Christopher A. Bartlett

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Christopher A. Bartlett (born 1943) is an Australian organizational theorist, and Emeritus Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, known for his work on multinational corporation and transnational management with Sumantra Ghoshal. [1] [2]

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Life and work

Born in Australia, Bartlett obtained his BA in economics at the University of Queensland in 1964, and moved to the United States, where he obtained his MA in business administration from Harvard University, where in 1979 he also obtained his PhD in business administration. [3]

Bartlett started his career in industry in Australia as marketing manager at Alcoa; in England as management consultant for McKinsey & Company; and in France as general manager for Baxter International. After his graduation in 1979 he continued to work for the Harvard Business School, where he eventually was appointed Professor of Business Administration. [3]

Bartlett is elected Fellow of the Academy of Management, the Academy of International Business, and the Strategic Management Society. He was awarded the Distinguished Scholar Award by the Academy of Management in 2001. [3]

In 2002, Bartlett and Ghosal won the Award on Leadership and Corporate Governance from the Association of Executive Search Consultants (AESC) for their article “Building Competitive Advantage Through People.” [4]

In 2012, Bartlett won the European Case Clearing House (ecch) Award in the Economics, Politics and Business Environment category for his case with Carole Carlson, "United Cereal: Lora Brill's Eurobrand Challenge." [5] In 2013, he won again in the same category for "Levendary Café: The China Challenge" (coauthored with Arar Han). [6]

Bartlett's research interests are in the fields of "strategic and organizational challenges confronting managers in large, complex corporations, and on the organizational and managerial impact of transformational change." [3]

Bartlett is a prolific writer of case studies, and Harvard's all-time bestselling case author. [7] [8] He has featured among the top 40 case authors consistently, since the list was first published in 2016 by The Case Centre. Bartlett ranked fourth in 2019/20, [9] fifth In 2018/19, [10] sixth in 2017/18, [11] third in 2016/17 [12] and second In 2015/16. [13] He also featured on the list of The Case Centre's all-time top authors list (covering 40 years) released in 2014. [7]

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References

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  2. ↑ Drucker, Peter. Management. Routledge, 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Christopher A. Bartlett; Thomas D. Casserly, Jr. Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus, at hbs.edu. Accessed 23.01.2015.
  4. ↑ "Newsmakers". Harvard Gazette. 9 January 2003. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  5. ↑ "ecch Case Awards 2012 - winners". thecasecentre.org. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  6. ↑ "HBS Faculty Win Global Case — Writing Competition - News - Harvard Business School". www.hbs.edu. 27 February 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  7. 1 2 "40th anniversary bestselling author: Christopher Bartlett". thecasecentre.org. Archived from the original on 18 June 2020. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  8. ↑ "Christopher A. Bartlett - Faculty - Harvard Business School". www.hbs.edu. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  9. ↑ "Top 40 Bestselling Case Authors 2019/20". thecasecentre.org. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  10. ↑ "Top 40 Bestselling Case Authors 2018/19". thecasecentre.org. Archived from the original on 16 June 2020. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  11. ↑ "Top 40 Bestselling Case Authors 2017/18". thecasecentre.org. Archived from the original on 26 October 2020. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  12. ↑ "Our Top 40 Bestselling Case Authors 2016/17". thecasecentre.org. Archived from the original on 18 June 2020. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  13. ↑ "Top 40 Bestselling Case Authors 2015/16". thecasecentre.org. Archived from the original on 5 May 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
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