Louis Truitt Wells, Jr. (born Oct. 19, 1937) is an American academic, consultant and the Herbert F. Johnson Professor of International Management, Emeritis, at the Harvard Business School.
He is known for his work on management of multinational corporations, the economic environment in which they operate, and their relations with governments of developing countries.
Wells obtained his BA in Physics in 1960 from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and his MBA in 1963 and his DBA in 1966 from the Harvard Business School.
Over the years he has been a consultant to "governments of a number of developing countries, as well as to international organizations and private firms.
"[4] He is a member of the Advisory Committee for the German-based CONNEX Support Unit, which provides advisors to developing countries for their negotiations with foreign investors in natural resources and infrastructure.