title: Robert H. Hayes
text: # Robert H. Hayes
  
  Robert H. Hayes is an American academic. He is the Emeritus Philip Caldwell Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School.
  
  ## Early life
  
  Robert H. Hayes received a PhD from Stanford University in 1966.
  
  ## Career
  
  Hayes worked for IBM and McKinsey & Company.
  
  He became a professor at the Harvard Business School, eventually receiving the Philip Caldwell chair in business administration. He worked with William J. Abernathy. Professor Wickham Skinner was one of their mentors.
  
  Hayes served as the president of the Production & Operations Management Society. He serves on the board of directors of the American Productivity & Quality Center.
  
  