Jay Bryan Barney portrait
  • Presidential Professor, Department of Entrepreneurship and Strategy
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Honors & Awards

  • Outstanding Executive MBA Professor. Ohio State University, Fisher College of Business, 07/2025
  • Honorary Professor. University of Jordan, Jordan, 10/2023
  • Outstanding Scholarly Contribution Award. Strategic Management Division, Academy of Management, 07/2020
  • Finalist, Best Paper. Academy of Management Perspectives, 07/2020
  • CK Prahalad Scholar Practitioner Award. Strategic Management Society, 10/2019
  • Foundational Paper Award. Entrepreneurship Division, Academy of Management, 10/2019
  • Edith Penrose Award for Path Breaking Management Research. European Academy of Management, 08/2019
  • Professional Service Award. Eccles School of Business, 07/2018
  • Daniels Fund Leadership in Ethics. Eccles School of Business, 06/2017
  • Faculty Research Excellence Award. Eccles School of Business, 05/2017
  • The SEJ Decade Award. Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 10/2014
  • Daniels Fund Leadership in Ethics Award. Eccles School of Business, 06/2014
  • Honorary Doctorate . Universidad Pontificia Comillas, Madrid, Spain, 10/2011
  • Best Paper Award. Journal of Management, 10/2010
  • Nominee for Best Paper Award. Strategic Management Society, 10/2010
  • Scholarly Contributions Award. Academy of Management, 07/2010
  • Honorary Special Term Professor. Peking University, Beijing China, 10/2008
  • Honorary Doctorate. Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark, 10/2008
  • Honorary Professor. Nankai University, Tianjin, China, 10/2008
  • Fellow. Strategic Management Society, 10/2007
  • Honorary Professor Associate. Brunel Business School, United Kingdom, 10/2006
  • Honorary Professor. Sun Yat Sen University, Guangzhou University, 10/2005
  • Finalist, Best Conference Paper Prize. Strategic Management Society, 10/2005
  • Irwin Outstanding Educator Award. Academy of Management, Business Policy and Strategy Division, 07/2005
  • Top 50 Most Influential Papers Published in Management Science. Management Science, 10/2004
  • Nominee for Best Paper Award. Strategic Management Society, 10/2002
  • Nominee, McKinsey Best Paper Award,. Strategic Management Society, 10/2001
  • Fellow. Academy of Management, 09/2001
  • Outstanding Executive MBA Professor. Ohio State University, Fisher College of Business, 07/2001
  • Honorary Visiting Professor. Waikato University, New Zealand, 10/2000
  • Outstanding Ph.D Instructor. Ohio State University, Fisher College of Business, 06/2000
  • Honorary Doctorate. Lund University, Lund, Sweden, 10/1997
  • Outstanding Core Professor, Evening MBA. Ohio State University, Fisher College of Business, 07/1996
  • Outstand Ph.D. Instructor. Ohio State University, Fisher College of Business, 07/1996
  • Outstanding Core Professor, Full Time MBA. Ohio State University, Fisher College of Business, 06/1995
  • Best Paper Award (with Lowell Busenitz). Entrepreneurship Division, Academy of Management, 09/1994
  • Faculty Fellow Award for Outstanding Research. Texas A&M University, 10/1992
  • Award for Outstanding Teaching. Texas A&M University, College of Business, 07/1992
  • Ascendent Scholar. Western Academy of Management, 10/1990
  • Finalist, Outstanding Scholarly Contribution Award. Academy of Management Review, 10/1986
  • Holger Crafoord Memorial Lecture. Lund University, Lund, Sweden, 10/1983
  • George Robbin's Teaching Award. UCLA, 07/1983

In the Media

  • Weaving Influence Webinar--The Secret of Culture Change, Part One. 10/2023.
  • HBR IdeaCast: Harvard Business Review podcast--The Secret of Culture Change. 10/2023.
  • BetterWork Media Group podcast--The Secret of Culture Change. 10/2023.
  • Forbes Interview webinar--The Secret of Culture Change. 10/2023.
  • Weaving Influence webinar--The Secret of Culture Change, Part Two. 10/2023.
  • Startup Unleashed: Insight Series pod cast--The Secret of Culture Change. 10/2023.
  • 5 Mistakes that Will Doom Your Culture Change Efforts--blog post. 10/2023.
  • Building a Successful Culture-Changing Story--blog post. 10/2023.
  • Do You Need an Organizational Culture in a Company with Geographically Distributed Employees? 10/2023.
  • Where Do Culture Changing Stories Come From?: Culture Change at Wal Mart and Hurricane Katrina. 10/2023.
  • Story Building vs. Storytelling: Understanding the Difference. 10/2023.
  • Part One: Five Reasons Why Culture Change is Difficult. 10/2023.
  • Part Two: How to Overcome the Challenges of Culture Change. 10/2023.
  • Three Questions You Must Answer to Know If Your Strategy and Culture are Aligned. 10/2023.
  • Culture Change in an Organization with Multiple Cultures. 10/2023.
  • Talking and Acting in Culture Change. 10/2023.
  • Is Your Organizational Culture in Tatters? 10/2023.
  • Management Impact podcast, Tsinghua University, Beijing China--The Secret of Culture Change. 10/2023.