Wickham Skinner
American business theorist
About Wickham Skinner
Lived 1924 – 2019 (aged 94). Wickham Skinner was an American business theorist.
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 and has been called "the father of manufacturing strategy".
Early life Wickham Skinner graduated from Yale University, with a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering. After serving with the Engineering Corps for duty on the Manhattan Project, Skinner earned a masters degree in business administration from Harvard Business School in 1948.
Skinner was a director and the vice president of the Ocean Energy Institute. The Productivity Paradox (Harvard Business Review, July 1986).
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Who was Wickham Skinner?
American business theorist
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Wickham Skinner was born on 20 February 1924 in Cincinnati.
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Wickham Skinner died on 28 January 2019 in St. George.
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Wickham Skinner was a business theorist.
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Wickham Skinner was American.
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