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- 07 Jan 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
International Differences in the Size and Roles of Corporate Headquarters: An Empirical Examination
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Leadership Initiative - Leadership
B.Sc in Chemical Engineering from Delft University in the Netherlands, and an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School. Research Our faculty author numerous books, produce academic papers, and write an array of articles for business...
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Impact Investing | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
and national non-profit, Commonwealth — created the c... Together for Sustainability By: Ranjay Gulati, David Shin and Emily Tedards May 2024 (Revised June 2024) | Faculty Research This case documents the origin and development of Together for Sustainability (TfS), a...
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- June 1995 (Revised September 1996)
- Case
Union Carbide's Bhopal Plant (A)
By: Debora L. Spar
In December 1984, a Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, India, sprung a leak, releasing thousands of gallons of highly toxic gas into the atmosphere. By the time the leak was sealed, over 2,000 people had died. In a series of three excerpts from published accounts, the case...
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Ethics;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Chemicals;
Foreign Direct Investment;
Chemical Industry;
United States;
India
Spar, Debora L., Suzanne Hull, and Julia Kou. "Union Carbide's Bhopal Plant (A)." Harvard Business School Case 795-070, June 1995. (Revised September 1996.)
- 25 Jan 2021
- Book
In a Nutshell, Why American Capitalism Succeeded
How did the United States become the world’s center of business growth following its founding in 1776? Surely a number of nations had powerful natural resources, stable financial and legal institutions, and dynamic entrepreneurs over that same span. Why was American...
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- 01 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
How To Make Restructuring Work for Your Company
considered, including issuing tracking stock, doing a leveraged buyout, or repurchasing shares, would not have solved this underlying business problem. Chase Manhattan Bank and Chemical Bank used their merger as an opportunity to both...
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by Stuart C. Gilson
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Faculty & Research | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Commonwealth — created the c... Together for Sustainability By: Ranjay Gulati, David Shin and Emily Tedards May 2024 (Revised June 2024) | Faculty Research This case documents the origin and development of Together for Sustainability (TfS), a View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Joint Venture
recalls. The chemically engineered cartilage platform had enormous potential for patients with osteoarthritis—more than 650 million people suffer from the degenerative joint disorder worldwide—and other kinds of joint pain. Surakanti and...
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Shoshi Parks
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Albert Chiu
COVID-19. As a chemical engineer, I designed the process to manufacture Moderna and Pfizer’s mRNA COVID-19 vaccines. I developed new technologies to improve how vaccines are manufactured and shortened production time in half for Operation...
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Business History - Faculty & Research
Chemical Industry, 1950s–1980s By: Geoffrey Jones and Christina Lubinski This article examines the evolution of corporate environmentalism in the West German chemical industry between the 1950s and the...
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Stefan H. Thomke
Stefan Thomke (sthomke@hbs.edu), an authority on the management of innovation, is the William Barclay Harding Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. He has worked with firms on product, process, and... View Details
- December 2017 (Revised December 2018)
- Case
OCP Group
By: Kristin Fabbe, Forest Reinhardt, Natalie Kindred and Alpana Thapar
This case explores the strategy of OCP Group, the 95% state-owned Moroccan firm charged with managing the North African country’s vast reserves of phosphate. Phosphate was one of the most vital macronutrients for plant health, along with nitrogen and potassium, and...
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OCP;
OCP Group;
Casablanca;
Chemicals;
Operations;
Transformation;
Competitive Strategy;
Competitive Advantage;
Chemical Industry;
Morocco
Fabbe, Kristin, Forest Reinhardt, Natalie Kindred, and Alpana Thapar. "OCP Group." Harvard Business School Case 718-002, December 2017. (Revised December 2018.)
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Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research
(Revised June 2024) | Case | Faculty Research This case documents the origin and development of Together for Sustainability (TfS), a chemical industry initiative dedicated to raising sustainability standards throughout the industry’s...
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Business & Environment - Faculty & Research
; Corporate Governance ; Governing and Advisory Boards ; Compensation and Benefits ; Innovation Strategy ; Leading Change ; Goals and Objectives ; Business and Shareholder Relations ; Chemical Industry ; United States ; Germany ; Europe ;...
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Technology & Innovation - Faculty & Research
Strategy ; Leading Change ; Goals and Objectives ; Business and Shareholder Relations ; Chemical Industry ; United States ; Germany ; Europe ; North America ; London Citation Educators Related Paine, Lynn S., Suraj Srinivasan, Emilie...
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Business Fundamentals Course - CORe | HBS Online
partnerships with established pharmaceuticals, and other crucial activities are now even clearer to me because of CORe. Enrique Garcia-Rivera Pursuing a PhD in Chemical Biology in Boston BSc, Interdisciplinary Sciences (Chemistry, Biology...
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Faculty & Advisors - MBA
Sam advises students and companies on product management and agile product development. He is also a Venture Partner at the early-stage venture firm Accomplice. Ann Dewitt MBA ’09, Harvard University; PhD ’01, Chemical Engineering,...
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- 01 Jun 2024
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Quantum Leap
“This is the first new kind of computer in 75 years,” says John Levy (MBA 1979), CEO of the quantum computing startup SEEQC. “And we’re building it on a chip!” Strolling through his company’s design and testing facility in Elmsford, New York, Levy looks less like a...
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- March 2024
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From “BIG” Ideas to Sustainable Impact at ICL Group (A)
By: Linda A. Hill and Lydia Begag
In the summer of 2023, Eduard (“Eddie”) Croitoru, Vice President (VP) of ICL Group (“ICL”) Corporate Initiatives, was reflecting on ICL’s internal ideation program, the Business Innovation for Growth (BIG) Accelerator. When Raviv Zoller became the CEO of ICL in 2018,...
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Change Management;
Agribusiness;
Accounting;
Communication;
Renewable Energy;
Chemicals;
Machinery and Machining;
Metals and Minerals;
Mining;
Social Entrepreneurship;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Values and Beliefs;
Environmental Sustainability;
Natural Resources;
Globalization;
Information Technology;
Collaborative Innovation and Invention;
Leadership;
Organizational Culture;
Personal Development and Career;
Talent and Talent Management;
Manufacturing Industry;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Chemical Industry;
Israel;
China;
United States
Hill, Linda A., and Lydia Begag. "From 'BIG' Ideas to Sustainable Impact at ICL Group (A)." Harvard Business School Case 424-042, March 2024.
- 07 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
Deconstructing LEGO’s Decarbonization
working with startups and chemical companies. But they also acknowledge that, while the company is a trailblazer in the space, this problem is a global one and requires a solution involving all relevant stakeholders. Finally, we were...
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