William J. Abernathy

William J. Abernathy
Born(1933-11-13)November 13, 1933
Columbia, Tennessee, U.S.
DiedDecember 29, 1983(1983-12-29) (aged 50)
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Tennessee
Harvard Business School
Known forDominant design
Scientific career
InstitutionsHarvard University

William J. Abernathy (November 21, 1933 – December 29, 1983) was an American professor at the Harvard Business School. With his empirical studies of the automobile industry, Abernathy contributed to explaining the industrial decline of the US automobile industry and influenced management thinking to pay more attention to innovation and long-term strategic decision making.[1][2]

  1. ^ Chakrabarti, Alok K., and Lilien, Gary (1984). "In Memory of William J. Abernathy", Interfaces, 14(2)
  2. ^ "Harvard Mourns Death of Two Prominent Scholars", The Harvard Crimson, January 3, 1984