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Patrick Barwise

Emeritus Professor of Management and Marketing

MA (Oxford) MSc PhD (London)

Professor Patrick Barwise is an expert on marketing and media, specialising in customer-focused strategy and execution, marketing leadership, brands, advertising, and broadcasting policy.

He is an experienced expert witness in international commercial, competition and tax cases and an advisory board member and early-stage investor in several online start-ups.

He is also chairman of the Archive of Market and Social Research and former chairman of Which?, the UK’s leading consumer organisation. He joined London Business School in 1976 after an early career at IBM and has also held visiting posts in media research at Oxford University and the London School of Economics.

For his publications, see www.patrickbarwise.com.


  • Consumers and Audiences
  • Broadcasting Policy

2024

BBC funding: much ado about the cost of a coffee a week

Barwise P

The Political Quarterly 2024 Vol 95:1 p 70-77

2022

Reflections on “Good Empirical Generalizations”

Barwise T P

Foundations and Trends in Marketing 2022 Vol 16:1-2 p 1-307

The challenges facing public service broadcasters

Barwise P

InterMedia 2022 Jan 2022 Vol 49:4

Who shall save a benighted BBC?

Barwise P

British Journalism Review 2022 Vol 33:1 p 39-42

2021

Privatising Channel 4: a bad idea whose time may have come

Barwise P

InterMedia 2021 September 2021 Vol 49:3

Why do people watch so much television and video? Implications for the future of viewing and advertising

Barwise P; Bellman S; Beal V

Journal of Advertising Research 2020 Vol 60:2 p 121-134

2018

Does Public Service Television Really Give Consumers Less Good Value For Money Than The Rest Of The Market

Barwise P

In: Freedman D and Goblot V (ed.) A Future for Public Service Television. London: Goldsmiths Press, pp. 52-64

The evolution of digital dominance: how and why we got to GAFA

Barwise T P; Watkins L

In: Moore M and Tambali D (eds) Digital Dominance: The Power of Google, Amazon, Facebook, and Apple. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780190845124

2017

Why effective leaders must manage up, down, and sideways

Barta T; Barwise P

McKinsey Quarterly 2017 Vol 2 p 77-81

2016

Relevance gap in business school research: which academic papers are cited in managerial bridge journals?

Birkinshaw J M; Lecuona R; Barwise P

Academy of Management Learning and Education 2016 Vol 15:4 p 686-702

The consequences of privatising Channel 4

Barwise P; Brooks G

Channel 4 report, March 2016

2015

How reliable are neuromarketers’ measures of advertising effectiveness?

Varan D; Lang A; Barwise P; Weber R; Bellman S

Journal of Advertising Research 2015 Vol 55:2 p 176-191

Incorporating social value into spectrum allocation decisions

Barwise P; Cave M; Culham P; Lavender T; Pratt N; Tambini D

Report to Department for Culture, Media and Sport

The economics of television: excludability, rivalry, and imperfect competition

Barwise P; Picard RG

in Picard, Robert G & Wildman, Steven S (eds), Handbook on the economics of the media, Edward Elgar 2015 pp165-187

2014

What BBC will our children inherit?

Barwise P; Picard RG

Market Leader 2014 Quarter 3 p 40-43

What if there were no BBC television?

Picard R G; Barwise P

Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism

2012

The economics of television in a digital world

Picard R G; Barwise P

Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism

2011

Customer insights that matter

Barwise T P

Journal of Advertising Research 2011 Vol 51:2 p 342-344

Exploiting customer dissatisfaction

Barwise T P; Meehan S

Marketing Research 2011 June Vol 23

Has the time finally come for the medium of the future?

Barwise P; Meehan S

Journal of Advertising Research 2011 Vol 51:1 p 59-71 50th anniversary supplement

2010

Is your company as customer-focused as you think?

Barwise T P; Meehan S

MIT Sloan Management Review 2010 Spring Vol 51:3 p 63-68

Research on strategic decisions: taking stock and looking ahead

Barwise T P; Papadakis V; Thanos I

Handbook of Decision-Making, Wiley, 2010, 31-69

The one thing you must get right when building a brand

Barwise P; Meehan S

Harvard Business Review 2010 December 2010

2009

Differentiation that matters

Barwise T P; Meehan S

Market Leader 2009 March p 34-36

2008

PVRs and advertising exposure: a video ethnographic study

Barwise T P; Pearson S

Qualitative Market Research 2008 Vol 11:4 p 386-399

So you think you're a good listener

Barwise T P; Meehan S

Harvard Business Review 2008 April:2008 p 22

2007

Take-off or tail-off?: an evaluation of the capability reviews programme

Barwise T P; MacLeod D; Richards S

Sunningdale Institute, November 2007

2006

Drucker challenge

Barwise T P

Market Leader 2006 Spring:10

In-the-box innovation

Barwise T P; Meehan S

Business Strategy Review 2006 Summer Vol 17:2 p 68-73

PVRs and advertising exposure: a video ethnographic study

Pearson S; Barwise T P

ACB Actual Customer Behaviour LLP, University of Sussex, September 2006

Thinking smarter inside-the-box

Barwise T P; Meehan S

Market Leader 2006 Spring p 40-45

2005

Developing a customer-focused mindset

Barwise T P; Meehan S

Journal of Direct, Data and Digital Marketing Practice 2005 October-December 2005 Vol 7:2 p 122-136

Fast-forward puts TV advertising to the test

Barwise T P; Pearson S

Financial Times 2005 24 October 2005 p 14

How European marketing management measures up to take on the future

Barwise T P; Farley J

Organizational Dynamics 2005 Vol 34:3 p 273-284

Simply better

Barwise P; Meehan S

Marketing Research 2005 Vol 17:2 p 9-14

Simply better is simply better

Barwise T P; Meehan S

Marketing Research 2005 Fall Vol 17:3 p 45-46

State of interactive marketing in seven countries: interactive marketing comes of age

Barwise T P; Farley J

Journal of Interactive Marketing 2005 Vol 19:1 p 67-80

2004

6 rules to become simply better

Barwise T P; Meehan S

Business Strategy Review 2004 Autumn Vol 15:3 p 25-31

Benefits of getting the basics right

Barwise T P; Meehan S

FT Mastering Innovation, 8 October 2004, p 2-3

Bull's eye: Target's cheap-chic strategy

Barwise T P; Meehan S

HBS Working Knowledge, 16 August 2004

Don't be unique, be better

Barwise T P; Meehan S

MIT Sloan Management Review 2004 Summer Vol 45:4 p 23-26

Long-term issues for TV advertising

Barwise T P

In Clarke B ed., The new medium of television: Reinterpreting TV for the 21st century, London: Flextech Television, 2004, p 24-32

Making differentiation make a difference

Barwise T P; Meehan S

Strategy and Business 2004 Winter :37 p 10-11

Marketing metrics: status of six metrics in five countries

Barwise T P; Farley J

European Management Journal 2004 June Vol 22:3 p 257-262

Mobile advertising: a research agenda

Barwise T P; Rodriguez Perlado V

In Stafford M and Faber R eds., Advertising, promotion, and new media, p 261-277, M E Sharpe, 2004

Simply better: delivering what matters most

Barwise T P; Meehan S

Market Leader 2004 Winter p 58-62

Thinking inside the box

Barwise T P; Meehan S

CMO Magazine, 28 July 2004

What are the real threats to public service broadcasting?

Barwise T P

In Tambini D and Cowling J eds., From public service broadcasting to public service communications, London: ippr, 2004, p 16-33

2003

MET report: Marketing expenditure trends 2001-04

Barwise T P; Styler A

London Business School, December 2003 (2nd ed.)

Preface

Barwise T P

2003

Which marketing metrics are used and where?

Barwise T P; Farley J

MSI report, 03-002 (Marketing Science Institute, Cambridge, MA) p 105-107, 2003

2002

Great ideas. Now make them work

Barwise T P

Financial Times Creative Business, Marketing and Technology Special, 28 May 2002

Hawks versus fluffies

Barwise T P

Financial Times Creative Business, 30 July 2002

How much do CEOs and top managers matter in strategic decision-making?

Barwise T P; Papadakis V

British Journal of Management 2002 Vol 13 p 83-95

Impact of the internet on horizontal and vertical competition: market efficiency and value chain reconfiguration

Barwise T P; Elberse A; Hammond K A

In Baye M R, ed., Advances in Applied Microeconomics, volume 11: the economics of the internet and e-commerce, p 1 - 27, Elsevier Science, 2002

Importance of analysis

Barwise T P

Financial Times Creative Business, 8 January 2002

Marketing and the internet

Barwise T P; Elberse A; Hammond K

Future Media Research Programme, London Business School 2002

Marketing and the internet

Barwise T P; Hammond K A; Elberse A

In Weitz B A and Wensley R, eds., Handbook of Marketing, p 527-557, Sage, 2002

Permission-based mobile advertising

Barwise T P; Strong C

Journal of Interactive Marketing 2002 Vol 16:1 p 14-24

Persuasion begins with listening

Barwise T P

Financial Times Creative Business, 10 September 2002

UK consumer responses to iDTV report

Barwise T P; Brodin K; Canhoto A

Future Media Research Programme, London Business School 2002

Value of the digital prophets

Barwise T P

Financial Times Creative Business, 23 April 2002

What's the rush?

Barwise T P

Financial Times Creative Business, 15 October 2002

Window of opportunity

Barwise T P

Financial Times Creative Business, 23 July 2002

Work-shop balance

Barwise T P; Harvey F

Financial Times Creative Business, 26 March 2002

2001

Digital marketing communication

Barwise T P; Deighton J

In Wind J and Mahajan V eds., Digital Marketing: Global Strategies from the World's Leading Experts, Wiley, New York, 2001, p 339-361

Don't give it all to the kids

Barwise T P

Financial Times Creative Business, 14 August 2001

Economics of the media

Barwise T P; Gordon D

In Briggs A, Cobley P eds., The media: an introduction, Harlow: Addison Wesley Longman, 2001 p198-216

Market metrics: what should we tell the shareholders?

Higson C J; Ambler T; Barwise T P

Market Leader 2001 Winter p 10-11

Putting a price on brands

Barwise T P

Financial Times Creative Business, 11 September 2001

Spend and prosper

Barwise T P

Financial Times Creative Business, 13 November 2001

Stop me if I've told you this B4

Barwise T P

Financial Times Creative Business, 7 August 2001

TV, PC, or mobile? Future media for consumer e-commerce

Barwise T P

Business Strategy Review 2001 Spring Vol 12:1 p 35-42

2000

Books: Internet marketing

Barwise T P

Business Strategy Review 2000 Winter Vol 11:4 p 61-70

Business.eu: Corporates vs web start-ups

Barwise T P; Rosen N

Protege Group and Online Research Agency, London, 2000

Digital promises an armchair revolution

Barwise T P

Financial Times, 21 January, 2000

Ties that bind: Brands, consumers and businesses

Barwise T P; Dunham A; Ritson M

In Pavitt J ed., Brand.New, V & A Publications, London, 2000, p 70-97

1999

Advertising for long-term shareholder value

Barwise T P

Admap 1999 October p 40-42

Digital media: cutting through the hype

Barwise T P; Deighton J

In Mastering Marketing, London: FT Pitman, 1999 p 23-27

Do you value customer value?

Barwise T P; Meehan S

In Mastering Marketing, London: FT Pitman, 1999, p 269-274

Media

Barwise T P; Hammond K A

In The Future Now: predicting the 21st century, London Phoenix, 1999, p 425-473

Professional service firms: unsung masters of marketing

Barwise T P; Meehan S

In Mastering Marketing, London: FT Pitman, 1999 p235-240

Return of the servant

Barwise T P

Optimus 1999 Vol 1 p 34-35

Three-legged issue

Barwise T P

Financial Times, 27 August 1999

1998

Comment: digital exploitation

Barwise T P

Director 1998 June p 22

Comment: TV - the state it's in

Barwise T P

Admap 1998 February p 42

New interactive media: experts' perceptions of opportunities and threats to existing business

Sahay A; Gould J; Barwise T P

European Journal of Marketing 1998 Vol 32:7 p 616-628

Trouble with brand valuation

Barwise T P; Ambler T

Journal of Brand Management 1998 Vol 5:5 p 367-377

1997

Brands in a digital world (editorial)

Barwise T P

Journal of Brand Management 1997 February Vol 4:4 p 220-223

How much does food and drink advertising influence children's diet?

Barwise T P

In Smith G ed., Children's food: marketing and innovation, Blackie, 1997 p 126-151

Opportunities and threats to businesses from new interactive media

Barwise T P; Gould J; Sahay A

In Proceedings of the European Marketing Academy, 1997

Research on strategic decisions: what do we know? Where do we go from here?

Papadakis V; Barwise T P

In Papadakis V and Barwise T P eds., Strategic decisions: process, context and outcomes, Boston, Kluwer, 1997 p 289-302

Strategic decisions: an introduction

Papadakis V; Barwise T P

In Papadakis V and Barwise T P eds., Strategic decisions: process, context and outcomes, Boston, Kluwer, 1997

Strategic investment decisions and emergent strategy

Barwise T P

In Bickerstaffe G ed., Mastering management, Financial Times/Pitman, 1997 p 562-571

Variability of attitudinal repeat-rates

Dall'Olmo Riley F; Ehrenberg A S C; Castleberry S B; Barwise T P

International Journal of Research in Marketing 1997 Vol 14:5 p 437-450

What can we tell managers about strategic decisions?

Papadakis V; Barwise T P

In Papadakis V and Barwise T P eds., Strategic decisions: process, context and outcomes, Boston, Kluwer, 1997 p 267-287

1996

Don't let a virus spoil the party (commentary)

Barwise T P

Harvard Business Review 1996 November-December Vol 74:6

OB or not OB?

Barwise T P

Business Strategy Review 1996 Winter Vol 7:4 p 49-52

Winning the war

Barwise T P; Meehan S

Marketing Business 1996 Jul/Aug p 51

1995

Good empirical generalizations

Barwise T P

Marketing Science 1995 Vol 14:3 p G29-G35 Part 2

Marketing today and tomorrow

Barwise T P

Business Strategy Review 1995 Spring Vol 6:1 p 45-59

Overview: marketing

Barwise T P

in Crainer S ed., Financial Times handbook of management, Financial Times / Pitman, 1995 p568-580

Total quality management in leading fast-moving consumer goods companies

Westbrook R K,Barwise T P

Total Quality Management 1995 Vol 6:4 p 365-382

1994

Children, advertising and nutrition

Barwise T P

London, Advertising Association, 1994

Individual attitude variations over time

Barwise T P et al

in Hooley G J and Hussey M K eds., Quantitative methods in marketing, Academic Press, 1994

Individual attitude variations over time

Barwise T P et al

Journal of Marketing Management 1994 Jan-Feb-Apr Vol 10:1-3 p 153-162

1993

Brand equity: Snark or Boojum?

Barwise T P

International Journal of Research in Marketing 1993 March Vol 10:1 p 93-104

Introduction to the special issue on brand equity

Barwise T P

International Journal of Research in Marketing 1993 March Vol 10:1 p 3-8

1992

Brand portfolios

Barwise T P,Robertson T S

European Management Journal 1992 September Vol 10:3 p 277-285

1990

Accounting information and the capital market

Marsh P R; Barwise T P; Higson C J; Likierman J A

in Power M ed., Brand and goodwill accounting strategies, Woodhead Faulkner, 1990

Brands as separable assets

Barwise T P,Higson C J,Likierman J A,Marsh P R

Business Strategy Review 1990 Summer Vol 1:2 p 43-59

Brands as separable assets

Likierman J A; Barwise P; Higson C; Marsh P

Business Strategy Review 1990 Vol 1:2 p 43-61

Double jeopardy revisited

Barwise T P,Ehrenberg A S C,Goodhardt G J

Journal of Marketing 1990 July Vol 54:3 p 82-91

Human resources policies at London Business School

Barwise T P

British Academy of Management Newsletter 1990 December Vol 8 p 6-7

1989

Intelligent elephants and part-time researchers

Barwise T P; Marsh P R et al.

Graduate Management Research 1989 Winter Vol 4:3 p 12-33

Must finance and strategy clash?

Barwise T P; Marsh P R; Wensley J R C

Harvard Business Review 1989 Sep-Oct Vol 67:5 p 85-90

Television explosion: does many mean more?

Barwise T P

IPPA Bulletin 1989 Spring p 26-27

1987

Strategic investment decisions

Barwise P; Marsh P; Wensley R

Research in Marketing, 9 (1-57)

The liking and viewing of regular TV series

Barwise P; Ehrenberg A

Journal of Consumer Research 1987 Vol 14:1 p 63-70

1986

Repeat-viewing of prime-time TV series

Barwise P

Journal of Advertising Research 1986 Aug-Sept Vol 26 p 9-14

1984

The reach of TV channels

Barwise P; Ehrenberg A

International Journal of Research in Marketing 1984 Vol 1 p 37-49

1982

Glued to the box? Patterns of TV repeat-viewing

Barwise P; Ehrenberg A; Goodhardt G

Journal of Communication 1982 Vol 32:4 p 22-29

2015

Brands & CEOs: the 2015 Brands Lecture

Barwise P

British Brands Group, November 2015

2009

The impact of the commercial world on children's wellbeing

Buckingham D; Barwise P; Cunningham H; Kehily M J; Naim A; Young B

Department for Children, Schools and Families and Department for Culture, Media and Sport

2006

BBC's licence fee bid: what does the public think?

Barwise T P

BBC Board of Governors, April 2006

2004

Digital television in the UK; Consumer responses to interactivity

Barwise T P; Mercier P

Future Media Research Programme, LBS 2004

Independent review of the BBC's digital television services

Barwise T P

Department for Culture, Media and Sport, October 2004

Simply better: Winning and keeping customers by delivering what matters most

Barwise T P; Meehan S

Harvard Business School Press, 2004

2002

Marketing expenditure trends

Barwise T P; Styler A

London Business School and Paris: Havas, December 2002

2001

Market metrics: what should we tell the shareholders?

Ambler T; Barwise T P; Higson C J

Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, 2001

Revisiting B2C wireless

Barwise T P;Advani R;Choudhury K

Viant, 2001

1999

Advertising in a recession

Barwise T P ed.

NTC, 1999

1998

Predictions: Media

Barwise T P; Hammond K

Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1998

1997

Strategic decisions

Papadakis V; Barwise T P; eds.

Kluwer, 1997

1994

Continuous improvement in leading FMCG companies

Barwise T P,Westbrook R K

Centre for Marketing, London Business School, 1994

1993

Special issue on brand equity

Barwise T P

International Journal of Research in Marketing 1993 March Vol 9:1

1991

Television and its audience

Barwise T P;Ehrenberg A S C

Sage Publications, 1988

1989

Accounting for brands

Barwise T P; Higson C J; Likierman J A; Marsh P R

Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales/London Business School, 1989

1988

Managing strategic investment decisions

Marsh P; Barwise P; Thomas K; Wensley R

Centre for Business Strategy, London Business School

1979

Online searching: the impact on user charges of the extended use of online information services

Barwise P

Paris: International Council of Scientific Unions Abstracting Board (ICSU-AB)