John Kay personifies the bridge between theory and practice. One of the U.K.’s most prominent economists, he is a prolific writer, a business consultant, and a one-time business-school dean whose work ...

This chair was used by John Kay, the inventor of the flying shuttle. He was born at Rothwell's of the Park, Walmersley, Bury in 1704. In 1733 Kay invented the wheel shuttle (Flying Shuttle ...

The exceptionally ugly word 'obliquity' has multiple meanings. In this case, it signifies, in John Kay's own words, 'the process of achieving complex objectives indirectly'. Exhibit A is John Stuart ...