James G. March

1928 - 2018

photo credits: Wikimedia Commons

country of citizenship: United States of America

native language: American English

languages spoken, written or signed: English

educated at: University of Wisconsin–Madison, Yale University

occupation: sociologist, economist, university teacher, writer, political scientist

award received: Herbert Simon Award, Honorary Doctor of Stockholm University of Economics, honorary doctor of the University of Uppsala

influenced by: Herbert Simon

James Gardner March (January 15, 1928 – September 27, 2018) was an American political scientist, sociologist, and economist. A professor at Stanford University in the Stanford Graduate School of Business and Stanford Graduate School of Education, he is best known for his research on organizations, his (jointly with Richard Cyert) seminal work on A Behavioral Theory of the Firm, and the organizational decision making model known as the Garbage Can Model. Source: Wikipedia (en)