Chemicals and glass - Publications - Faculty & Research

06 Oct 2020
Blog Post

2+2 Where Are They Now Spotlight: Curtis Wu (MBA 2018)

What was your undergraduate university and major?MIT, Chemical Engineering Why did you decide to apply to HBS via the 2+2 deferred admissions process?One of my mentors in college, Professor Barry Johnston,... View Details

31 Jan 2011
Research & Ideas

Taking the Fear out of Diversity Policies

not mean putting a positive spin on a sorry situation—an organization at which only 1 percent of executives are minorities, for example. Rather, it means looking at the exception to the rule and studying the factors that made that... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

09 Oct 2012
First Look

First Look: October 9

social and business goals, the company had articulated a stakeholder-centric model that benefited consumers through high-quality, fashionable, and affordable eyewear: the global community by donating,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

14 Jul 2003
Research & Ideas

Keeping Your Balance With Customers

market segments. Likewise, for many years, Chemical Bank (now Chase) cultivated relationships with unprofitable customers for the same reason. Most organizations view the sale purely as a transaction and... View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton

16 May 2018
Research & Ideas

How Companies Managed Risk (and Even Benefitted) in World War Internment Camps

Prisoners were housed in old stone barracks and newly constructed huts made of corrugated iron. The researchers examined the corporate archives of three German multinationals that employed the largest number of people interned in India... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Manufacturing

21 Oct 2008
First Look

First Look: October 21, 2008

challenges are explored both from American and Chinese perspectives. Wyoff, a leading U.S. chemical company, has been seeking ways to secure the company's foothold in China's emerging market since the late... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

23 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Historically Speaking: A Roundtable at HBS

States, Europe, and Japan, it was supposed to examine two sectors: first, the chemical and pharmaceutical industries, which helped bring about the Second Industrial Revolution... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

John D. Biggers

Biggers is recognized for strong labor-management relations. He was a key figure in bringing the Toledo Labor Peace Plan to nation-wide attention. In 1947, Biggers was head of one of the world’s largest manufacturers of flat glass with... View Details

Keywords: Fabricated Goods

05 Aug 2008
First Look

First Look: August 5, 2008

savings in the development of art assets for their video games. However, the firm's management find themselves at a point at which they feel they need to make a strategic decision that will enable Glass Egg to grow more substantially... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

30 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Entering the Age of Alliances

which trains disadvantaged inner-city youths and unemployed adults of southwestern Pennsylvania for jobs in high-tech, culinary, and medical fields, partnered with Bayer, a major pharmaceutical View Details

Keywords: by James Austin

12 Aug 2013
Research & Ideas

‘Hybrid’ Organizations a Difficult Bet for Entrepreneurs

primarily by the sale of the glasses themselves. VisionSpring is what organization scholars call a "hybrid" social venture, since it combines the social welfare logic of a nonprofit and the commercial logic... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

02 Nov 2020
Blog Post

2+2 Where Are They Now Spotlight: Tyler Teykl (MBA 2017)

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01 Mar 2014
News

Tata Open for Business

The architects employed open spaces and glass walls in an effort to give Tata Hall a visually light and airy feel. Ratan Tata (second from left) at his namesake building with... View Details

Keywords: Morrell, Daniel; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

Profile

Tuce Zengin Van den Eynde

needs.” Tuce and her colleagues decided to think small, developing a little device that allows people to track important items — like glasses and keys — through a smart phone... View Details

Keywords: Other Financial Services; Entrepreneurship

21 Dec 2010
First Look

First Look: December 21

This case analyzes Dow Chemical Company's proposed acquisition of Rohm and Haas in 2008. The $18.8 billion acquisition was part of Dow's strategic transformation from a slow-growth, low-margin, View Details

Edmund D. Libbey

Using Mike Owens’ invention for blowing glass bottles, Libbey revolutionized the glass industry. Libbey’s adept commercialization of this invention was the most innovative contribution to the View Details

Keywords: Fabricated Goods

03 Aug 2020
News

A Clean Start

help solve this environmental conundrum. A chemical engineer, Brix had spent his career at Chevron in research and technology and then at Microsoft in IoT View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

16 Jun 2015
First Look

First Look: June 16, 2015

over time and may be tempted to ape someone else's system, and so they will find it difficult to align different parts of the organization with shared priorities. As Corning, a leader in View Details