Wickham Skinner
C. Wickham Skinner (February 20, 1924 – January 28, 2019) was an American business theorist. He was the Emeritus James E. Robison Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School.
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| Born | 20 February 1924[1] |
| Died | January 28, 2019 (aged 94) |
| Education | Yale University Harvard Business School |
| Occupation | Academic |
Early life
Wickham Skinner graduated from Yale University, with a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering.[3][4] After serving with the Engineering Corps for duty on the Manhattan Project, Skinner earned a masters in business administration degree from the Harvard Business School in 1948.[4]
Career
Skinner worked for Honeywell for a decade.[4]
Skinner became a professor at his alma mater, the Harvard business School.[3] He served as its Director of International Activities from 1967 to 1970.[4] In 1974, he was awarded the James E. Robinson chair in Business Administration.[3] He was Associate Dean from 1974 to 1977.[4] One of the students he mentored was William J. Abernathy.[5]
Skinner was a director and the vice president of the Ocean Energy Institute.[4] He was the recipient of an honorary doctorate from the University of Ghent in 2002.[4] He was a Fellow of Academy of Management.[4]
Selected writings
Books
- Impact of New Technology: People and Organizations in Manufacturing and Allied Industries (with Arup K. Chakraborty, Elsevier Science, 1982).
- Manufacturing: The Formidable Competitive Weapon (New York City: John Wiley & Sons, 1985).
Articles
- Manufacturing—Missing Link in Corporate Strategy (Harvard Business Review, May 1969).
- The Productivity Paradox (Harvard Business Review, July 1986).
References
- Charles W. Skinner Jr.
- Harvard Business School Professor Emeritus C. Wickham Skinner Dies at 94
- Harvard Business School: Wickham Skinner
- Wickham Skinner, Bloomberg Business
- William Abernathy, 50, Dies; Harvard Business Professor, The New York Times, December 30, 1993
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