List of business theorists
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This is an annotated list of important business theorists. It is in alphabetical order based on last name. To facilitate reading, only names are hyperlinked. For quick navigation, click on one of the letters:
Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Business theorists:
[edit] A
- David A. Aaker - marketing strategy (1980s)
- Derek Abell - marketing strategy (1980s)
- Russell L. Ackoff - operations research and systems theory (1950s - 2004)
- Karol Adamiecki - management (1890s-1930s)
- Horst Albach - capital budgeting, business strategy (1970s)
- Igor Ansoff - strategic management (1950s-1970s)
- Chris Argyris - learning systems (1970s, 1980s, 1990s)
[edit] B
- Chester Barnard - management (1920s, 1930s)
- Jay Barney - strategic management (1980s, 1990s)
- Patrick Blackett, Baron Blackett - operations research (1930s, 1940s)
- Adam Bonnifield - research methods (1980s, 1990s)
- Matthew Boulton - labor productivity (1800s)
- Klaus Brockhoff - management (1980s)
- R. Buzzell - Profit impact of marketing strategy (PIMS) (1970s, 1980s)
[edit] C
- Robert Camp - Benchmarking (1980s)
- James A. Champy - Business process reengineering (1990s)
- Alfred D. Chandler, Jr. - Management - Pulitzer prize for The Visible Hand: The Managerial Revolution in American Business (1977)
- Alexander Church - Management (1910s)
- Ronald Coase - Transaction costs, Coase theorem, Theory of the firm (1950s) (Nobel Prize in 1991)
- James C. Collins - vision statement, strategic planning and BHAG (1990s)
- Philip Crosby - quality control (1980s) - "Quality is Free"
[edit] D
- Fred D. Davis - Technology acceptance model (TAM)(1990s)
- George S. Day - marketing (1970s)
- Francisco DiMarco - cost accounting (1390s)
- Harold Deming - quality control (1970s)
- W. Edwards Deming - statistical quality control, (1950s, 1960s)
- Keith Denton - continuous improvement (1990s)
- H. Dodge - statistical quality control (1920s)
- Peter Drucker - management (1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s)
- J. Duncan - the first college textbook in management (1911)