Janet Y. 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.