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Don Lessard is the Epoch Foundation Professor of International Management and Engineering Systems Emeritus at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Lessard\u2019s continuing research and policy interests are on global strategic management, large scale project management, transformational urban infrastructure, and the energy transition.<\/p>\n

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Donald Lessard<\/h1>\t\t\t

Don Lessard is the Epoch Foundation Professor of International Management and Engineering Systems Emeritus at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Lessard\u2019s continuing research and policy interests are on global strategic management, large scale project management, transformational urban infrastructure, and the energy transition.<\/p>\n

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\"Global Strategy and MNC Capabilities.\"<\/h4> Lessard, Donald R. and D. Eleanor Westney. In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Business and Management<\/i>, Oxford, UK: Oxford Research, Forthcoming. SSRN Preprint<\/a>.\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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\"Institutional Enablers of Energy System Transition: Lessons from Solar PV in Eight African Countries.\"<\/h4> Lessard, Donald R., Valerie J. Karplus, Ninad Rajpurkar, and Arun Singh. In Achieving Collective Ends with Limited Resources: Africa\u2019s Struggle to Bridge the Infrastructure Gap<\/i>, edited by Anne Stafford, Innocent Musonda, and Nuno A. P. Gil, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, Forthcoming.\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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\"Understanding the Impacts of Indirect Stakeholder Relationships - Stakeholder Value Network Analysis and Its Application to Large Engineering Projects.\"<\/h4> Lessard, Donald R., Wen Feng, Edward Crawley, Olivier de Weck, and Bruce Cameron. In Public-Private Partnerships for Infrastructure Development<\/i>, edited by M.J. Garvin, Raymond Levitt, and Richard Scott, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, Forthcoming.\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>

Areas of Interest<\/h2>