Faculty Profiles

Baysinger, Barry

350-H Summerfield
University of Kansas, School of Business
1300 Sunnyside Avenue
Lawrence, KS 66045-7585

P: (785) 864-7514
bbaysinger@ku.edu

Education PhD Economics, Virginia Tech, 1978 Bachelors Economics, California State University, 1975
Academic Areas Economics Strategic Management
Interests Organizational Economics Strategy
Current Activities Barry Baysinger's general area of expertise is the relationship between the external environment of business, international management, organizational design and reward systems, and organizational performance. His primary interest is to understand the process by which large business organizations, in both the United States and Central and Eastern Europe, manage the transition from traditional vertically integrated, hierarchical bureaucracies to the more democratic, decentralized and participate designs that the better-performing organizations tend to adopt. He also focuses on the development of colleges of business administration, MBA programs and Management Development programs in countries that are making the transition from central planning to forms of free-market democratic capitalism. He has worked with the faculty of the University of Economics, Prague, and conducted management development programs and faculty workshops in Mexico and Jakarta, Indonesia.
Selected Publications "The Role of Corporate Law in the Theory of the Firm," Journal of Law and Economics, 28:179-192. "Diversification Strategy and R&D Intensity in Multiproduct Firms," Academy of Management Journal, vol. 32 (No.2):310-332. "Board Composition and Strategic Control: The Effect on Corporate Strategy.” Academy of Management Review, 15 (No.1):72-87. "The Effect of Board and Ownership Structure on Corporate R&D Strategy," Academy of Management Journal, 34 (No. 1):205-214. "Organization Theory and the Criminal Liability of Organizations," Boston University Law Review, 71 (No. 2):341-376.