John P. Kotter - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Oct 2007
Research & Ideas

Encouraging Dissent in Decision-Making

cannot surface: Abjuring rigorous debate about its merits, a youthful president John F. Kennedy essentially rubber-stamped a 1961 plan to invade Cuba at the Bay of Pigs, resulting in one of the biggest U.S. foreign policy fiascoes in... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

17 Jan 2011
Research & Ideas

Being the Boss

responsibility for the relationship, because it's definitely two-way. I'm building on the traditions of [HBS professors emeriti] John Kotter and John Gabarro, who [in 1980]... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

10 Sep 2001
What Do You Think?

Do MBAs Need More Street Smarts?

obtained. Is it a matter of the genes? Do they result from experience, therefore precluding most newly-minted MBAs in their twenties from having them? Or does their presence depend on the environment in which one grows up? For example, a study by View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

06 Oct 2020
Sharpening Your Skills

18 Tips Managers Can Use to Lead Through COVID's Rising Waters

Professor of Business Administration. Tip: Use COVID-19 as a time to reflect Make time for introspection. The coronavirus represents a historic inflection point that is likely to forever change us, as did the assassination of President View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

05 Jun 2009
What Do You Think?

What Does Slower Economic Growth Really Mean?

Other activities included in GDP, such as health care costs, do not reflect the fact that spending more on health care is, in John Caddell's opinion, "in general not good for the country." How should growth be measured? Deepak... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Financial Services; Construction; Real Estate

01 Jun 2007
What Do You Think?

How Should Pay Be Linked to Performance?

for shareholders. However, there is a sense, expressed by John Ippolito, that there is a lack of perception in boards of directors of "what constitutes 'creating value' in the enterprise many boards are too ready to turn over the... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

16 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business

John Macomber (@cleantechcities) is a senior lecturer of business administration in the Finance Unit Gary P. Pisano: In-person meetings will be less important All organizations will learn that they can... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

January 2021 (Revised August 2021)
Case

ByteDance: TikTok and the Trials of Going Viral

By: William C. Kirby and John P. McHugh

In 2020, TikTok became the most valuable start-up ever. The short-form, video-sharing social media platform emerged as the crown jewel of the Chinese technology firm ByteDance, realizing 850 million monthly users and an estimated worth of $180 billion. However, a... View Details

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03 Dec 2014
What Do You Think?

Can the Brilliant Jerk Be Managed Effectively?

"brilliant jerk"? What do you think? To Read More: Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman, First, Break All the Rules: What the World's Greatest Managers Do Differently (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1999), especially pp. 164-174. View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

06 Jul 2011
Research & Ideas

Are You a Level-Six Leader?

presidential politics will remember Senator John Kerry (D-MA), who was pilloried as a "flip-flopper" after explaining a vote regarding the Iraq war: "I actually did vote for the [authorization bill] before I voted against... View Details

Keywords: by Mitch Maidique

January 2020 (Revised March 2020)
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Huawei: A Global Tech Giant in the Crossfire of a Digital Cold War

By: William C. Kirby, Billy Chan and John P. McHugh

By 2020, Ren Zhengfei, CEO of Huawei, had transformed the small telephone switch manufacturer he founded in 1987 into a $120 billion telecommunications company poised to lead the lucrative rollout of fifth-generation (5G) cellular networks. However, an emerging... View Details

Keywords: International Strategy; Government And Business; Digital Infrastructure; Political Risk; Information Technology; Infrastructure; Business and Government Relations; Government and Politics; Information Infrastructure; Technology Industry; China; United States

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March 1980 (Revised December 1995)
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American Chemical Corp.

By: William E. Fruhan Jr. and John P. Goldsberry III

A large chemical manufacturer divests a plant that is acquired by a small specialty chemicals manufacturer. The acquisition decision is viewed from the vantage point of the small specialty chemicals manufacturer. View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Chemicals; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Decision Making; Manufacturing Industry; Chemical Industry

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August 1977 (Revised April 1987)
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Crown Cork & Seal Co., Inc.

By: Richard G. Hamermesh, Karen Gordon Mills and John P. Reed

Describes the technical, economic, and competitive trends in the metal container industry. The strategy of Crown Cork and Seal is then described in relation to these trends. Focuses on two immediate threats to Crown's strategy: the future of aerosol cans, given the... View Details

Keywords: Business Strategy; Industry Structures; Environmental Sustainability; Trends; Manufacturing Industry

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19 Sep 2005
Research & Ideas

Rethinking Company Loyalty

advises Donald P. Rogers, professor of international business at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida. John Chappelear, a professional coach and trainer, says, "Clarify your expectations, and make... View Details

Keywords: by Lauren Keller Johnson

November 1989
Supplement

Jan Carlzon, SAS, Video

By: John P. Kotter

Presents Jan Carlzon, Scandinavian Airline's (SAS) CEO, answering questions from executives in February of 1989. View Details

Keywords: Management Teams; Air Transportation Industry

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March 1991 (Revised July 1993)
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Kyocera Corp.

By: John P. Kotter

Examines the three factors critical to this company's remarkable success in the high tech field. The first factor is the founder, Dr. Inamori's powerful leadership. The second is the strong corporate culture or philosophy of the firm. The third element in Kyocera's... View Details