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Vincent Barker is the Edmund P. Learned Professor in the Department of Management and Entrepreneurship at the University of Kansas School of Business. His research examines how top managers influence strategy through their personalities, motivations, and contextual understanding, particularly in declining organizations facing resource constraints.
- Education: Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, B.B.A. from the University of Michigan
His research spans strategic management, corporate governance, and organizational decline, with a focus on CEO behavior, board dynamics, and crisis response. Recent publications explore generative AI adoption, CEO succession impacts on strategic change, and the role of board committee chairs in firm performance.
His work appears in top journals such as Strategic Management Journal and Journal of Management Studies, often analyzing leadership decisions in high-pressure environments like declining firms or politically uncertain emerging markets.
Barker serves on editorial boards of the Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Management Studies, and Journal of Business Research, contributing to governance and strategic decision-making discourse.
