-UTL (Lisbon, Portugal)
2012/05/16	Nokia: A case of innovation leveraging through cultural difference	Master Class ISEG - UTL (Lisbon, Portugal)
2010/01/28	Portuguese Technology Plan for Public Safety 2005-2009	Worldwide Public Safety Symposium 2010 Microsoft (Seattle, United States)
2009/09/30	“[Internationalization in Transition Markets] Internacionalização em Mercados de Transição”	Conferencias AICCOPN AICCOPN (Porto, Portugal)
2009/09/25	New Research Agenda on the Internationalization Process	Master class Nord IB (Uppsala, Sweden)
2009/03/12	"[Public Private Partnerships: A sustainable model of Investment in Public Infrastructure] Parcerias Público Privadas: um modelo estruturante de investimento em infraestruturas públicas”	Conferencias AICCOPN AICCOPN (Porto, Portugal)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2017/04 - 2018/12/20	The process of growth in technological firms Supervisor	Gestão e Estratégia Industrial (Master) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, Portugal

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2018/04 - 2018/04	Conferência Indústria 2030 (2017/04/20 - 2017/04/20) Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, Portugal

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2019/06/24 - 2019/06/27	Chair of the Track: IB in an unsettling environment; Session Topic: Geopolitical Risk and International Business. Conference	61th Annual Conference of Academy of International Business Academy of International Business, United States
2018/06/25 - 2018/06/28	Chair of the Track: International Business Policy; Session Topic: Antecedents and Outcomes of Foreign Direct Investment. Conference	60th Annual Conference of Academy of International Business Academy of International Business, United States
2017/12/14 - 2017/12/16	Chair of the Session: FDI, remittances and sustainable economic growth; Track: MNEs, Institutions and Policy. Conference	43rd Annual Conference of European International Business Academy European International Business Academy, Belgium
2017/07/01 - 2017/07	Chair of the Track: International Business Policy; Session Topic: The Mitigation of Political Risk and MNEs. Conference	59th Annual Conference of Academy of International Business Academy of International Business, United States
2016/12/02 - 2016/12/04	Chair of the Session Topic: SMEs and the Institutional (Micro-) Environment. Conference	42nd Annual Conference of European International Business Academy European International Business Academy, Belgium
2015/12/01 - 2015/12	Chair of the Session Topic: MNEs’ institutional environment, corporate social responsibility and sustainable development. Conference	41st Annual Conference of European International Business Academy European International Business Academy, Belgium
2014/12/11 - 2014/12/13	Chair of the Session Topic: MNCs, governments and sustainable development. Conference	40th Annual Conference of European International Business Academy
2011/12/08 - 2011/12/12	Chair of the Session Topic: Foreign Activities Control. Conference	37th Annual Conference of European International Business Academy

Jury of academic degree

	Topic Role	Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization
2016/01/11	Psychic Distance and Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions Performance (Thesis) Arguer	João Neves de Carvalho Santos (PhD) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Economia, Portugal
2009/06/12	Impacto do investimento directo estrangeiro em Cabo Verde (Thesis) Arguer	Rilde Aline dos Santos Fernandes (Master) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, Portugal

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2010/06 - Current	Academy of International Business	Member
2009/12 - Current	European International Business Academy	Member

Consulting

	Activity description	Institution / Organization
2017 - Current	Roster Consultant	United Nations Economic and Social Council, United States
2013 - Current	Consultant for Public Sector and Governance Unit	World Bank, United States
1998/05 - 2010/12	Advisor to the Board on international operations	ACA Group, Portugal
2009/10 - 2010/09	Special Advisor for the Technological National Plan	Governo da República Portuguesa Ministério da Administração Interna, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2019/02 - 2019/06	Strategic Management (English)	(Bachelor)	Florida International University College of Business Administration, United States
2019/01 - 2019/06	Politics and Business (Honors Track)	(Bachelor)	Uppsala Universitet Foretagsekonomiska Institutionen, Sweden
2007/05 - 2014/12	Internationalization Strategies	(Especialização pós-licenciatura)	Universidade do Porto Porto Business School, Portugal
2007/05 - 2014/12	Project Finance / PPP - Public Private Partnerships	(Especialização pós-licenciatura)	Universidade do Porto Porto Business School, Portugal
2008/09 - 2009/02	Introduction to the Firm Studies	(Bacharelato)	Universidade Católica Portuguesa Faculdade de Economia e Gestão, Portugal

Journal scientific committee

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2019/08 - Current	International Journal of Emerging Markets (1746-8809)	Emerald (MCB UP )
2019/01 - Current	International Business Review (0969-5931)	Elsevier
2011 - Current	International Journal of Risk Assessment and Management (1741-5241)	Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.

Mentoring / Tutoring

	Topic	Student name
2019/12 - Current	Relationship between Internationalisation and Innovation: A Systematic Literature Review	Handar Vahit
2019/12 - Current	Do EMNEs enhance their innovation performance through strategic asset seeking (SAS) M&As? —the case of Chinese multinationals	Liang Yanze
2017/12/14 - Current	BOP markets and the nature and structure of business models in commercializing frugal innovation	Jackson Musona
2017/12/14 - Current	Political capital, absorptive capacity and innovation considering internationalization stages in emerging economies: evidence from China	Lu Xiaojing
2017/04 - Current	The values of home-country political connections in enhancing the firm’s OFDI performance	Intakhantee Naunghathai
2017/04 - Current	Institutions and Inward FDI, the role of institutional quality in attracting FDI in Least Developed Countries	Lutfuzzaman Waheed
2011/01/01 - 2014/06/30	Consistent Inconsistency, the Role of Tension in Explaining Change in Interorganizational Relationships	Siavash Alimadadi

Distinctions

Award

2015	EIBA's Best paper, track “MNEs, institutional environment, corporate social responsibility and sustainable development" European International Business Academy, Belgium
2014	Finalist of the Gunnar Hedlund prize of Best PhD Thesis in the field of International Business European International Business Academy, Belgium Stockholm School of Economics Executive Education, Sweden
2013	Wallander Grant by nomination of the Department of Business Studies of Uppsala University for a doctoral thesis of excellence (EUR 165 000) Jan Wallanders Och Tom Hedelius Stiftelse Samt Tore Browaldhs Stiftelse, Sweden
2012	Winner of the Best Doctoral Proposal - 3rd COST/EIBA Think Tank European Cooperation in Science and Technology, Belgium
2011	Hedelius Stipendium for Doctoral Studies at Harvard University - USA (EUR 22 000) Jan Wallanders Och Tom Hedelius Stiftelse Samt Tore Browaldhs Stiftelse, Sweden

Other distinction

2016	Top 10 Most Cited Articles of Journal of World Business Elsevier BV, Netherlands
2012	Top 25 Most Downloaded Articles of Elsevier (JWB) Elsevier BV, Netherlands
2011	Top 25 Most Downloaded Articles of Elsevier (JWB) Elsevier BV, Netherlands