Background
Roberts, Donald John was born on February 11, 1945 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Son of Donald Victor and Margaret Mabel (Riddell) Roberts. came to the United States, 1967.
( A systematic treatment of the economics of the modern ...)
A systematic treatment of the economics of the modern firm, this book draws on the insights of a variety of areas in modern economics and other disciplines, but presents a coherent, consistent, innovative treatment of the central problems in organizations of motivating people and coordinating their activities. KEY TOPICS: Introduces the fundamental problems organizations encounter and explains why they occur. Discusses a number of patterns of response — showing why organizations are structured as they are, why they adopt the policies they do, and how they solve organizational problems themselves.
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consultant economics and business educator
Roberts, Donald John was born on February 11, 1945 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Son of Donald Victor and Margaret Mabel (Riddell) Roberts. came to the United States, 1967.
Bachelor with honors, University Manitoba, 1967. Doctor of Philosophy, University Minnesota, 1972. Doctor of Laws honoris causa, University Winnipeg, 2007.
Instructor department managerial economics and decision science J.L. Kellogg Graduate School Management, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1971—1972, assistant professor, 1972—1974. Associate professor J. L. Kellogg Graduate School Management, Northwestern University, 1974—1977. Professor J.L. Kellogg Graduate School Management, Northwestern University, 1977—1980, Graduate School Business, Stanford (California) University, 1980, Jonathan B. Lovelace professor, 1980—2001, associate dean, director research, 1987—1990, director executive program in strategy and organization, since 1992, director global management program, since 1994, senior associate dean, 2000—2009, John H. Scully professor, since 2001.
Director Center for Global Business and the Economy, since 2003. BP centennial professor London School Economics, 2010. Professor (by courtesy) department economics Stanford University, since 1986.
Visiting research faculty University Catholique de Louvain, Belgium, 1974-1975. Inaugural Clarendon lecturer management studies Oxford University, 1997. Consultant business, economics and antitrust, since 1976.
Visiting fellow All Souls College, Oxford University, 1995, Nuffield College, Oxford University, 1999-1900. Visiting academy fellow in leadership and organization McKinsey & Company, London, 1999-1900.
(A systematic treatment of the economics of the modern fir...)
( A systematic treatment of the economics of the modern ...)
Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences, Econometric Society (council 1994-1996). Member American Economic Association, Beta Gamma Sigma.
Married Kathleen Eleanor Taylor, August 26, 1967 (deceased 2006), Jayne Marie Lange, March 23, 2009.