George S. Day
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George S. Day is an educator and consultant in the fields of strategic management, innovation and marketing. He is the Geoffrey T. Boisi Emeritus Professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He founded the Mack Institute for Innovation Management at the Wharton School, where he is a Faculty Emeritus in Residence.
He is known for the concepts of market-driven strategy and organization, and the outside-in approach to strategy. With Paul Schoemaker, he introduced the concepts of peripheral vision of organizations and the vigilant leadership needed for greater foresight.
He has authored 185 articles and 21 books. His research and writings have been cited 70,000 times (with an h-index of 85), and he is ranked 109th in citations among all scholars in management and business in the US.
His research and consulting interests focus on competitive strategies in global markets, innovation management and organic growth leadership, marketing management, strategy processes, and organizational foresight and preparedness.
Day obtained a bachelor's degree in Applied Science from the University of British Columbia and an MBA with high distinction from the University of Western Ontario.[1] He received a PhD degree from Columbia University in 1968.
Career
George Day has taught at Stanford University, IMD (International Management Development Institute) in Lausanne, Switzerland, and the University of Toronto, and has held visiting appointments at MIT, the Harvard Business School, the London Business School, the Indian School of Business and the Singapore Management University. Prior to joining the Wharton School, he was Executive Director of the Marketing Science Institute, an industry-supported research consortium.
He is a past chairman of the American Marketing Association and currently serves as a director of the Zoological Society of Philadelphia and Returning Peace Corp Volunteers Ventures. He is presently the co-chair of the Ag Sustainability Center of the Sonoma County Winegrowers and a Trustee of the Marketing Science Institute. He has served on 14 for-profit and non-profit boards of directors.
He has directed and participated in senior executive programs in 20 countries, including the United States, Canada, England, Ireland, France, Switzerland, Germany, Japan, Singapore, South Africa, India, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Australia, and New Zealand.
