Publications

April 1988
Teaching Note

Caterpillar Tractor Co., Teaching Note

By: Christopher A. Bartlett

Teaching Note for (9-385-276). View Details

Keywords: Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry

February 1985 (Revised September 1988)
Case

Caterpillar Tractor Co.

By: Christopher A. Bartlett

Describes the structure and evolution of the earth moving equipment industry worldwide in the post war era, particularly focusing on developments in the 1960s and 1970s. Describes Caterpillar's strategy in becoming the dominant worldwide competitor (industry market... View Details

Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Business Strategy; Manufacturing Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry

31 Jan 2012
First Look

First Look: Jan. 31

PublicationsHow Leaders Kill Meaning at Work Authors:Teresa Amabile and Steven Kramer Publication:The McKinsey Quarterly, no. 1 (January 2012) Abstract Senior executives routinely undermine creativity, productivity, and commitment by... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel

April 2004 (Revised June 2004)
Case

Entrepreneurship Goes Global: ResMed's Gamble

By: Christopher A. Bartlett, Andrew N. McLean and Meg Glinska

On the basis of its innovative medical device for treating sleep apnea, CEO Peter Farrell has made Australian-born ResMed a successful global company. But the company is struggling to implement a strategy to expand the device from its focused core market to a much... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Globalization; Innovation and Management; Management; Marketing Channels; Production; Expansion; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry

07 Sep 2011
First Look

First Look: Sept. 7

limitations and constraints others have accepted, and set out to create new realities. This book is motivated by a simple observation: Leadership, innovation, entrepreneurship, creativity, problem solving, business growth-and even... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Apr 2012
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First Look: April 24

PublicationsBarriers to Household Risk Management: Evidence from India Authors:Shawn A. Cole, Xavier Giné, Jeremy Tobacman, Petia Topalova, Robert M. Townsend, and James Vickery Publication:American Economic Journal: Applied Economics... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

14 Feb 2012
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First Look: February 14

Christopher L. Magee Abstract Many products are manufactured in networks of firms linked by transactions, but comparatively little is known about how or why such transaction networks differ. This paper... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

28 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 28, 2009

Working PapersNo Harm, No Foul: The Outcome Bias in Ethical Judgments (revised) Authors:Francesca Gino, Don A. Moore, and Max H. Bazerman Abstract We present six studies demonstrating that outcome information biases ethical judgments of... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

12 Dec 2017
First Look

New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017

Overall Cost Comparison of Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Procedures with Endoscopist- or Anesthesia-Supported Sedation by Activity-Based Costing Techniques By: Helmers, Richard A., James A. Dilling, View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

2006
Book

Global Marketing Management

By: John A. Quelch and Christopher A. Bartlett

Keywords: Marketing; Management

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1997
Chapter

Managing Innovation in the Transnational Corporation

By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Sumantra Ghoshal

Keywords: Innovation and Management; Multinational Firms and Management

1998
Chapter

Changing the Role of Top Management: Beyond Strategy to Purpose

By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Sumantra Ghoshal

Keywords: Management Teams; Strategy; Mission and Purpose

March 2020
Teaching Note

Forbidden City: Launching a Craft Beer in China (Brief Case)

By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Carole Carlson

Teaching Note for HBS No. 920-559. View Details

January 2010
Supplement

Genzyme's CSR Dilemma: How to Play its HAND - video supplement

By: Tarun Khanna and Christopher A. Bartlett

Keywords: Biotechnology Industry

March 2000 (Revised January 2001)
Case

Microsoft's Vega Project: Developing People and Products

By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Meg Wozny

With a focus on Matt MacLellan and his careful development as a project manager under his boss and mentor, Jim Kaplan, the case describes the evolution of Microsoft's human-resource philosophies and policies and illustrates how they work in practice to provide the... View Details

Keywords: Human Resources; Competitive Advantage; Retention; Personal Development and Career; Organizational Design; Information Technology; Motivation and Incentives; Leadership Development