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- 2013
- Book
Entrepreneurship and Multinationals: Global Business and the Making of the Modern World
By: Geoffrey Jones
This book examines the history of entrepreneurship and multinationals in the making of the modern world. In recent years economists, historians, and political scientists have written extensively on the history of globalization and patterns of global wealth and poverty,... View Details
Keywords: FDI; Economic History; Business History; Industrial Organization; Chinitz; Agglomeration; Clusters; Cities; Mines; Globalization; Entrepreneurship; Government and Politics; Chemical Industry; Chemical Industry; Chemical Industry; Chemical Industry; Chemical Industry; Africa; Asia; Europe; Latin America; Middle East; North and Central America; South America
Jones, Geoffrey. Entrepreneurship and Multinationals: Global Business and the Making of the Modern World. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2013.
- 12 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
One Report: Better Strategy through Integrated Reporting
adopt integrated reporting? A: The experience of the German chemical company BASF provides an excellent model to follow. Understand stakeholder information needs—that is, answer the questions, What information do stakeholders need? What... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 11 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
The Paradoxical Quest to Make Food Look 'Natural' With Artificial Dyes
the inconvenience of extracting color from plants and seeds. For instance, American dye and food producers imported some 914,000 pounds of annatto from Jamaica in 1935, up from 364,000 pounds in 1887. Throughout the twentieth century, consumer watchdogs and activists... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 20 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Student Spotlight: Summer Internships in Business and Environment
fermentation in a carbon-negative biotechnology process. Solugen envisions a global-scale network of automated, carbon-sequestering mini-mills that are multi-product, drastically impacting the way chemicals are produced and transported... View Details
- 20 May 2019
- Blog Post
Makeup: How Kenya Hunt Transformed Her Career Through Cosmetics
of job that could lead to.” Her parents suggested chemical engineering. “I thought it would be a good way to get through college and become self-sufficient.” At first, the plan seemed sound. An undergraduate internship with Chevron became... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
- 06 Aug 2018
- Research & Ideas
Supersmart Manufacturing Tools are Lowering Prices on TVs, Bulbs, and Solar Panels
the boom in LED manufacturing, Chinese local governments would pay for 100 percent of the cost of the metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) tool used to make LEDs, so naturally what followed was a dramatic over-expansion of... View Details
- February 2024 (Revised March 2024)
- Teaching Note
X: The Foghorn Decision
By: Kyle Myers and Walter Frick
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 618-060. View Details
Keywords: Alternative Energy; Energy Generation; Energy Sources; Climate Change; Green Technology; Selection and Staffing; Knowledge; Product Design; Product Development; Research and Development; Risk and Uncertainty; Science-Based Business; Innovation and Invention; Auto Industry; Biotechnology Industry; Chemical Industry; Computer Industry; Electronics Industry; Green Technology Industry; Technology Industry
- 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
Porter, Michael E., Mark R. Kramer, Jorge Ramirez-Vallejo, and Kerry Herman. "Yara International: Africa Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 715-402, December 2014. (Revised January 2018.)
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Women at the Top
worked for fourteen years in human resources at Chemical Bank in New York. For her part, Busch, who has been with Morgan Stanley Dean Witter since graduating from HBS, observed a salient business lesson unfolding across centuries. "What I... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Susan Young
- 25 Jun 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
FIELD Trip: Conquering the Gap Between Knowing and Doing
of the back of her house, selling chemical products on the side," laughs Mayo. "To their credit, students were excited to help with the business despite the tiny revenues, but we decided to pull the plug and found a more... View Details
- 28 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
Earth Day Reflections
opportunity to engage in a virtual dialogue on these matters. Some major corporations are starting to take the lead in this effort, including United Technologies Corporation, Philips (the Dutch electronics and health care giant), the German View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 03 Oct 2019
- News
Skydeck Live: Galactic Returns
continue mitigating those risks and advancing the technology?” The government is in the best place. They have all the testing. And while it will take much longer done by government, we’re still riding down that cost curve with chemical... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Profiles from the class of 2007
has shown a similar ease when it comes to changing course. Although she studied chemical engineering at University College Dublin, she went to work for McKinsey & Co. in 2001. Stints in private equity and commercial banking followed, as... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Lewis I. Rice
- 08 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
Who Is the Chief Sustainability Officer?
move on, become more ambitious." Nike and Dow Chemical are examples of companies that have made it to the innovation stage. After Nike faced accusations about violations of human rights by subcontractors, it made drastic changes to... View Details
- 11 Dec 2018
- Research & Ideas
Free Trade Needs Nurturing—and Other Lessons from History
Question: What patterns emerge from history that can help us better understand where we are today? Sophus Reinert: To many people, globalization is teleological, something that necessarily becomes stronger over time and leads to an ever-more economically interconnected... View Details
- Teaching Interest
Overview
21st Century Energy — Dr Crawford teaches this EC course, which exposes students to business models and management diilemmas, all along the energy value chain — from oil sands and pipelines, to coal and natural gas, hydro and nuclear, wind and solar, to biofuels. The... View Details
Keywords: Energy; Energy Efficiency; Energy Storage; Governance; Energy Generation; Renewable Energy; Energy Sources; Resource Allocation; Environmental Sustainability; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Governance; Ethics; Competitive Strategy; Chemical Industry; Chemical Industry; Chemical Industry; Chemical Industry; Chemical Industry; Europe; Asia; United States
- Research Summary
Overview
Dr. Crawford conducts research on innovation in the energy industry, with a special focus on emerging business models. She is developing several cases for the EC course, "21st Century Energy," that specifically examine innovations at the interface of IT and Energy — ... View Details
Keywords: Electricity; Prosumer; Smart Grid; Blockchain; Microgrid; Electric Vehicles; Batteries; Energy Storage; Ride-sharing; Smart Cities; Smart Buildings; Smart Meters; Demand Response; "GMOs,"; Corporate Accountability; Responsibilities To Society; Environmental And Social Sustainability; Leadership & Corporate Accountability; Competitive Strategy; Innovation Strategy; Disruptive Innovation; Research and Development; Leadership; Environmental Sustainability; Chemical Industry; Chemical Industry; Chemical Industry; Chemical Industry; Chemical Industry; Europe; Asia; United States
- 2015
- Book
The Impact of Globalization on Argentina and Chile: Business Enterprises and Entrepreneurship
By: Geoffrey Jones and Andrea Lluch
This book compares the effects of globalization on two Latin American countries, Argentina and Chile, over time. The chapters examine the impact of multinationals, the growth of business groups, and the conflicted relations between business and government. The book... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurs; Business Groups; Entrepreneurship; Business History; Globalization; Growth and Development; Chemical Industry; Chemical Industry; Chemical Industry; Chemical Industry; Chemical Industry; Chemical Industry; Latin America; Argentina; Chile
Jones, Geoffrey, and Andrea Lluch, eds. The Impact of Globalization on Argentina and Chile: Business Enterprises and Entrepreneurship. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2015.
- 05 Dec 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017
The U.S. energy policy, under the Obama administration, authorized a handful of gas exporters, despite pressure from domestic chemical and utility interests, and approved oil exports for the first time in 40 years. Environmental issues... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Jul 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #7: Turning Waste Heat to Power
She explained, “We are purely focused on execution of our projects and growing our business.” Closing deals with refineries and companies in the cement, natural gas, iron and steel, biomass, hydrogen, glass, fertilizer and chemicals... View Details