Nicholas Stern, Baron Stern of Brentford is remembered in business for decisions whose consequences outlived the decade that made them.
The record lists Nicholas Stern, Baron Stern of Brentford as British economist and academic (born 1946).
Nicholas Stern, Baron Stern of Brentford was born at Hammersmith in 1946. His recorded nationality is United Kingdom. He was educated at Peterhouse and Nuffield College.
Post-war business was mass-market and increasingly multinational, managed by professionals rather than owners.
He worked as economist, politician and university teacher.
His recorded affiliations include London School of Economics and Political Science and Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment.
What a company leaves behind is usually infrastructure, habit and employment rather than a name.
Recognition followed: Blue Planet Prize (2009), Patron’s Medal (2009) and Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought (2011).
That the business was built from United Kingdom shaped it: capital, regulation and market size differ by country, and they decide what is even attemptable.
Achievements
- Blue Planet Prize — 2009
- Patron’s Medal — 2009
- Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought — 2011
- Affiliated with London School of Economics and Political Science and Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment
- Educated at Peterhouse and Nuffield College
