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).
May, R. (Presenter & Author), Stewart, W. (Presenter & Author), McCarthy, D. (Presenter & Author), Puffer, S. (Presenter & Author), Ledgerwood, D. (Presenter & Author), Academy of Management International Meetings, "Predictors of individual knowledge acquisition commitment in a Post-Soviet setting,” Academy of Management, Montreal, Canada. (August 10, 2010).
Puffer, S., McCarthy., Daniel S., Symposium, Emerging Markets: Opportunities and Challenges, "Challenges of doing business in Russia,” Northeastern University Center for Emerging Markets, Boston. (August 5, 2010).
Puffer, S. (Presenter & Author), McCarthy, D. (Presenter & Author), Jaeger, A. M. (Author Only), Dunlap-Hinkler, D. (Author Only), Bergamo Wharton Joint Conference, "A Stakeholder Approach to the Ethicality of BRIC-firm Managers’ Use of Favors,” European Business Ethics Network, Bergamo, Italy. (July 2, 2010).
McCarthy, D. (Author Only), Puffer, S. (Presenter & Author), Dunlap-Hinkler, D. (Presenter & Author), Jaeger, A. M. (Author Only), Academy of International Business, "Managerial Responses to Achieving Competitiveness in Local vs. Global Contexts: An Institutional Perspective on the Role that Favors and Bribery Play in Emerging Markets,” Rio de Janiero, Brazil. (June 28, 2010).
McCarthy, D., Puffer, S., Competing with Emerging MNEs from Emerging markets, "Russian multinationals,” Northeastern University Center for Emerging Markets and the India-China Association, Boston. (June 9, 2010).
Puffer, S., Distinguished Scholar Research Series, "Methodological issues in conducting research in emerging economies; Doing business in Russia: Institutions, entrepreneurial action, and bribes," University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada. (September 2009).
Puffer, S., Academy of Management Annual Meeting, "Distinguished speaker, IMD Junior Faculty Consortium," Academy of Management, Chicago. (August 2009).
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).
Puffer, S., ION - International Organizational Network, "The evolution of Russian firms during institutional upheaval: The role of institutions in organizational transformation," Sebanci University, Istanbul, Turkey. (May 2009).
Puffer, S., Visiting Scholar, "Entrepreneurship in Russia and China: The Impact of Formal Institutional Voids," Stockholm School of Economics, Stockholm, Sweden. (April 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).
"Formal institutional voids in Russia and China." McGill University Faculty of Management seminar series, Montreal, October 2008.
"Entrepreneurship in Russia and China: The impact of formal institutional voids." Northeastern University conference, International Entrepreneurship: Do Institutions Matter? Boston, October 2008 (with D.J. McCarthy and M. Boisot).
"The fast track of Russian corporations: The research agenda." European School of Management and Technology Annual Forum: Corporate Russia on the rise. Berlin, June 2008.
"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 D.J. McCarthy and W.H. Stewart).
"Russian multinationals: Natural resource champions." Davis Center for Russian Studies, Harvard University, October 2007 (with D.J. McCarthy).
"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 (with R.C. May, W.H. Stewart, Jr., D.J. McCarthy, and D.E. Ledgerwood). Published in Best Paper Proceedings.
"Individual antecedents of absorptive capacity in emerging economies: Evidence from Russia and Ukraine." Academy of Management international meetings, Philadelphia, August 2007 (with R.C. May, W.H. Stewart, Jr., D.J. McCarthy, and D.E. Ledgerwood).
"Women leaders in business, government, and academia: Doing well by doing good." All-Academy Symposium, Academy of Management international meetings, Philadelphia, August. 2007.
"Career and publishing success." Senior faculty leader at the International Management Division junior faculty consortium, Academy of Management international meetings, Philadelphia, August 2007.
"Can Russia’s state-managed, network capitalism be competitive?: Institutional pull versus institutional push." European Group of Organizational Studies international conference, Vienna, July 2007 (with D. McCarthy).
"Russian multinationals: Natural resource giants." Northeastern University-Wharton School conference on emerging markets multinationals, Boston, June 2007 (with D.J. McCarthy and O.S. Vikhanski).
"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 (with D.J. McCarthy).
"Emerging capitalism in Russia and China." Davis Center for Russian Studies, Harvard University, December 2006 (with D.J. McCarthy and J.L. Wilson).
"Bringing transition economies into the global arena through corporate governance." All Academy Symposium on new perspectives on cross-cultural knowledge: In search of action plans to service the global economy. Academy of Management international meetings, Atlanta, August 2006.
"Getting published and dealing with multiple rejections." Senior faculty leader at the International Management Division junior faculty consortium, Academy of Management meetings, Atlanta, August 2006.
"Russia’s transition to state-managed, network capitalism." International Conference on Advances in Management, Lisbon, Portugal, July 2006 (with D.J. McCarthy).
"Free enterprise: Values in action conference." Invited participant. Harvard Business School. Gruter Institute for Law and Behavioral Research, John Templeton Foundation/UCLA-Sloan Research Program working conference, June 2006.
"HRM in a knowledge-based global economy." Texas A&M European Union Center of Excellence, Houston, April 2006.
"The Yukos effect: Can Russia’s state-managed, network capitalism be competitive?" Davis Center for Russian Studies, Harvard University, February 2006 (with D.J. McCarthy).
"Corporate entrepreneurship conference." Invited participant. Harvard Business School, December 2005.
"Global mindset." Invited scholar to participate in an international think tank workshop on global mindset research, Thunderbird Graduate School of International Management, Phoenix, AZ, November 2005.
"Getting published after a string of rejections." Senior faculty leader at the International Management Division junior faculty consortium, Academy of Management meetings, Honolulu, Hawaii, August 2005.
"Lessons for Russian management from the Chinese experience: Applying Boisot and Child's 'From fiefs to clans and network capitalism: Explaining China's emerging economic order.'" Invited presentation at the All Academy Symposium, Academy of Management International Meetings, Honolulu, Hawaii, August 2005 (with D.J. McCarthy).
"Russian managers in the new Europe: Need for a new management style." Academy of International Business, Quebec City, July 2005 (with D.J. McCarthy). Also served as co-organizer and panel co-chair.
"Research directions for entrepreneurship in Russia." Invited presentation in the Showcase Symposium on Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies, Babson College 25th Anniversary Entrepreneurship Conference, Babson College, Wellesley, MA, June 2005 (with D.J. McCarthy).
"The tortuous trail toward corporate governance in Russia." CIBER conference on BRIC economies, University of Connecticut, April 2005 (with D.J. McCarthy).
"Corporate governance battles in Russia: The case of Ilim Pulp." Davis Center for Russian Studies, Harvard University, February 2005 (with D.J. McCarthy).
"Entrepreneurship and innovation research conference." Invited participant. Harvard Business School, December 2004.
"Corporate governance in Russia: Insights from integrative social contracts theory." Invited paper presented at the Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania, Conference on Contractarian Approaches to Business Ethics: The Evolution of Integrative Social Contracts Theory, November 2004 (with D.J. McCarthy).
"Barriers and Solutions to Knowledge Transfer in Russian Companies." Academy of Management international meeting, New Orleans, August 2004 (with R.C. May and D.J. McCarthy). Also organized and chaired the panel, Challenges and Solutions to Facilitating Transfer of Actionable Knowledge in Transition Economies.
"The transition in Russian business and management." National Resource Center for Russian, East European, and Central Asian Studies, Harvard University teachers' workshop, Putin's Russia: Current Issues and Concerns, June 2004 (with D.J. McCarthy)
"Linkages between corporate governance and corporate social responsibility in Russia." Voluntary Codes of Conduct for Multinational Corporations: Promises and Challenges. Wharton-World Bank, ICCA international conference, New York, May 2004 (with D.J. McCarthy).
"Corporate governance in transitioning economies." Academy of Management international meeting, Seattle, August 2003.
"The emergence of corporate governance in Russia." Global Business and Technology Association International Conference, Budapest, Hungary, July 2003 (with D.J. McCarthy).
"Corporate governance in Russia: A framework for analysis." Gorbachev Foundation of North America Conference on Corporate Governance and Investment in Transitioning Economies, Northeastern University, Boston, April 2003 (with D.J. McCarthy).
"Business ethics and corporate governance." Panel presentation at Paideia and Religion: Educating for Democracy?, Boston University School of Management, March 2003.
Moderator of the videoconference on "Corporate responsibility and sustainable competitiveness in Russia." Zicklin 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, December 2002 (co-moderator with D.J. McCarthy and R. Hisrich).
"A framework for Russian entrepreneurship." Workshop on Entrepreneurship in Transitioning Economies chaired by Klaus Uhlenbruck, Academy of Management international meetings, Denver, August 2002.
"Russia’s corporate governance scorecard in the Enron era." International Partnership of Business Schools conference, Sitges, Spain, June 2002 (with D.J. McCarthy).
Industry and Academic Experience
Professor Puffer is a fellow at the Davis Center for Russian Studies at Harvard University. She has served as program director of the Gorbachev Foundation of North America at Northeastern. She worked for six years as an administrator in the Government of Canada and has consulted for a number of private and nonprofit organizations.
Professional Services
Professor Puffer was the editor of The Academy of Management Executive and a member of the Academy’s Board of Governors (1999-2002). She serves on numerous editorial boards, including the Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of World Business, and European Journal of International Management.
Recent Press
Quoted in various media outlets including BusinessWeek online, Knowledge@Wharton, and Home Channel News.
Mailing Address
Sheila M. Puffer
313 Hayden Hall
Northeastern University
Boston, Massachusetts 02115-5000