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Biography

Jay B. Barney

Professor Barney’s research focuses on the relationship between costly-to-copy firm skills and capabilities and sustained competitive advantage. He has published more than 50 articles in such leading journals as the Academy of Management Review, Management Science, the Sloan Management Review and the Journal of Management; serves on the editorial boards of the Strategic Management Journal, Columbia Journal of World Business and the Journal of Business Venturing; and has been associate editor for the Journal of Management and senior editor for Organization Science.

Dr. Barney has delivered scholarly papers at more than 40 universities worldwide; has published three books, including Organizational Economics: Toward a New Paradigm for Studying and Understanding Organizations; Managing Organizations: Strategy, Structure, and Behavior; and Gaining and Sustaining Competitive Advantage; and has been honored for his research and teaching, including election as a Fellow of the Academy of Management.

He teaches organizational strategy and policy to graduate students at Fisher College and presents executive training programs at the college, throughout the country and in Europe. His consulting work focuses on large-scale organizational change and strategic analysis.