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About Janet Murray

Dr. Janet Y. Murray is E. Desmond Lee Professor for Developing Women Leaders and Entrepreneurs in International Business and Professor of Marketing at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. She received her Ph.D. in marketing from the University of Missouri-Columbia.  Dr. Murray has taught courses in marketing and international business at the undergraduate, Master's and doctoral levels.  She has previously held faculty positions in marketing and international business at Saint Louis University, Cleveland State University, and City University of Hong Kong.

Dr. Murray's research interests focus on global sourcing and international marketing strategies, learning and knowledge transfer, and competitive strategy in transitional economies.  Her research has appeared in journals such as the Journal of Marketing, Journal of Management, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, Journal of Business Research, Journal of International Marketing, Journal of World Business, Industrial Marketing Management, Management International Review, International Marketing Review, and others.

She is the recipient of numerous research recognitions and distinctions that include six best paper awards and five research awards.  She won the 1999 S. Tamer Cavusgil Best Paper Award for the best paper that advanced the practice of international marketing management published in 1998 in the Journal of International Marketing.  In 2002, she received the Hans B. Thorelli Best Paper Award for the best paper that had made the most significant contribution to the international marketing theory or thought published in the Journal of International Marketing in 2001.  In 2005, she was awarded the Best Paper Award for her paper published in International Marketing Review in 2004.  In 2008 and 2018, she received the Douglas E. Durand Award for Research Excellence from the College of Business Administration, UMSL.  In 2019, she received the Silver Medal for exceptional contributions to the Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS) in the first 50 years.  In October 2005, the Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) at Michigan State University identified 89 most prolific researchers (out of a total of 1,908 authors) in international business during 1996 – 2005, among whom Dr. Murray ranked #21.  The ranking also reflects that Dr. Murray placed as #1 female international business researcher.  Based on Xu et al.’s (2008) study examining the research productivity of 2,495 authors who had published in the six leading IB journals during 1996-2006, Dr. Murray ranked #26 among these authors.

Dr. Murray has consulted with Fortune 500 and other firms in the areas of marketing and international business strategies.  She serves/has served on the editorial review boards of the Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, Journal of International Marketing, Journal of International Management, Management and Organization Review, International Journal of Business and Emerging Markets, and Journal of Global Operations and Strategic Sourcing (formerly Strategic Outsourcing: An International Journal. She was the President of Women in the Academy of International Business (WAIB) during 2009 - 2011.  In 2013, she served as the Track Chair of the Marketing Track at the Cladea 2013 Conference held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.  She was the Track Chair of the Marketing Track at the 2014 Academy of International Business Annual Meeting held in Vancouver, Canada.


Positions

Present E. Desmond Lee Professor for Developing Women Leaders and Entrepreneurs in International Business, University of Missouri-St. Louis ‐ Department of Marketing
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Research Interests

Grants

2001 - 2001 Pattern of Non-bank Firms' Entry into the Consumer Financial Services Industry in the United States and Japan: An Application of Sourcing Strategy Theory
Academy of Consumer Financial Services
Colleague(s): Masaaki Kotabe and Hiroshio Domoto
$25,000
2001 - 2001 Relationship between Export Strategies and Performance: A Study of Mainland Chinese Firms
City University of Hong Kong - 7001168
Research Grant
Colleague(s): Joe Nan Zhou, Masaaki Kotabe, and Preet Aulakh
$31,000
2000 - 2000 Global Sourcing Strategy in a Transitional Economy: Performance of Multinational Firms in China
City University of Hong Kong - 7100124
Allocation Grant
Colleague(s): Joe Nan Zhou
$19,205
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Professional Service and Affiliations

2006 - Present IB Fellow, International Business Institute, UMSL
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Honors and Awards

  • Third Prize, Best Paper Innovation Management, EBS, Germany, 2014
  • Winner, Best Paper Award, Global and Cross-cultural Marketing Issues Track, American Marketing Association Summer Educators' Conference in Boston, 2010
  • Recipient, Douglas E. Durand Award for Research Excellence, College of Business Administration, UMSL, 2008
  • Best Paper Proceedings, Academy Academy of International Business Annual Meeting, 2008
  • Best Paper Proceedings, Academy of Management Annual Meeting, 2008
  • Research Award, John Cook School of Business, Saint Louis University, 2006
  • Winner, Literarti Club Awards for Excellence-- Outstanding Paper for the Best Paper Published in the International Marketing Review, 2005
  • Winner, Hans B. Theorelli Best Paper Award, 2002
  • Winner, S. Tamer Cavusgil Best Paper Award, 1999
  • Ponder Scholarship, University of Missouri
  • Marcel Lynum Scholarship, University of Wisconsin-River Falls, 1983
  • Marion E. Hawkins Scholarship, University of Wisconsin-River Falls, 1983

Education

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1992 PhD, University of Missouri ‐ Marketing
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1987 MBA, Southwest Missouri State University ‐ Business Administration
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1984 BS, University of Wisconsin-River Falls ‐ Business Administration
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