Sara Jane McCaffrey
Assistant Professor of International Business
717-358-5931
Office: HAR-114
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
McCaffrey, Sara Jane, “Tacit-Rich Districts and Globalization: Changes in the Italian Textile
and Apparel Production System”. Under review (second R&R).
McCaffrey, Sara Jane and Nancy Kurland, “Localist Movements: To Protect Privileged
Stakeholders or to Serve Whole Communities?” Submitted for peer review.
Kurland, Nancy and SJ McCaffrey, “Leadership, Framing, and the Localism Movement”. Submitted
for peer review.
McCaffrey, Sara and Nancy Kurland, “Who Defines ‘Local’? Struggles to Control Local
Food Marketing in Global Retail Chains” Presented at the Industry Studies Association
Annual Conference, Pittsburg, May 29, 2012.
McCaffrey, Sara Jane, “Standards and Production Strategies: The Impact of Organic
and ‘Buy Fresh, Buy Local’ Labels on Farm Upgrading in Lancaster County”. Data
collection in process.
McCaffrey, Sara Jane, "Organic, Local, or Sustainable? Public and Private Certification
Schemes and their Impacts on Food Production". Data collection in process.
Presentations
McCaffrey, Sara and Nancy Kurland, “Who Defines ‘Local’? Struggles to Control Local
Food Marketing in Global Retail Chains” Presented at the Industry Studies Association
Annual Conference, Pittsburg, May 29, 2012.
Course Information
BO350: International Business
BOS480: Business and Politics
