Background
Markham, Jesse William was born on April 21, 1916 in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Son of John James and Edith (Luttrell) Markham.
Markham, Jesse William was born on April 21, 1916 in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Son of John James and Edith (Luttrell) Markham.
Bachelor of Arts Richmond, 1941. Postgraduate, Johns Hopkins University, 1942. Postgraduate, United States Foreign Service School, 1945.
Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1947. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1949.
Accountant E.I. duPont de Nemours Company, Richmond, 1935-1938. Teaching fellow Harvard University, 1946-1948. Assistant professor Vanderbilt University, 1948-1952, associate professor, 1952-1953.
Chief economist Federal Trade Commission, Washington, 1953-1955. Associate professor Princeton University, 1955-1957, professor economics, 1957-1968. Professor Harvard Graduate School Business Administration, 1968-1972, Charles Edward Wilson professor, 1972-1982, professor emeritus, from 1982.
Professor Harvard University Extension Services, from 1984. Visiting professor Columbia University, 1958. Ford Foundation visiting professor Harvard Graduate School Business ADminstrn., 1965-1966.
Research professor Law and Economics Center, Emory University, 1982-1984. Research staff, member board editors Patent Trademark Copyright Research Institute, George Washington University, 1955-1970. Economics editor Houghton Mifflin Company, 1961-1971.
United States delegate commission experts on business practices European Productivity Agency, Organization of European Economic Cooperation, 1956, 57, 58, 59, 61. Visiting professor Harvard University, 1961-1962. Director Ford Foundation Seminar Region II, 1961.
Advisory committee marketing to secretary commerce, 1967-1971. Member American Bar Association Commission to study Federal Trade Commission, 1969.
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Author: Competition in the Rayon Industry, 1952, The Fertilizer Industry: Study of an Imperfect Market, 1958, The American Economy, 1963, (with Charles Fiero and Howard Piquet) The European Common Market: Friend or Competitor, 1964, (with Gustav Papnek) Industrial Organization and Economic Development, 1970, Conglomerate Enterprise and Public Policy, 1973, (with Paul Teplitz) Baseball Economics and Public Policy, 1982. Section on oligopoly International Encyclopedia Social Sciences. Contributor articles to economic journals.
As an admiring student of Joseph Schumpeter, I have tried in my earlier published works to synthesise his concepts of innova-
tional activity and the dynamics of creative destruction on the one hand and static models of competition on the other. My Competition in the Rayon Industry and The Fertilizer Industry were attempts to effect this type of synthesis through the instrument of specific industry studies. Later I centred my attention more directly on the public policy implications of the structureconduct-performance model of industrial organisation, especially the extent of which business conduct could in a statistical sense be predicted from measures of market structure.
My conclusions on this matter in view of the available information at the time were summarised in article 6 above. As it became clearer to me that so many factors conditioned the structureconduct relationship, I directed my research toward the measurable importance of these factors, especially the technological horizon, the opportunity for product innovation, and what might broadly be defined as creative competitive strategies. A book-length manuscript setting forth this analysis is near completion, and given the tentative title Oligopolistic Competition: Studies in Structure and Business Conduct.
Delaware People to People Diplomacy Mission to Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1989. Active Boy Scouts American. Chairman Harvard Parents Committee, 1969-1972.
Served as lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, World World War World War II. Member American Economic Association, United States Chamber of Commerce (economic policy committee), Harvard Club (New York City, Sarasota, Florida), The Cedars Club, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Penelope Jane Anton, October 15, 1944. Children: Elizabeth Anton Markham McLean, John James, Jesse William.