Ian C. MacMillan
Wharton Entrepreneurial Programs
Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Ian C. MacMillan is the Co-Director of the Wharton Entrepreneurial Center, and Director of the Snider Entrepreneurial Research Center. He is also the Sullivan Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies. MacMillan joined the Center in June of 1986, after having served as Director of the Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at NYU. He also taught at Columbia University and Northwestern University. He received his B.Sc. from the University of Witwatersrand, and his M.B.A. and D.B.A. from the University of South Africa.
Prior to joining the academic world, MacMillan was a chemical engineer and gained experience in gold and uranium mines, chemical and explosives factories, oil refineries, soap and food manufacturers, and the South African Atomic Energy Board. He has been a director of several companies in the travel and import/export business in South Africa, Canada, Hong Kong, and Japan. MacMillan has extensive consulting experience, having worked with such companies as DuPont, General Electric, GTE, IBM, Citibank, Metropolitan Life, Chubb & Son, American Re-Insurance, Matsushita (Japan), Olympus (Japan), L.G. Group (Korea), Texas Instruments, KPMG, Fluor Daniel, Commercial Union General Insurance (UK), Air Products, Duratek, Hewlett Packard and Intel.
MacMillan has published numerous articles and books on organizational politics, new ventures and strategy formulation and execution. His articles have appeared in the Harvard Business Review, The Sloan Management Review, The Journal of Business Venturing, and others. His latest books, The Entrepreneurial Mindset, and MarketBusters were written with Rita McGrath.
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