William Barnett
Thomas M. Siebel Professor of Business Leadership, Professor of Environmental Social Sciences and Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment
Organizational Behavior
Web page: http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/faculty-research/faculty/william-barnett
Bio
Barnett chairs the Department of Environmental Social Sciences at the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability, and Directs the Stanford Initiative on Business and Environmental Sustainability at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He is also the faculty director of the Stanford Executive Program.
Academic Appointments
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Professor, Organizational Behavior
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Professor, Environmental Social Sciences
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Senior Fellow, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
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Affiliate, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
Administrative Appointments
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Chair, Department of Environmental Social Sciences, Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability (2023 - Present)
Program Affiliations
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Center for East Asian Studies
Current Research and Scholarly Interests
Barnett studies how organizations are responding to the challenge of environmental sustainability. He is now establishing research sites around the world, investigating a number of areas where organizational adaptation is key, including: 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.
2024-25 Courses
- Environmental Sustainability: Global Predicaments and Possible Solutions
COLLEGE 106 (Spr) - Leading Environmental Sustainability by Design
EBS 230 (Spr) - Leading Environmental Sustainability by Design
GSBGID 330 (Spr) - Organizations and Sustainability
EBS 321 (Spr) - Organizations and Sustainability
OB 621 (Spr) -
Independent Studies (6)
- Directed Reading in Environment and Resources
ENVRES 398 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Directed Research in Environment and Resources
ENVRES 399 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Doctoral Practicum in Research
OB 699 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Doctoral Practicum in Teaching
OB 698 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Individual Research
GSBGEN 390 (Aut, Win, Spr) - PhD Directed Reading
ACCT 691, FINANCE 691, MGTECON 691, MKTG 691, OB 691, OIT 691, POLECON 691 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Directed Reading in Environment and Resources
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Prior Year Courses
2023-24 Courses
- Environmental Sustainability: Global Predicaments and Possible Solutions
COLLEGE 106 (Spr) - Leading Environmental Sustainability by Design
GSBGID 330 (Spr) - Leading Environmental Sustainability by Design
SUSTAIN 330 (Spr) - Organizations and Sustainability
OB 621 (Spr) - Organizations and Sustainability
SUSTAIN 321 (Spr)
2022-23 Courses
- Environmental Sustainability: Global Predicaments and Possible Solutions
COLLEGE 106 (Spr) - Organizations and Sustainability
OB 621 (Spr) - Organizations and Sustainability
SUSTAIN 321 (Spr)
2021-22 Courses
- Environmental Sustainability: Global Predicaments and Possible Solutions
Stanford Advisees
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Doctoral Dissertation Reader (AC)
Ayinwi Muma -
Postdoctoral Faculty Sponsor
Eddie Wintergalen -
Master's Program Advisor
Samir Chowdhury, Ezekiel Contreras-Forrest, Hana Dao, Gheed El Bizri, Cyprien Fasquelle, Paiton Gleeson, Isabelle Grace, Biak Hlawn, Sierra Lore, R.J. Moore, Nikita Salunke, Kaitlyn Sanchez, Gabby Tan, Justin Thach
All Publications
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Metacompetition: Competing over the Game to Be Played
STRATEGY SCIENCE
2017; 2 (4): 212–19
View details for DOI 10.1287/stsc.2017.0049
View details for Web of Science ID 000448008600002
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The Non-consensus Entrepreneur: Organizational Responses to Vital Events
ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCE QUARTERLY
2017; 62 (1): 140-178
View details for DOI 10.1177/0001839216661150
View details for Web of Science ID 000394893900009
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The Persistence of Lenient Market Categories
ORGANIZATION SCIENCE
2015; 26 (5): 1415-1431
View details for DOI 10.1287/orsc.2015.0973
View details for Web of Science ID 000360908600010
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Social identity, market memory, and first-mover advantage
INDUSTRIAL AND CORPORATE CHANGE
2013; 22 (3): 585-615
View details for DOI 10.1093/icc/dts030
View details for Web of Science ID 000319476200001
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The Red Queen, success bias, and organizational inertia
MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
2008; 54 (7): 1237-1251
View details for DOI 10.1287/mnsc.1070.0808
View details for Web of Science ID 000257473200003
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HOW INSTITUTIONAL CONSTRAINTS AFFECTED THE ORGANIZATION OF EARLY UNITED-STATES TELEPHONY
JOURNAL OF LAW ECONOMICS & ORGANIZATION
1993; 9 (1): 98-126
View details for Web of Science ID A1993LB05500005