Sheila M. Puffer is University Distinguished Professor and professor of international business, D’Amore-McKim School of Business, Northeastern University. She has been recognized as the #1 scholar in business and management in Russia, the former Soviet Union, Eastern Europe (Journal of International Business Studies). Her 160 publications include Hammer & Silicon: The Soviet Diaspora in the US Innovation Economy (with Daniel McCarthy and Daniel Satinsky, Cambridge University Press, 2018). She earned a diploma from the Plekhanov Institute of the National Economy, Moscow, and a BA (Slavic Studies) and MBA (University of Ottawa), and PhD in business administration (University of California, Berkeley).