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Jay B. BARNEY

Presidential Professor

Entrepreneurship & Strategy

Orcid identifier0000-0003-0875-6702 (opens in a new tab)⁠
  • Presidential Professor
    Entrepreneurship & Strategy
  • University of Utah, Entrepreneurship and Strategy, 1731 East Campus Center Drive, GARFF 3367, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84112, United States

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

  • COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & OUTREACH
    Member of Salt Lake Chamber Public Policy Team (AI Advisory Council)
    1 Nov 2025 - 23 Jan 2026
  • COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & OUTREACH
    Member of Rosenblatt Prize selection committee
    1 Sep 2025 - 30 Nov 2025
  • HONOR/AWARD
    Visiting Professor
    1 Apr 2025
    Harvard Business School
  • HONOR/AWARD
    Rosenblatt Prize for Excellence in teaching, research, and administrative efforts, collectively or individually (opens in a new tab)⁠
    1 Jan 2024
    University of Utah
  • HONOR/AWARD
    Winner, 2024, David Eccles School of Business, the University of Utah, Faculty Research Excellence Award
    1 Jan 2024
    Winner, 2024, David Eccles School of Business, the University of Utah, Faculty Research Excellence Award
  • HONOR/AWARD
    Winner, 2020, Academy of International Business John Fayerweather Eminent Scholar Award
    1 Jan 2020
    Academy of International Business
  • HONOR/AWARD
    Winner, 2020, Outstanding Scholarly Contribution Award, Strategic Management Division of the Academy of Management.
    1 Jan 2020
    Winner, 2020, Outstanding Scholarly Contribution Award, Strategic Management Division of the Academy of Management.
  • HONOR/AWARD
    Winner, 2019, “Foundational Paper Award,” Entrepreneurship Division, Academy of Management: “Discovery and Creation: Alternative Theories of Entrepreneurial Action,” with Sharon Alvarez
    1 Jan 2019
    Entrepreneurship Division, Academy of Management
  • HONOR/AWARD
    Winner, 2019, C.K. Prahalad Scholar Practitioner Award, Strategic Management Society
    1 Jan 2019
    Strategic Management Society
  • HONOR/AWARD
    Winner, 2019, Edith Penrose Award for Path Breaking Management Research, co-sponsored by the European Academy of Management and INSEAD
    1 Jan 2019
    co-sponsored by the European Academy of Management and INSEAD
  • HONOR/AWARD
    Winner, 2018, David Eccles School of Business, the University of Utah, Professional Service Award
    1 Jan 2018
    David Eccles School of Business, the University of Utah
  • HONOR/AWARD
    Winner, 2017, David Eccles School of Business, the University of Utah, Faculty Research Excellence Award
    1 Jan 2017
    David Eccles School of Business, the University of Utah
  • HONOR/AWARD
    Winner, 2014, The Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal Decade Award: “Discovery and Creation: Alternative Theories of Entrepreneurial Action,” with Sharon Alvarez
    1 Jan 2014
    The Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal
  • HONOR/AWARD
    Winner, 2010 Best Paper Award, Journal of Management: “How Do Entrepreneurs Organize Firms Under Conditions of Uncertainty,” with Sharon Alvarez.
    1 Jan 2010
    Journal of Management: “How Do Entrepreneurs Organize Firms Under Conditions of Uncertainty,” with Sharon Alvarez.
  • HONOR/AWARD
    Winner, 2010, Academy of Management Scholarly Contributions Award
    1 Jan 2010
    Academy of Management
  • HONOR/AWARD
    Fellow
    1 Jan 2007
    Strategic Management Society
  • HONOR/AWARD
    Winner, Irwin Outstanding Educator Award
    1 Jan 2005
    Business Policy and Strategy Division of the Academy of Management
  • HONOR/AWARD
    Top 50 Most Influential Papers Published in Management Science, 2004: “Strategic Factor Markets: Expectations, Luck, and the Theory of Business Strategy”
    1 Jan 2004
    Management Science
  • HONOR/AWARD
    Fellow
    1 Jan 2001
    Academy of Management
  • HONOR/AWARD
    Winner 1994 Best Paper Award, Entrepreneurship Division, Academy of Management: “Differences Between Entrepreneurs and Managers in Large Organizations: Biases and Heuristics in Strategic Decision Making," with Lowell Busenitz.
    1 Jan 1994
    Academy of Management
  • HONOR/AWARD
    Faculty Research Fellow Award for Outstanding Research
    1 Jan 1992
    College of Business Administration and Graduate School of Business, Texas A&M University
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    Designated as an "Ascendant Scholar"
    1 Jan 1990
    Western Academy of Management,
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    Finalist, 1986, Outstanding Scholarly Contribution Award: “Organizational Culture: Can It Be A Source of Sustained Competitive Advantage?”
    1 Jan 1986
    Academy of Management Review