Mark P. Sharfman
Professor of Strategic Management

The University of Oklahoma
Michael F. Price College of Business
Adams Hall, Room 6B
Norman, Oklahoma 73019-0450
(405) 325-5689                       

E-mail: msharfman@ou.edu

Ph.D. (Arizona). Professor Sharfman's primary teaching area is business strategy. His secondary teaching area is social/environmental issues. Professor Sharfman's research addresses the firm's relationship with the business environment; specifically, how the business environment affects the firm, how the firm affects the natural environment, and how firms manage the social issues they face in the business environment. 

Professor Sharfman has published his research in several outlets, including Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Business and Society, Business Horizons, Decision Sciences, Journal of Applied Behavioral Sciences, Journal of Industrial Ecology, Journal of Management, Journal of Management Studies, and Strategic Management Journal. He is the coauthor, with Richard Daft, of Organization Theory: Cases and Application (fourth edition). Professor Sharfman has been named to Who's Who in the East and the International Dictionary of Biography. In 2003 Professor Sharfman received the university-wide Merrick Foundation Teaching Award.