James Morrison McInnes (1 January 1940 – 8 August 2020) was professor emeritus of accounting and formerly

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for academic affairs at the

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. He taught for almost forty years at the

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, ten years as the head of the accounting area and then as a visiting professor and lecturer on the Greater Boston Executive Programme. McInnes held several senior financial executive posts.

Education

McInnes was educated at

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, near

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. He graduated from the

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with a degree in physics and received a PhD and MBA from

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. In 1963 he founded the

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with fellow Scot Jim Johnstone.

Career

McInnes taught at Harvard Business School, MIT Sloan School of Management and

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where he was director of the PhD programme. He was also a visiting professor at

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in the Netherlands. His expertise encompassed the design of budgetary control systems, linking strategy and operations, corporate financial management, and international analysis control. In industry McInnes served as a financial executive and board member for several international companies. He was the chief financial officer of a company listed on the

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and financial vice president for a major Kuwaiti company. With his experience McInnes consulted and lectured worldwide. He published papers in numerous academic and professional journals including Accounting, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of International Business Studies and Certified Accountant. McInnes was a past president of the Boston chapter of Financial Executives International. In 2011 he was awarded the F. Gorham Brigham Jr. Lifetime Achievement Award by the

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Publications

Under the name, J M McInnes, he has published six books: * * * * * *

References

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