John P. Kotter - Publications - Faculty & Research

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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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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01 Sep 2007
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Alfred D. Chandler Jr. Remembered

during the 1950s, Chandler assisted Alfred P. Sloan Jr. with his famous autobiography, My Years with General Motors. In 1963, Chandler became chairman of the history department at Johns Hopkins University,... View Details

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

01 Oct 2002
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Michael F. Cronin

The real deal: Up from the streets of Boston, a venture capitalist helps companies and people flourish. Photo courtesy Michael Cronin On the 50th floor of the John Hancock Tower, the east side of Michael Cronin's corner office offers... View Details

01 Dec 2001
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Faculty News

Most Remarkable Entrepreneur; John P. Kotter on What Leaders Really Do; and Leading Change. A graduate of MIT, where he also earned an MS degree in 1970, View Details

Keywords: reunions; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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Faculty - Race, Gender & Equity

Management Unit at Harvard Business School. Anke’s areas of research include economic development, political economy, economics of gender, and behavioral economics. Her recent work... John Beshears Albert J. Weatherhead, Jr. Professor of... View Details

01 Mar 2004
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Derek Ferguson

structure in place so these ventures can be financed,” he explains. Sean John Clothing has quickly grown to sales of $200 million and one hundred employees since it was launched five years ago. “It’s our most profitable area,” says... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

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National Markets - The Art of American Advertising

the distance, and bring the producer and consumer into relations of intimacy.” 4 Exhibition home Advertising Products 2 Pamela Walker Laird, Advertising Progress: American Business and the Rise of Consumer Marketing . Baltimore: John... View Details

16 Aug 2004
Research & Ideas

Luxury Isn’t What It Used to Be

we're doing," says McEvoy. Today, Queen Elizabeth II wears her Burberry trench coat. But so does supermodel Kate Moss. At Waterford Crystal, CEO John G. Foley (HBS ISMP '89) has brought on contemporary designers like Versace and Vera... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Consumer Products

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

01 Mar 2009
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Faculty Books

coeditor, and academic and public service experts dissect the state of consumer and mortgage credit in the United States and point the way out of the current impasse. Managing Your Boss by John J. Gabarro and View Details

Keywords: Telecommunications; Information; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

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General Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS). Deborah M. Winshel : Recipient of the HBS Club of New York’s John C. Whitehead Social Enterprise Award in 2018. 2017 Gerald C. Chertavian : Received the Bowdoin Common Good Award in 2017. Rebecca M.... View Details

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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Commercialization of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

for an enterprise dedicated to the intersection of science and art. Public and professional recognition propelled the work of Land-Wheelwright Laboratories to the attention of Wall Street. In 1937, with major investments from James P.... View Details

15 Jun 2007
Research & Ideas

Remembering Alfred Chandler

Chemical and Pharmaceutical Industries. In his lifetime, he produced a range of books, edited collections, and articles covering railways, management, global competition, anthracite coal, the career of Alfred P. Sloan, the nature of... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Oct 2002
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Books

The Heart of Change by John P. Kotter and Dan S. Cohen Searching for a Corporate Savior by Rakesh Khurana Making Markets: How Firms Can Design and Profit from Online Auctions... View Details

01 Dec 2010
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Faculty Books

Buy-In: Saving Your Good Idea from Being Shot Down by John P. Kotter and Lorne A. Whitehead (Harvard Business Review Press) Professor Emeritus View Details

Keywords: business proposals; financial regulation