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    Assistant Professor of International Business
    Business, Organizations and Society
    717-358-5931
    Office: HAR114
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    Professional Biography

    Sara Jane McCaffrey is an assistant professor of international business in the
    Department Business, Organizations, and Society at F&M. McCaffrey’s research
    interests focus on business managers’ responses to globalization in advanced industrial
    economies, and on the impact of negotiated standards and political institutions on
    production strategies.
     
    Prof. McCaffrey’s current research examines the farming and food industries in the US,
    Italy, and the UK. Agriculture remains the world’s most highly protected industry, but
    farmers and food producers are far from immune to globalization pressures. McCaffrey
    is investigating how farm managers attempt to upgrade to higher value added segments,
    and in particular, how they evaluate and whether they adopt conventional, organic,
    or ‘local’ production and marketing strategies.
     
    Prior to arriving at F&M, Prof. McCaffrey studied at MIT, where she was a member
    of the research team at MIT’s Industrial Performance Center. McCaffrey’s
    dissertation, “Globalization and Human Capital” examined the variety of globalization
    strategies of firm managers in Italy, Germany, and the US in the textile and apparel
    industries and the IT training industry.
     
    In 2012-13, Prof. McCaffrey is on research leave. She will be a visiting scholar at the
    Saint Joseph University Center for Food Marketing.

    Education

    BSFS - Georgetown University

    Ph.D. -  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Publications

    Recent Research
     

    McCaffrey, S.J., and N.B. Kurland, “Who Defines Local? Multiple Standards and Local Labeling Schemes” Revise and Resubmit.

    Kurland, N.B. and S.J. McCaffrey, “Leading to Local: Social Movement Organization Leaders and the Creation of Markets for ‘Local’ Goods” Revise and Resubmit.

    McCaffrey, S.J., and N.B. Kurland, "Does Local Mean Ethical? The US 'Buy Local' Movement and CSR in SMEs” Under review.

    McCaffrey, S.J. 2013. “Tacit-rich districts and globalization: changes in the Italian textile and apparel production system” Socio-Economic Review; doi:10.1093/ser/mwt005  http://ser.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/mwt005?
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    Kurland, N.B. McCaffrey, S.J., and Hill, D. H, 2012.  “The Localism Movement: Shared and Emergent Values”. Journal of Environmental Sustainability. vol. 2. http://www.environmentalmanager.org/index.php/journal/  

    Kurland, N.B., McCaffrey, S.J. and Zell, D. 2012. The Localism Movement: Environmental Leadership in Grassroots Activism. In D. R. Gallagher (Ed.) Environmental Leadership, Sage Publications.

    Course Information

    BO350: International Business


    BOS480: Business and Politics