Dr James Wilson

  • Honorary Senior Research Fellow (Adam Smith Business School)

email: James.Wilson@glasgow.ac.uk

Adam Smith Business School, 2 Discovery Place, Glasgow, G11 6EY

Import to contacts

ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3810-9434

Biography

James Wilson has been a Senior Lecturer in Management at the University of Glasgow since 1996. Prior to that, he held a joint appointment from 1984, split between the Accountancy & Finance and Management Studies departments. Before joining the University of Glasgow, he completed his PhD at the University of Houston in the USA; having a PhD in Operations Management, an MBA in Finance and an MA in Economics, with undergraduate degree in Politics and in Electrical Technology. He has worked in an engineering capacity for an electrical generation and distribution company and as a production planner for an oil field equipment manufacturer.

Research interests

James is a member of the Services and Operations Management research cluster.

Areas of expertise:

  • Project management 
  • Production management systems 
  • Inventory management & control systems
  • Management history‌

Publications

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2024

Ding, Ruixin, Chen, Bowei ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4045-3253, Wilson, James M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3810-9434, Yan, Zhi and Huang, Yufei (2024) SRNI-CAR: A Comprehensive Dataset for Analyzing the Chinese Automotive Market. In: 2023 IEEE International Conference on Big Data (IEEE BigData 2023), Sorrento, Italy, 15-18 December, pp. 3405-3412. ISBN 9798350324457 (doi: 10.1109/BigData59044.2023.10386203)

2023

Wilson, James ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3810-9434 and Favotto, Alvise ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7121-7149 (2023) From seedlings to ships: supply chain and production management in the Venice Arsenale, 1400-1800. Journal of Management History, (doi: 10.1108/JMH-10-2022-0056) (Early Online Publication)

2021

Wilson, James M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3810-9434 (2021) Implementing and operating the Portsmouth Block Mill, 1803-1812. Business History, 63(5), pp. 795-825. (doi: 10.1080/00076791.2019.1645125)

2020

Wilson, James M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3810-9434 and Favotto, Alvise ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7121-7149 (2020) Industrial topiary: bending trees for building ships. Topiarius, 24(Summer), pp. 32-35.

2018

Wilson, James M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3810-9434 (2018) Deconstructing the re-invention of operations management. Journal of Management History, 24(2), pp. 128-155. (doi: 10.1108/JMH-06-2017-0028)

2016

Wilson, James M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3810-9434 and Favotto, Alvise ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7121-7149 (2016) From Seedlings to Ships: Supply Chain Management in the Venice Arsenale, 1320-1800. British Academy of Management Conference (BAM2016), Newcastle, UK, 06-08 Sep 2016. (Unpublished)

Wilson, James M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3810-9434 (2016) The origin of materials requirements planning in Frederick W. Taylor's planning office. International Journal of Production Research, 54(5), pp. 1535-1553. (doi: 10.1080/00207543.2015.1092616)

2015

Wilson, James M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3810-9434 (2015) Management in the Portsmouth Block Mill, 1803-1812. In: Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 6-11 Aug 2015,

Wilson, James M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3810-9434 (2015) Performance-based pay: alternative interpretations of the Portsmouth Block Mills’ Savings. Journal of Management History, 22(3), pp. 269-297. (doi: 10.1108/jmh-04-2016-0019)

Wilson, James ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3810-9434 (2015) Ford’s development and use of the assembly line, 1908–1927. In: Bowden, Bradley and Lamond, David (eds.) Management History: Its Global Past and Present. Series: Management history: global perspectives. Information Age Publishing Inc: Charlotte, NC, pp. 71-92. ISBN 9781681231853

Wilson, James M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3810-9434 (2015) Management in the Portsmouth Block Mill, 1803-1812. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2015(1), 10033. (doi: 10.5465/AMBPP.2015.122)

2014

Wilson, J.M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3810-9434 (2014) Henry Ford vs. assembly line balancing. International Journal of Production Research, 52(3), pp. 757-765. (doi: 10.1080/00207543.2013.836616)

2012

McKinlay, Alan and Wilson, James ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3810-9434 (2012) ‘All they lose is the scream’: Foucault, Ford and mass production. Management and Organizational History, 7(1), pp. 45-60. (doi: 10.1177/1744935911427219)

2011

Wilson, J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3810-9434 and Moutinho, L. (2011) Financial impact of tourism marketing. In: Moutinho, L. (ed.) Strategic Management in Tourism. CABI: Wallingford, pp. 219-235. ISBN 9781845935887

Wilson, J.M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3810-9434 (2011) Reconsidering Ford’s Highland Park assembly line: new data vs. old ideas. In: 71st Annual Academy of Management Meeting, San Antonio, TX, USA, 12-16 Aug 2011, pp. 1-6. (doi: 10.5465/AMBPP.2011.65869138)

Wilson, James M. and Moutinho, Luiz (2011) Financial Management in Tourism. In: Moutinho, Luiz (ed.) Strategic Management in Tourism. CABI: Wallingford, England, pp. 207-218. ISBN 9781845935887

2010

Wilson, J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3810-9434 and McKinlay, A. (2010) Rethinking the assembly line: organization, performance and productivity in Ford Motor Company, c. 1908-1927. Business History, 52(5), pp. 760-778. (doi: 10.1080/00076791.2010.499425)

Wilson, J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3810-9434 and Moutinho, L. (2010) Marketing & resource allocation in financial management. In: Moutinho, L. and Southern, G. (eds.) Strategic Marketing Management: A Business Process Approach. Cengage Learning EMEA: Hampshire, UK. ISBN 9781844800001

Wilson, J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3810-9434 and Moutinho, L. (2010) Marketing and its implications for financial management. In: Moutinho, L. and Southern, G. (eds.) Strategic Marketing Management: A Business Process Approach. Cengage Learning EMEA: Hampshire, UK. ISBN 9781844800001

2003

Wilson, J.M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3810-9434 (2003) Gantt charts: A centenary appreciation. European Journal of Operational Research, 149(2), pp. 430-437. (doi: 10.1016/S0377-2217(02)00769-5)

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Number of items: 20.

Articles

Wilson, James ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3810-9434 and Favotto, Alvise ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7121-7149 (2023) From seedlings to ships: supply chain and production management in the Venice Arsenale, 1400-1800. Journal of Management History, (doi: 10.1108/JMH-10-2022-0056) (Early Online Publication)

Wilson, James M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3810-9434 (2021) Implementing and operating the Portsmouth Block Mill, 1803-1812. Business History, 63(5), pp. 795-825. (doi: 10.1080/00076791.2019.1645125)

Wilson, James M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3810-9434 and Favotto, Alvise ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7121-7149 (2020) Industrial topiary: bending trees for building ships. Topiarius, 24(Summer), pp. 32-35.

Wilson, James M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3810-9434 (2018) Deconstructing the re-invention of operations management. Journal of Management History, 24(2), pp. 128-155. (doi: 10.1108/JMH-06-2017-0028)

Wilson, James M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3810-9434 (2016) The origin of materials requirements planning in Frederick W. Taylor's planning office. International Journal of Production Research, 54(5), pp. 1535-1553. (doi: 10.1080/00207543.2015.1092616)

Wilson, James M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3810-9434 (2015) Performance-based pay: alternative interpretations of the Portsmouth Block Mills’ Savings. Journal of Management History, 22(3), pp. 269-297. (doi: 10.1108/jmh-04-2016-0019)

Wilson, James M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3810-9434 (2015) Management in the Portsmouth Block Mill, 1803-1812. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2015(1), 10033. (doi: 10.5465/AMBPP.2015.122)

Wilson, J.M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3810-9434 (2014) Henry Ford vs. assembly line balancing. International Journal of Production Research, 52(3), pp. 757-765. (doi: 10.1080/00207543.2013.836616)

McKinlay, Alan and Wilson, James ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3810-9434 (2012) ‘All they lose is the scream’: Foucault, Ford and mass production. Management and Organizational History, 7(1), pp. 45-60. (doi: 10.1177/1744935911427219)

Wilson, J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3810-9434 and McKinlay, A. (2010) Rethinking the assembly line: organization, performance and productivity in Ford Motor Company, c. 1908-1927. Business History, 52(5), pp. 760-778. (doi: 10.1080/00076791.2010.499425)

Wilson, J.M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3810-9434 (2003) Gantt charts: A centenary appreciation. European Journal of Operational Research, 149(2), pp. 430-437. (doi: 10.1016/S0377-2217(02)00769-5)

Book Sections

Wilson, James ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3810-9434 (2015) Ford’s development and use of the assembly line, 1908–1927. In: Bowden, Bradley and Lamond, David (eds.) Management History: Its Global Past and Present. Series: Management history: global perspectives. Information Age Publishing Inc: Charlotte, NC, pp. 71-92. ISBN 9781681231853

Wilson, J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3810-9434 and Moutinho, L. (2011) Financial impact of tourism marketing. In: Moutinho, L. (ed.) Strategic Management in Tourism. CABI: Wallingford, pp. 219-235. ISBN 9781845935887

Wilson, James M. and Moutinho, Luiz (2011) Financial Management in Tourism. In: Moutinho, Luiz (ed.) Strategic Management in Tourism. CABI: Wallingford, England, pp. 207-218. ISBN 9781845935887

Wilson, J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3810-9434 and Moutinho, L. (2010) Marketing & resource allocation in financial management. In: Moutinho, L. and Southern, G. (eds.) Strategic Marketing Management: A Business Process Approach. Cengage Learning EMEA: Hampshire, UK. ISBN 9781844800001

Wilson, J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3810-9434 and Moutinho, L. (2010) Marketing and its implications for financial management. In: Moutinho, L. and Southern, G. (eds.) Strategic Marketing Management: A Business Process Approach. Cengage Learning EMEA: Hampshire, UK. ISBN 9781844800001

Conference or Workshop Item

Wilson, James M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3810-9434 and Favotto, Alvise ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7121-7149 (2016) From Seedlings to Ships: Supply Chain Management in the Venice Arsenale, 1320-1800. British Academy of Management Conference (BAM2016), Newcastle, UK, 06-08 Sep 2016. (Unpublished)

Conference Proceedings

Ding, Ruixin, Chen, Bowei ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4045-3253, Wilson, James M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3810-9434, Yan, Zhi and Huang, Yufei (2024) SRNI-CAR: A Comprehensive Dataset for Analyzing the Chinese Automotive Market. In: 2023 IEEE International Conference on Big Data (IEEE BigData 2023), Sorrento, Italy, 15-18 December, pp. 3405-3412. ISBN 9798350324457 (doi: 10.1109/BigData59044.2023.10386203)

Wilson, James M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3810-9434 (2015) Management in the Portsmouth Block Mill, 1803-1812. In: Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 6-11 Aug 2015,

Wilson, J.M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3810-9434 (2011) Reconsidering Ford’s Highland Park assembly line: new data vs. old ideas. In: 71st Annual Academy of Management Meeting, San Antonio, TX, USA, 12-16 Aug 2011, pp. 1-6. (doi: 10.5465/AMBPP.2011.65869138)

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Teaching

  • Project management
  • Operations management

Additional information

  • Associate Editor, Journal of Management History (2015 – present)
  • Associate Editor, Management Decision (2013 – present)
  • Chair, Management History Division, Academy of Management (August 2018 – August 2019)
  • 2011: Best reviewer prize, Academy of Management
  • 2011: John F. Mee prize for the Best Contribution to Management History, Academy of Management
  • 2015: Best Paper Prize, Academy of Management
  • 2016: Best Developmental Paper Prize, British Academy of Management
  • 2018 - present: External Examiner, University of Aberdeen Business School

James Wilson