Rate My Professor Sheila Puffer

Sheila M. Puffer is University Distinguished Professor of International Business at Northeastern University's D'Amore-McKim School of Business, a position she has held since 2011 following her appointment as faculty in 1988. She earned her Ph.D. in Business Administration from the University of California, Berkeley, an M.B.A. and B.A. in Slavic Studies from the University of Ottawa, Canada, and a Diploma in Management from the Plekhanov Institute of the National Economy in Moscow, Russia. Her career includes earlier roles as Assistant Professor in the Department of Organization and Human Resources at the State University of New York at Buffalo, as well as visiting professorships at institutions such as Stanford Graduate School of Business, University of Nottingham Ningbo China, Stockholm School of Economics, and Northeastern University London. Puffer serves as Fellow of Harvard University's Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies since 1990, Faculty Affiliate of Northeastern's Global Resilience Institute since 2018, and has held endowed positions including Cherry Family Senior Fellow of International Business and Patrick F. and Helen C. Walsh Research Professor.

Puffer's research specializations encompass international business strategy, emerging markets particularly Russia and the former Soviet Union, corporate governance, entrepreneurship, leadership, informal networks, ethics, institutional theory, migration, and sustainability issues such as the global sand crisis and fossil fuel companies' renewable energy communications. Key publications include the award-winning book Hammer & Silicon: The Soviet Diaspora in the US Innovation Economy – Immigration, Innovation, Institutions, Imprinting, and Identity (2018, Cambridge University Press), which received the Responsible Research in Management Award; The Russian Capitalist Experiment: From State-owned Organizations to Entrepreneurships (2000, Edward Elgar); Corporate Governance in Russia (2004, Edward Elgar, co-edited); and Management Across Cultures: Insights from Fiction and Practice (1996, Blackwell). She has earned major honors such as ranking in Stanford University's top 2% of scientists worldwide, recognition as the leading international scholar on business and management in Russia and Central/Eastern Europe, and the Robert D. Klein University Lecture. Puffer has contributed editorially as Editor of The Academy of Management Executive, on boards of Journal of International Business Studies and Journal of World Business, and served on the Academy of Management Board of Governors (1999-2002). Her influence is evident in organizing conferences on corporate governance and international entrepreneurship, and extensive professional service including track chairs and advisory roles.