Selected Presentations
Corporate governance and IPO underpricing throughout the world: Agency and institutional perspectives. Academy of International Business, Nagoya, Japan, June 2011 (with William Q. Judge, Greg Bell, Till Talaulicar, et al.).
Puffer, S. (Presenter & Author), McCarthy, D. (Presenter & Author), Jaeger, A. M. (Presenter & Author), Dunlap-Hinkler, D., Symposium on Managing Favors in a Global Economy, "The use of favors by BRIC managers to accomplish business goals: Ethical or not?,” Northeastern University, Northeastern University. (October 15, 2010).
McCarthy, D. (Presenter & Author), Puffer, S. (Presenter & Author), Davis Center for Russian Studies, "A Russian revolution in entrepreneurial leadership: Russian Entrepreneurs of the Year Finalists 2003-2007,” Harvard University, Harvard University. (September 2010).
Predictors of individual knowledge acquisition commitment in a Post-Soviet setting. Academy of Management international meetings, Montréal, August 2010 (with R. May, S.M. Puffer, and W. Stewart).
Challenges of doing business in Russia. Northeastern University Center for Emerging Markets symposium, Emerging markets: opportunities and challenges. Boston, August 2010 (with S.M. Puffer and D. Satinsky).
A stakeholder approach to the ethicality of BRIC-firm managers’ use of favors. 3rd Bergamo-Wharton Joint Conference on Business Ethics on Stakeholder Theory(ies): Ethical bases, managerial applications,conceptual limits. Bergamo, Italy, July 2010 (with S.M. Puffer, D. Dunlap-Hinkler, and A. Jaeger).
Managerial responses to achieving competitiveness in local vs. global contexts: An institutional perspective on the role that favors and bribery play in emerging markets.Academy of International Business, Rio de Janeiro, June 2010 (with S.M. Puffer, D. Dunlap-Hinkler, and A. Jaeger).
Russian multinationals. Webinar presentation, Northeastern University Center for Emerging Markets and the India-China Association, June 2010 (with S.M. Puffer).
Shekshnia, S. V., Puffer, S., McCarthy, D., Academy of Management International Meeting, "Russian leadership and mythology," Academy of Management, Chicago. (August 2009).
McCarthy, D., Puffer, S., Vikhanskiy, O. S., Academy of International Business Annual Meeting, "MNEs from emerging markets: A comparison of the BRIC experience," Academy of International Business, San Diego. (June 2009).
McCarthy, D., Puffer, S., Reading Henley Conference, "Entrepreneurship in Russia and China," University of Reading, Reading, UK. (March 2009).
McCarthy, D., Puffer, S., Economic Seminar Series, "Entrepreneurship in Russia and China," Davis Center for Russian Studies, Harvard University. (February 2009).
McCarthy, D., “Entrepreneurship in Russia and China: The impact of formal institutional voids.” Northeastern University conference, International Entrepreneurship: Do Institutions Matter? Boston, October 2008 (with S. Puffer and M. Boisot).
McCarthy, D., “Overcoming resistance to change in Russian organizations: The legacy of transactional leadership. European School of Management and Technology Annual Forum: Corporate Russia on the Rise. Berlin, June 2008 (with S. Puffer and W. Stewart).
McCarthy, D., Puffer, S., Stewart, W. H., European School of Management and Technology First Annual Forum: Corporate Russia on the Rise, "Leadership in Russian Organizations," European School of Management and Technology, Berlin, Germany. (June 2008).
McCarthy, D. (Presenter Only), Puffer, S., Five Diamond International Conference, Thinking Outward: Global Players from Emerging Markets, "Invited participant as expert on Russia," Columbia University, New York. (April 2008).
McCarthy, D., “Corporate social responsibility and transformational leadership in Russia.” Strategy and International Business Seminar Series, College of Business Administration, Northeastern University, March 2008 (with S. Puffer).
May, R., W. Stewart, S. Puffer, D. McCarthy and D. Ledgerwood. “A Test of the Cross-Cultural Equivalency of the Resistance to Change Scale in Russia and Ukraine.” Academy of Management International Meetings, Philadelphia, August 2007. Published in Best Paper Proceedings.
Puffer, S., D. McCarthy, R. May, W. Stewart, and D. Ledgerwood, “Individual Antecedents of Absorptive Capacity in Emerging Economies: Evidence from Russia and Ukraine.” Academy of Management International Meetings, Philadelphia, August 2007.
Puffer, S. and D. McCarthy, “Can Russia’s state-managed, network capitalism be competitive?: Institutional pull versus institutional push.” European Group of Organizational Studies international conference, Vienna, July 2007.
McCarthy, D., S. Puffer and O. Vikhanski, “Russian multinationals: Natural resource giants.” Northeastern University-Wharton School conference on emerging markets multinationals, Boston, June 2007.
McCarthy, D. and S. Puffer, “Interpreting the Ethicality of Corporate Governance Decisions in Russia: Utilizing Integrative Social Contracts Theory to Evaluate the Relevancy of Agency-Theory Norms.” International Center for Corporate Accountability conference, Baruch CUNY, New York, June 2007.
Puffer, S., D. McCarthy and J.L. Wilson, “Emerging capitalism in Russia and China.” Davis Center for Russian Studies, Harvard University, December, 2006.
McCarthy, D. and S. Puffer, “Russia’s transition to state-managed, network capitalism.” International Conference on Advances in Management, Lisbon, Portugal, July 2006.
McCarthy, D., Law and Behavioral Research: Values in Action, Templeton Foundation/UCLA-Sloan Research Program, Harvard Business School, Boston. June,2006.
McCarthy, D. and Puffer, S., Davis Center for Russian Studies, "The Yukos effect: Can Russia's state-managed, network capitalism be competitive?," Harvard University, Cambridge. February, 2006.
McCarthy, D., Corporate entrepreneurship conference. "Attended," Harvard Business School, Boston. December 2005.
Puffer, S. and McCarthy, D., All Academy Symposium Academy of Management International Meetings, "Lessons for Russian management from the Chinese experience: Applying Boisot and Child's ' From fiefs and clans to network capitalism: Explaining China's emerging economic order," Honolulu, Hawaii. August, 2005.
McCarthy, D., Puffer, S., Academy of International Business, "Russian managers in the new Europe: Need for a new management style," Quebec City, Canada. July, 2005.
McCarthy, D. and Puffer, S., Babson College 25th Anniversary Entrepreneurship Conference, "Research Directions for entrepreneurship in Russia," Babson College, Wellesley, MA. June, 2005.
McCarthy, D., Puffer, S., The CIBER Conference on BRIC economics, "The tortuous trail toward corporate governance in Russia," University of Connecticut, CT. April, 2005.
Puffer S. and McCarthy, D., "Corporate governance battles in Russia: The case of Ilim Pulp," Davis Center for Russian Studies, Harvard University, February, 2005.
McCarthy, D., "Entrepreneurship and Innovation Research Conference," Harvard Business School, December, 2004.
McCarthy, D., Puffer, S., Conference on Conctractarian Approaches to Business Ethics: The Evolution of Integrative Social Contracts Theory, "Corporate governance in Russia: Insights from integrative social contracts theory," Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania, November, 2004.
May, R., Puffer, S, and McCarthy, D. Academy of Management International Meeting, "Barriers and Solutions to Knowledge Transfer in Russian Companies," New Orleans, August, 2004.
McCarthy, D. and Puffer, S., Voluntary Codes of Conduct for Multinational Corporations: Promises and Challenges, "Linkages between corporate governance and corporate social responsibility in Russia," Wharton-World Bank, ICCA international conference, New York. May, 2004.
Puffer, S. and McCarthy, D., Global Business and Technology Association International Conference, "The emergence of corporate governance in Russia," Budapest, Hungary. July, 2003.
McCarthy, D., Puffer, S., Gorbachev Foundation of North America Conference on Corporate Governance and Investment in Transitioning Economies, "Corporate governance in Russia: A framework for analysis," Northeastern University, Boston, April, 2003.
McCarthy, D., Puffer, S., Hisrich, R., "Corporate responsibility and sustainable competitiveness in Russia," Ziclin Center for Business Ethics Research , The Wharton School , University of Pennsylvania, The World Bank Institute, Washington D.C., and the Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Videoconference. December, 2002.
McCarthy, D., Puffer, S., "Russia's corporate governance scorecard in the Enron era," Davis Centre for Russian Studies, Harvard University. November, 2002.
Industry and Academic Experience
Professor McCarthy is the Lead Director of Clean Harbors, Inc., an NYSE listed company for which he has been a Director since 1987. He has also consulted in the US and Europe for more than 40 companies. Early in his career, Professor McCarthy was president and cofounder of Computer Environments Corporation and served as a director on its board, as well as the board of its sister company, Time Share Corporation. He also has served on the boards of a number of private companies and nonprofit organizations.
Professional Services
Professor McCarthy has been a member of the editorial board of The Academy of Management Executive, and reviews for more than a dozen journals.
Recent Press
Quoted in several financial and retailing trade publications on doing business in Russia.
Mailing Address
Daniel J. McCarthy
313 Hayden Hall
Northeastern University
Boston, Massachusetts 02115-5000