Kenneth R. Andrews (1916–2005) was a professor at Harvard Business School (HBS) from 1946 to 1986. He received a BA from Wesleyan University and his PhD from the University of Illinois at Urbana. The Second World War interrupted his doctoral studies in English Literature. He was drafted in 1941 and became Head of Analysis and Commanding Officer in the Air Force’s Statistical Control Unit. While in the service, Andrews was responsible for personnel classification and assigned officers to the statistical school at HBS during the war. After the war, at the invitation of Edmund P. Learned, Andrews joined the HBS in 1946 as an instructor in multidisciplinary courses. During this time, he also completed his doctoral thesis about Mark Twain which was published in 1950 by Harvard University Press as Nook Farm: Mark Twain’s Hartford Circle (Harvard Business School Archives).
Andrews is best known for his work concerning business strategy and also for his co-authored textbook Business Policy: Tex...
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Leih, S. (2016). Andrews, Kenneth (1916–2005). In: Augier, M., Teece, D. (eds) The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Strategic Management. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-94848-2_615-1
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