Contributors: Edward D. Hess
Faculty
Edward D. Hess
Professor of Business Administration and Batten Executive-in-Residence
Organic growth; Entrepreneurship; High performance leadership; Multi-generational family businesses
Background
Professor Hess spent over 30 years in the business world as a lawyer, investment banker, and strategy consultant prior to joining academia. He began his career at Atlantic Richfield Corporation and was a senior executive at Warburg Paribas Becker, Boettcher & Company, The Robert M. Bass Group, and Arthur Andersen.
Before joining Darden, he was an Adjunct Professor of Organization & Management at Goizueta Business School where he was the Founder & Executive Director of The Center for Entrepreneurship & Corporate Growth and The Values-Based Leadership Institute.
Research
Professor Hess's current research focuses on the Darden Growth/Innovation Model, The Challenges of Managing Private Company Growth; and Building Enduring Organizations.
Contact Information
Email: HessE@darden.virginia.edu
Phone: 434-982-2170
Location: Faculty Office Building 298B
Resources: http://www.EDHLTD.com
http://www.darden.virginia.edu/html/direc_detail.aspx?styleid=2&id=10450
Publications
Books Include:
The Road To Organic Growth (McGraw-Hill, 2007);
Smart Growth: Building Enduring Businesses by Managing the Risks of Growth (upcoming, Columbia Business School Publishing, 2009); Hess & Cameron, eds.,
Leading with Values: Virtue, Positivity & High Performance (Cambridge University Press, 2006); Hess and Kazanjian, eds.,
The Search for Organic Growth, (Cambridge University Press, 2006); and Hess and Goetz,
So You Want to Start A Business, (FT Press, 2008).