EDUCATION:
AREAS OF EXPERTISE: Professor Murphy specializes in international social entrepreneurship, international relations, international political economy, business-government relations, corporate social responsibility (CSR), democratization and international security. As Director of Entrepreneurial Programs for the Kauffman Initiative he is responsible for encouraging and coordinating the study, teaching, and practice of new ventures and social progress among faculty and students. His research addresses global issues at the juncture of the public and private sectors. His current research focuses on large firms' use of regulations as a source of competitive advantage, and the impact of international trade and investment on domestic regulations. His first book The Structure of Regulatory Competition: corporations and public policies in a global economy (Oxford University Press, March 2004) draws on transaction cost economics and theories of political economy to differentiate large firms' preferences and their influences on public policy, and highlights the implications for CSR. His second book project, Public Interests, Private Leaders, and Mass Media (in progress), analyzes various conceptions of the 'public interest' and explores how media technologies have changed the ability of individuals to identify, define, and shape these conceptions. Dr. Murphy has spoken on social entrepreneurship and CSR issues to a variety of fora including the Dubai School of Government, Qatar's Education City, UNDP (at the 2003 Kazakhstan conference), CNN-News, ISA, and APSR. Another project examines Internet governance, including international competition-in-laxity in regulating the internet. Dr. Murphy has also conducted research on startup companies, social movements, and U.S. foreign policy. He teaches students in Georgetown University's Walsh School of Foreign Service, College, McDonough School of Business, Georgetown Law Center, and other Georgetown programs. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES: Previously, Deputy Director, Karl F. Landegger Program in International Business Diplomacy, Walsh School of Foreign Service. Before joining Georgetown University, Dr. Murphy worked as an assistant vice president at Citicorp, focusing on bank-government relations, Baker-15 debt, negotiation strategy and International Monetary Fund capitalization; he worked on long-term US-Soviet relations and Middle East politics for Secretary of State Shultz in the Policy Planning Staff at the U.S. Department of State (where he drafted articles which appeared under the Secretary's name); and on foreign policy issues for Democratic Congressional and Presidential candidates. He was a Teaching Fellow in five courses at Harvard University (for Samuel P. Huntington and Joseph Nye) and three at MIT. He has conducted academic research in New York, Geneva, Basle, Brussels, Paris, London, and Tokyo, as well as in emerging markets around the world (including Burma, Thailand, Indonesia, China; Mali, Senegal, Guinée, Ethiopia, Kenya; Morocco, Egypt; Brazil, and Mexico). He has consulted for World Bank and U.S. Agency for International Development missions in Africa and Southeast Asia, and appeared on CNN and other news shows. He has been involved in a number of startup companies. COURSES: International Social Entrepreneurship (MSFS-540), Intro to International Social Entrepreneurship (INAF-529), Social Entrepreneurship in the Middle East & USA: A Bridge to the Common Good? (SFSQ/SFS), Politics, International Business, and Society (MSFS-529), Introduction to International Business and Governments (INAF-392), Topics in International Business Diplomacy (INAF-504), Competitive Business-Government Strategies (INAF-597), Multinational Business: Structure and Strategy (INAF-482), Startup Companies in a Less-Bordered World (INAF-407), Corporate Responsibility and International Competitiveness (INAF-522), International Competition and Business Regulations (MGMT-597), Business and Public Policy (MGMT-701), and Regulation and International Competition (MGMT-704). Dr. Murphy is a faculty advisor for the Georgetown University chapter of Net Impact (formerly Students for Responsible Business). |
