Francis Joseph Aguilar (August 19, 1932 – February 17, 2013) was an American scholar of strategic planning and general management.
He joined the faculty of Harvard Business School in 1964 and became a tenured professor there in 1971.
[1] He served as consultant to many firms and on the boards of Dynamic Research Corporation and Bentley University.
[1] He developed the PEST analysis framework, which helps businesses assess external factors that may impact their operations.
[2] His publications include: Scanning the Business Environment (1967), European Problems in General Management (with Edmund P. Learned and Robert C.K.