Sean McDonald

Sean M. McDonald serves as Business Development Officer for The Jacobs Law, LLC. Dr. McDonald is a tenured Associate Professor of Economic Geography at Bentley University in Massachusetts. Previously, he was an International Trade Specialist with the United States Department of Commerce and Director of the Consortium of American Business Programs in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union.

Dr. McDonald has deep personal and institutional contacts in the Middle East with a strong record of positioning funding opportunities and developing relationships between business entities. He is able to provide personal access to high wealth individuals and institutions in the Middle East that are looking for outward investment opportunities in for-profit and non-profit endeavors. Additionally, he provides access for any company looking to enter the Middle East market.

Dr. McDonald is also a founding partner of Additional Research, which trains and advises numerous public and private sector organizations in economic impact assessment and evaluation. He holds a doctorate in geography from Scotland’s Glasgow University.

Education

• Ph.D. University of Glasgow
• M.A. Eastern Michigan University
• B.A. American University

Teaching Interests

• Trade;
• Regional Geography;
• Globalization

Research Interests

• Economic Impact Assessment;
• Additionality & Evaluation;
• International Trade;
• Scotland;
• Regional Development

Consulting/Practice Interests

• Economic Impact Assessment;
• International Trade;
• Additionality;
• Regional Economic Development

Awards and Honors

• 2018, Dean's International Travel Fund Grant , Bentley
• 2018, Merit Bonus, Provost
• 2017, Dean's International Travel Fund Grant , Bentley
• 2017, Summer Research Grant, Bentley
• 2016, Summer Research Grant, Bentley
• 2015, Dean's International Travel Fund Grant , Bentley
• 2014, Dean's International Travel Fund Grant , Bentley
• 2014, Summer Research Grant, Bentley
• 2013, Dean's International Travel Fund Grant , Bentley
• 2013, Rauch Grant, Bentley
• 2012, Dean's International Travel Fund Grant , Bentley
• 2011, Dean's International Travel Fund Grant , Bentley
• 2010, Dean's International Travel Fund Grant , Bentley
• 2009, Dean's International Travel Fund Grant , Bentley
• 2008, Dean's International Travel Fund Grant , Bentley
• 2008, Sabbatical, Bentley
• 2007, Publication Award, Bentley
• 2007, Dean's International Travel Fund Grant , Bentley
• 2007, Faculty Development Grant, Bentley
• 2007, Provost Research Award, Provost's Office, Bentley
• 2006, United States-Indonesia Society Research Travel Grant Summer 2006
• 2006, Dean's International Travel Fund Grant , Bentley
• 2006, Travel Award - ViP Program, Valente Center
• 2005, Publication Award, Bentley
• 2004, Summer Research Grant, Bentley
• 2003, Summer Research Grant, Bentley
• 2002, Summer Research Grant, Bentley
• 2001, Curriculum Development Grant, Bentley
• 2001, Summer Research Grant, Bentley
• 2000, Faculty Development Grant, Bentley
• 2000, Summer Research Grant, Bentley
• 2000, Joseph M. Cronin Award for Excellence in Academic Advising, Bentley College
• 1999, Summer Research Grant, Bentley
• 1998, Curriculum Development Grant, Bentley
• 1998, International Faculty Development Seminar Grant , Bentley: Cronin Center
• 1998, Summer Research Grant, Bentley

Publications

Journal Articles

• McDonald, S. M., Duff, W. (2023). Evaluating State-Sponsored Economic Development Models: Comparing Property-Led Initiatives in Lanarkshire, Scotland from 1990 to the Present. International Journal of Regional Development, (Vol 10) No. 2 19.
• McDonald, S. M., Claire, R., McPherson, A. H. (2018). Should Attitudinal Views toward Innovation Development Play a Role in Policy in Peripheral EU Regions? New Evidence from Vouchers Program in Northern Ireland. Journal of Innovation Management. 6 (2) 55-79.
• McDonald, S. M., Moore, S. J. (2017). The role of landscape and strategic communication in managing legitimacy between a state and its citizens. European Journal of Cross-Cultural Competence and Management, (Special Issue on: "Strategic Cultural Intelligence and Intentional Action" ) Vol. 4, Nos. 3/4, 263-277.
• McDonald, S. M., Buchanan, M. (2016). Poverty Alleviation in Nigeria: The Social Impact of Micro-Finance is Greater Than Foreign Government Fiscal Stimulus Packages. International Journal of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, (4) 3
• McDonald, S. M., Moore, S. J. (2015). Communicating identity in the Ottoman Empire and some implications for contemporary States. Atlantic Journal of Communication. 23/5 269-383.
• Schwarzkopf, D. L., McDonald, S. M. (2014). A new view to assist public agency development. Journal of Organizational Change Management, (27) 6 922-934.
• McDonald, S. M., Villarreal-Holguera, E. (2014). Using the Regional and Multilateral Trade Frameworks as a Solution to the Food Security Problem in the United Arab Emirates. International Journal of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, (2) 3 151-174.
• McDonald, S. M., Vaughn, B. R. (2013). Autonomy in the Southern Borderland of Nepal: A Formula for Security or Cause of Conflict?. Journal of Borderlands Studies , (28) 2 153-168.
• McDonald, S. M., McPherson, A. H. (2012). Structural changes in Scottish ICT Manufacturing Sector 2001-2003: The Impact of Research and Development. International Journal of Management Practice, (5) 1 37 - 57.
• McPherson, A. H., McDonald, S. M. (2010). Measuring the outcomes and impacts of innovation interventions: assessing the role of additionality. International Journal of Technology, Policy and Management, (10) 1/2 137-156.
• McDonald, S. M., Sinha, R. (2008). Information Communication Technology: Reform of organisational crisis management during natural disasters. International Journal of Management Practice (IJMP), (3) 2
• McDonald, S. M., Jacobs, T. J. (2005). Brand name 'India': the rise of outsourcing. International Journal of Management Practice, (1) 2 152-174.
• McPherson, A. H., McDonald, S. M. (2005). Local Innovation support in Scotland: policy lessons from Glasgow. International Journal of Foresight and Innovation Policy, (2) 1 35-56.
• Vaughn, B., McDonald, S. M. (2001). Australia's Strategic Position: A Change in Spatial Orientation under the Howard Government. The Geographical Bulletin, (43) 1 16-27.
• McPherson, A., McDonald, S. M. (2000). Public and Private Cross-cultural training Programmes in the Republic of Ireland. Journal of Cross-cultural Competence and Management, (Spring/Summer) 2000 271-304.

Books

• McDonald, S. M. (2013). Lyon 1990: A Historical Study of Urban Internationalization. 416. Saarbrucken: Scholars Press
• Clad, J. C., McDonald, S. M., Vaughn, B. R. (2011). Borderlands of South East Asia: Geopolitics, Terrorism and Globalization. 278. Washington DC: National Defence University Press

Book Chapters

• Moore, S. J., McDonald, S. M. (2012). New borders, new citizens: virtual communication strategies for remaking EU citizenship. In Luciano Morganti, (Eds.) The European Public Sphere. Brussels: Peter Lang Forthcoming.
• McDonald, S. M. (2002). Australia's Regional Economic Integration: The Asian Financial Crisis to a CER/ASEAN Free Trade Area In Vaughn, Bruce, (Eds.) . 207-222. New York: Praeger
• Vaughn, B., McDonald, S. M. (2000). Australia's Evolving Strategic Posture in the Asia-Pacific In William Carpenter, David Wiensek, (Eds.) Asian Security Handbook. 1st 121-145. Armonk, New York: M.E. Sharpe