{"id":10205,"date":"2024-08-06T16:52:39","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T20:52:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/profiles\/j-robb-dixon\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T15:53:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T19:53:04","slug":"j-robb-dixon","status":"publish","type":"profiles","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/profiles\/j-robb-dixon\/","title":{"rendered":"J. Robb Dixon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull profile__standard-wrapper has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns profile__columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column profile__left-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-3bd72ab2 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><figure class=\"profile__image wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"J. Robb Dixon\" style=\"object-fit:contain\" class=\"wp-post-image\" src=\"http:\/\/questromapps.bu.edu\/images\/facstaff\/DixonJ.Robb.jpg\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<aside class=\"profile__contact profile__contact--api wp-block-amp-profile-contact\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\n  <h5>Contact<\/h5>\n  <div class=\"profile__contact-row\">\n          <div class=\"profile__contact-cell profile__contact-cell--phone\">\n        <h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-h-8-font-size\" style=\"font-weight: 500; text-transform: uppercase; margin-top: 0px;\">\n        Phone\n      <\/h6>\n      <p class=\"has-p-2-font-size\" itemprop=\"telephone\">\n        617-353-5243      <\/p>\n    <\/div>\n              <div class=\"profile__contact-cell profile__contact-cell--email\">\n        <h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-h-8-font-size\" style=\"font-weight: 500; text-transform: uppercase; margin-top: 0px;\">\n        Email\n      <\/h6>\n      <p class=\"has-p-2-font-size\">\n        <a href=\"mailto:jrdixon@bu.edu\" itemprop=\"email\">\n          jrdixon@bu.edu        <\/a>\n      <\/p>\n    <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"profile__contact-buttons\">\n              <div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-primary-button\">\n          <a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"http:\/\/questromapps.bu.edu\/faculty\/uploadFiles\/cvUploadsProfile\/OM_Dixon_J.Robb_CV.pdf\">\n            Download CV\n          <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n  \n      <div class=\"profile__contact-row\">\n\n              <div class=\"profile__contact-cell profile__contact-cell--office\">\n          <h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-h-8-font-size\" style=\"font-weight: 500; text-transform: uppercase; margin-top: 0px;\">\n          Office\n        <\/h6>\n        <p class=\"has-p-2-font-size\" itemprop=\"workLocation\">\n          661A        <\/p>\n      <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"profile__contact-cell profile__contact-cell--bu\">\n          <h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-h-8-font-size\" style=\"font-weight: 500; text-transform: uppercase; margin-top: 0px\">\n            Boston University <br \/>\n            Questrom School of Business\n          <\/h6>\n                        <p class=\"has-p-2-font-size\" itemprop=\"address\">\n                Rafik B. Hariri Building <br \/>\n                595 Commonwealth Avenue <br \/>\n                Boston, MA 02215\n              <\/p>\n                  <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  <\/aside><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column profile__right-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-3bd72ab2 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group profile__header-container has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-7db9d80f wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group profile__header-content has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">J. Robb Dixon<\/h2>\n<div class=\"alignfull wp-block-amp-profile-position\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-text-transform-uppercase has-p-2-font-size\" style=\"text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: 600\">\n\t\t\tAssociate Professor Emeritus, Operations and Technology Management\t\t<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-amp-profile-data profile-data\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group profile__data-section has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained wp-block-amp-profile-education\">\n\t<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-weight: 500\">\n\tEducation\t<\/h5>\n\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-group profile__data-row has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n\t\t<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">PhD, University of Virginia, Colgate Darden Graduate School of Business Administration, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1987<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">MBA, University of Virginia, Darden School, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1981<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">BA, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1974<\/p>\t\t<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group profile__data-section has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained wp-block-amp-profile-publications\">\n\t<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-weight: 500\">\n\tPublications\t<\/h5>\n\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-group profile__data-row has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n\t<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Frohlich, M., Dixon, J. 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