James G. March
James G. March | |
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| Born | January 15, 1928 Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | September 27, 2018 (aged 90) |
| Alma mater | Yale University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Political science, organization theory |
| Institutions | Carnegie Institute of Technology University of California, Irvine Stanford University |
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.