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  • 16 Jan 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 16, 2018

based on the chemical similarity between new drug candidates and existing drugs. We show that drug candidates that we identify as ex-ante novel are riskier investments, in the sense that they are subsequently less likely to be approved by... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Aug 2012
  • First Look

First Look: August 28

while more equal ones dislike competitive groups and do not necessarily respect them as competent. Unequal societies may need ambivalence for system stability: income inequality compensates groups with partially positive social images. Sustainability at Dow View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • May 24, 2016
  • Article

Build a Culture of Health

By: John A. Quelch
Every company, large and small, has an impact on health. It does so in four ways: first, through the healthfulness and safety of the products and services it sells; second, through its attention to employee health and well-being in its work practices and benefits;... View Details
Keywords: Public Health; Four Pillars; Public Health Footprint; Culture Of Health Plan Of Action; Change; Education; Health; Human Resources; Knowledge; Labor; Leadership; Management; Operations; Outcome or Result; Personal Development and Career; Programs; Risk and Uncertainty; Strategy; Value; Chemical Industry; Chemical Industry; Chemical Industry; United States; Europe
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  • 1966
  • Book

Aromatics and Derivatives

By: Robert B. Stobaugh
Keywords: Chemical Industry; Chemical Industry
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  • 06 May 2002
  • Research & Ideas

A Toolkit for Customer Innovation

customers to learn an entirely new design language. (Flavorists, for example, think in terms of formulations and chemical compounds, whereas customers think of tastes such as smoky, sweet, fresh, and so on.) Third, they must contain... View Details
Keywords: by Stefan Thomke & Eric Von Hippel
  • February 2015
  • Case

Continental Hope Group

By: Christopher Marquis and Qi Li
This case provides an opportunity to examine and discuss how a traditional Chinese private business was launched and developed into a globalizing, multi-industry corporation. It also highlights how second generation entrepreneurs successfully developed an innovative... View Details
Keywords: Globalization; China; Technology; Real Estate; Talent Retention; Incentives; Talent and Talent Management; Diversification; Family Business; Business Growth and Maturation; Entrepreneurship; Global Strategy; Chemical Industry; Chemical Industry; Chemical Industry; Chemical Industry; Chemical Industry; China
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  • 27 Aug 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Creating Leaders for Science-Based Businesses

other business practitioners. Much of the science discussed will unfold in the Allston complex's four buildings, which will house Harvard's initiatives in stem cells, bio-inspired engineering, systems biology, chemical biology, and... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Biotechnology; Health
  • 14 Apr 2021
  • Research & Ideas

The High Cost of the Slow COVID Vaccine Rollout

necessary to produce vast quantities of vaccines. Governments could also invest in parts of the supply chain necessary for making vaccines. One input, for example, is a chemical necessary for detecting toxins in vaccines, which in nature... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health
  • 16 May 2016
  • HBS Case

Food Safety Economics: The Cost of a Sick Customer

parasites, or chemicals to consumers. In 2010, 582 million cases of 22 different foodborne diseases resulted in 351,000 deaths worldwide, with salmonella, E.coli, and norovirus resulting in the greatest number of fatalities, according to... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Food & Beverage
  • 20 Apr 2010
  • First Look

First Look: April 20

late 19th century, chemical companies, realizing the commercial potential of science, created the first industrial research laboratories. During much of the 20th century, large-scale business enterprises like DuPont, GE, Westinghouse,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 15 Jul 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Going Green Makes Good Business Sense

costs even further, said Reinhardt. While this method is "anecdotally successful," raising your own costs and those of others around you is not easy. The forest products and chemical industries have attempted this strategy by... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • Research Summary

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Hisano’s research addresses the social and cultural implications of technological development and economic changes mainly in the twentieth-century United States. By analyzing the regulation, manipulation, and presentation of food color, her current book project links... View Details
Keywords: Business History; Consumer Behavior; Agribusiness; Food And Environment; Business Strategy; Commercialization; Business And Government; Advertising; Goods and Commodities; Food; History; Government and Politics; Marketing; Business and Government Relations; Chemical Industry; Chemical Industry; Chemical Industry; United States
  • 24 Oct 2005
  • Research & Ideas

IPR: Protecting Your Technology Transfers

increasing importance; measures of transfers have grown twice as fast as measures of the scale of affiliate operating activity over the last two decades. Transferred information can take the form, for example, of a specific formula used to produce a particular View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
  • 04 Apr 2018
  • Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Why Private Investors Must Fund 'New Nuclear' Power Right Now

Drbouz In June 2016, I gave a TED Talk called We Need Nuclear Power to Solve Climate Change. The talk discussed the world’s realistic options for reducing fossil CO2 emissions soon enough to contain climate change’s more severe effects. To my surprise, that talk has... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph Lassiter; Energy; Green Technology
  • 07 Apr 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Three Steps for Crisis Prevention

genetically modified foods in Europe. Betting the company on a "life sciences" vision, Shapiro had sold or spun off Monsanto's traditional chemical businesses and moved aggressively to acquire seed companies. Dazzled by the... View Details
Keywords: by Michael D. Watkins & Max H. Bazerman
  • 13 Apr 2015
  • Research & Ideas

3 Ways Firms Can Profit From Environmental Investments

$200 million annually through its waste reduction efforts. "The idea that in particular reducing your waste stream might be profitable is quite well established, going back to research on the chemical industry 30 years ago," Henderson... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Energy; Utilities
  • 02 Jan 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Can Japan Compete? [Part One]

in the economy in order to conserve foreign exchange, and to allocate the limited resources available at the time to a few sectors that could provide critical basic commodities, such as chemicals and steel. The early intervention, under... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Hilah Geer
  • December 2014 (Revised January 2018)
  • Case

Yara International: Africa Strategy

By: Michael E. Porter, Mark R. Kramer, Jorge Ramirez-Vallejo and Kerry Herman
Leading fertilizer producer Yara International demonstrates the concept of creating shared value through the Southern Agricultural Corridor of Tanzania (SAGCOT) initiative, which brought together multiple organizations to enhance agricultural development in rural... View Details
Keywords: Shared Value; Tanzania; Agriculture Reform; Value Creation; Plant-Based Agribusiness; Chemical Industry; Chemical Industry; Tanzania
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  • 04 Dec 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, December 4, 2018

on income and deforestation, but diverged on chemicals and legality, leading to low uptake. The Alliance responded by launching a second sustainability standard called the CRAFT Code in 2018. Whereas certification rewards the use of best... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 14 Mar 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research, March 14

Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/817083-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 117-029 'Golden Leash' Pay for Directors at The Dow Chemical Company In November 2014, The Dow View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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