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Ian MacMillan is an emeritus professor at Wharton who studies entrepreneurship, new venture management, organizational competence, and strategic management. He has held various leadership positions at Wharton and has a DBA from University of South Africa.
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DBA, University of South Africa, 1975; MBA (cum laude), University of South Africa, 1972; BS, University of Witwatersrand, 1963
Merck, Microsoft, Air Products, Citibank, Greenwich Pharmaceuticals, Chubb and Sons, NYSE, Dupont, General Electric, GTE, IBM, Metropolitan Life, American Re-Insurance, Panasonic (Japan), Olympus (Japan), L.G. Group (Korea), Texas Instruments, KPMG, Hewlett Packard, Intel, Fluor Daniel; Workout initiative, GE, 1989-92
Wharton: 1986-present (named Dhirubhai Ambani Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, 2005; named Fred R. Sullivan Professor, 1999-2005; Director, Sol C. Snider Entrepreneurial Research Center, 1986-present; Director, Goergen Entrepreneurial Management Program, 1998-2003; George W. Taylor Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies, 1986-99; Academi...
Chief Chemical Engineer, Consolidated Oil Products, Republic of South Africa, 1965-70; Scientist, Atomic Energy Board, Government Metallurgical Labs, Republic of South Africa, 1963-64
Academy of Management Fellows, 1997-present; Editorial Board, Strategic Management Journal, 1980-present; Editorial Board, Human Resource Management, Long Range Planning
Ian McMillan is a poet-in-residence for The Academy of Urbanism and Barnsley FC. He presents The Verb on BBC R3 and writes poems about sports, seaside, and history.
Ian MacMillan is a professor of innovation and entrepreneurship at Wharton and a co-author of an article on differentiation. He also co-wrote a book on strategy in uncertain environments with Rita McGrath.
Nov 18, 2020 · Wharton Online maintains a world-class staff of industry thought leaders and innovators. Meet Ian MacMillan, one of our renowned online faculty.
A Harvard Business Review article on how to plan and control innovative ventures in uncertain and volatile environments. The authors propose a framework called discovery-driven planning that helps managers test their assumptions and learn from the market.
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May 29, 2014 · Ian MacMillan is an expert on innovation and entrepreneurship, and co-author of Discovery-Driven Planning (DDP), a strategy framework for uncertain environments. He and Rita McGrath developed DDP by studying their own flops and failures.
