B.S., University of Florida; J.D., University of Virginia; LL.M., New York University
Professor Edward D. Hess spent over 30 years in the business world. 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. He is the author of 7 books, over 40 practitioner articles, and 16 Darden cases dealing with growth systems, managing growth and growth strategies. His 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).
His current research focuses on the Darden Growth/Innovation Model, The Challenges of Managing Private Company Growth; and Building Enduring Organizations. Professor Hess has taught in Executive Education Programs for Harris Corporation, Cigna, Timken, Genworth Financial, Pitney Bowes, Unilever Russia, Westinghouse Nuclear, and at IESE( Barcelona) and the Indian School of Business.
Prior to joining the faculty at Darden he was Adjunct Professor and the Founder and Executive Director of both the Center for Entrepreneurship and Corporate Growth and the Values-Based Leadership Institute at Goizueta Business School, Emory University. His website is www.EDHLTD.com.