William P. Barnett

William P. Barnett (born 1958) is an American organizational theorist, and is the Thomas M. Siebel Professor of Business Leadership, Strategy, and Organizations at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He is the Chair of the Department of Environmental Social Sciences at the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability; Senior Fellow, Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford; Faculty Director of the Stanford Initiative on Business and Environmental Sustainability; Faculty Director of the Stanford Executive Program.

Biography Barnett received his BA in economics and political science in 1982, and his PhD in business administration in 1988, from the University of California, Berkeley. He then joined the University of Wisconsin as assistant professor. In 1991 he joined the Stanford Graduate School of Business as an assistant professor. He became an associate professor in 1994 and received tenure in 1996, and has been a full professor since 2001. Barnett has twice been a fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, and also is a senior fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University. Barnett serves as associate editor or editorial board member for several academic journals.

Barnett's research looks at how humanity is responding to the challenge of environmental sustainability. This includes how humanity is, collectively, understanding the challenge: as a technical issue, a behavioral issue, or a moral issue. He is also looking into the revolution now going on, worldwide, among organizations that are mitigating our impact on the world, as well as those dealing with adaptation to the changes now going on in the world's ecosystems. His work covers organizations all over the world, and includes analyses of the proliferation of climate tech start ups, issues around environmental justice, the challenge of climate migration, and the urgent need to preserve the world's rainforests.

Courses taught GSBGEN 203 The Global Context of Management STRAMGT 359 Aligning Start-ups with their Market Business Strategies for Environmental Sustainability Strategies and Leadership in Supply Chains Executive Program in Strategy and Organization Leading Change and Organizational Renewal The Stanford Executive Program Strategic Leadership, Stanford LEAD

Selected publications Barnett, William P. (2008) The Red Queen Among Organizations: How Competitiveness Evolves. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press Barnett, William P. and Elizabeth G. Pontikes (2008) “The Red Queen, Success Bias, and Organizational Inertia.” Management Science, 54: 1237-1251 Barnett, William P. and Gary Mekikian (2008) "Creating Qualcomm." Case Studies, Stanford Graduate School of Business Dobrev, Stanislav D. and William P. Barnett (2005) “Organizational Roles and Transitions to Entrepreneurship.” Academy of Management Journal, 48, 3: 433-449 Barnett, William P. and Elizabeth G. Pontikes (2005) “The Red Queen: History-Dependent Competition Among Organizations,” in Staw and Kramer (eds.) Research in Organizational Behavior Barnett, William P. and David McKendrick (2004) “Why Are Some Organizations More Competitive Than Others? Evidence from a Changing Global Market.” Administrative Science Quarterly Barnett, William P. and Michael Woywode (2004) "From Red Vienna to the Anschluss: Ideological Competition among Viennese Newspapers During the Rise of National Socialism." American Journal of Sociology, 109, 6: 1452–99 Barnett, William P., Aimee Noelle-Swanson, and Olav Sorenson (2003) “Asymmetric Selection from Among Organizations.” Industrial and Corporate Change, 12, 4: 673-695 Barnett, William P. and Olav Sorenson (2002) "The Red Queen in Organizational Creation and Development." Industrial and Corporate Change, 11, 2: 289-325 Barnett, William P. and John Freeman (2001) "Too Much of a Good Thing? Product Proliferation and Organizational Failure." Organization Science, 12, 5: 539-558 Barnett, William P., Gary A. Mischke, and William Ocasio (2000) "The Evolution of Collective Strategies Among Organizations." Organization Studies, 21: 325-354 Barnett, William P., James Baron, and Toby Stuart (2000) "Avenues of Attainment: Occupational Demography and Organizational Careers in the California Civil Service." American Journal of Sociology, 106: 88-144 Barnett, William P. (1997) "The Dynamics of Competitive Intensity." Administrative Science Quarterly, 42: 128-160 Barnett, William P. and Morten Hansen (1996) The Red Queen in Organizational Evolution." Strategic Management Journal, 17: 139-157 Barnett, William P. and Robert A. Burgelman (1996) "Evolutionary Perspectives on Strategy." Strategic Management Journal, 17: 5-19 Barnett, William P. and Carroll, Glenn R. (1995) "Modeling Internal Organizational Change," in Hagan (ed.) Annual Review of Sociology, volume 21: 217-36 Barnett, William P. (1995) "Telephone Companies," pp. 277–289 in Carroll and Hannan (eds.) Organizations in Industry: Strategy, Structure, and Selection. New York: Oxford Barnett, William P. (1995) "Population Ecology," in Nicolson (ed.) Blackwell Dictionary of Organizational Behavior Barnett, William P. (1994) "The Liability of Collective Action: Growth and Change Among Early American Telephone Companies," pp. 337–354 in Baum and Singh (eds.) Evolutionary Dynamics of Organizations. New York: Oxford Barnett, William P., Henrich Greve, and Douglas Park (1994) "An Evolutionary Model of Organizational Performance." Strategic Management Journal, 15: 11-28 Amburgey, Terry L., Dawn Kelly, and William P. Barnett (1993) "Resetting the Clock: The Dynamics of Organizational Transformation and Failure." Administrative Science Quarterly, 38: 51-73 Barnett, William P. and Glenn R. Carroll (1993) "How Institutional Constraints Affected the Organization of Early American Telephony." Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, 9: 98-126 Barnett, William P. (1993) "Strategic Deterrence Among Multipoint Competitors." Industrial and Corporate Change, 2: 249-278 Barnett, William P. and Glenn R. Carroll (1993) "Organizational Ecology Approaches to Institutions," pp. 171–181 in Lindenberg and Schreuder (eds.) Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Organisations. Riverside, NJ: Pergamon Press Barnett, William P. and Anne S. Miner (1992) "Standing on the shoulders of others: Career interdependence in job mobility." Administrative Science Quarterly, 37: 262-281 Barnett, William P. (1990) "The Organizational Ecology of a Technological System." Administrative Science Quarterly, 35: 31-60 Barnett, William P. and Terry L. Amburgey (1990) "Do Larger Organizations Generate Stronger Competition?" pp. 78–102 in J. Singh (ed.) Organizational Evolution: New Directions. Beverly Hills: Sage Barnett, William P. (1989) Review of Schlesinger et al., Chronicles of Corporate Change, in Administrative Science Quarterly, 34: 492-494 O'Reilly, Charles A., David F. Caldwell, and William P. Barnett (1989) "Work Group Demography, Social Integration, and Turnover." Administrative Science Quarterly, 34: 21-37 Barnett, William P. and Glenn R. Carroll (1987) "Competition and Mutualism Among Early Telephone Companies." Administrative Science Quarterly, 32: 400-421

Working papers Elizabeth G. Pontikes and William P. Barnett (2008) “How Adaptive is R&D? Cumulative Research and Technical Change in Organizational Communities.” Working paper, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University Elizabeth G. Pontikes and William P. Barnett (2008) “Stigma and Halo Following Iconic Events: Why Nonconformity Pays After Salient Successes and Failures.” Working paper, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University Luo, Xiaoqu and William P. Barnett (2008) “Recombination and Variability in Organizational Growth.” Working paper, Graduate School of Business, Stanford. University Feng, Mi and William P. Barnett (2008) “Predator-Prey Competition Among Cosmopolitan and Local Organizations.” Working paper, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University Barnett, William P., Mi Feng, and Xiaoqu Luo (2008) “Organizational Identity and First-Mover Advantage.” Working paper, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University

Work-in-progress Barnett, William P. and Jerker Denrell “The “Senators’-Sons” Problem: Why Merit and Privilege are Negatively Correlated.” Graduate School of Business, Stanford University Barnett, William P. and Sasha Goodman “Social Movements and Competition in the Software Industry.” Graduate School of Business, Stanford University