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04 Sep 2019
News

Deep Dive

among many other things. For Vescovo, it’s about the possibilities. The deeps could hold the answers to pressing questions on dry land: “We’re collecting biological samples and genetically sequencing them. We may find things that have View Details

Keywords: April White; photo by Jeff Wilson; Scientific Research and Development Services

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

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

01 Dec 2010
News

Innovation Takes Center Stage

“business is an extraordinary force for good.” While Nohria earned a chemical engineering degree from prestigious IIT Bombay, he harbored a dream of becoming an entrepreneur even as he applied to a doctoral program at MIT. At MIT, he... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson

19 Apr 2011
First Look

First Look: April 19

explosive growth in working capital. At the end of 2009, the company was awarded the United States distributorship for the specialty chemical di-isononyl phthalate (DINP) from a large Taiwanese producer and had almost tripled its sales in... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Manufacturing; Electronics

02 Feb 2023
News

Can We Really Engineer a Climate Fix?

Point-source capture or direct-air capture, both of which use filters or sorbent materials that can chemically bind to the CO2 to isolate it. Point-source capture means collecting carbon right at its production source. JM: whether it's an... View Details

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

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Education

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

Keywords: Space Research and Technology; Government

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

19 Dec 2017
First Look

New Research and Ideas, December 19, 2017

wines. Making matters more difficult, organic winemaking required a sophisticated understanding of complex environmental and chemical processes in the vineyard and winery, and organic wines typically did not command a premium in the... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

20 Oct 2015
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October 20, 2015

board. The fund had previously published a public letter addressed to shareholders outlining its proposal to break the company into three areas: agriculture and nutrition, industrial materials, and performance chemicals and criticizing... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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

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04 Dec 2018
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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

02 Jun 2021
News

On the Road Less Traveled

commitment to academics would see him earn a degree in chemical engineering from the University of Rochester and eventually HBS. After HBS, Ed would begin a storied investment career, eventually becoming CEO of Ferman Selz. And it was... View Details

20 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 20, 2008

firms share a type of commons. We theorize that the need to protect this commons can motivate the formation of a self-regulatory institution. Using data from the US chemical industry, we find that spillover harm from industrial accidents... View Details