Chemicals and glass - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2008
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Innovation, Inc.

As a way to delve deeper into the link between motivation and creativity, Amabile and her husband, psychologist Steven J. Kramer, conducted a three-year study of 238 professionals from seven companies in the... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Mary Tripsas; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

Arnold O. Beckman

Beckman is considered one of America’s foremost inventors. Starting with the invention of the pH meter (the first accurate test for acidity) in 1935, Beckman went on to secure 14 patents and produce dozens of scientific instruments that... View Details

Keywords: Healthcare

20 Feb 2008
First Look

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

Keywords: Martha Lagace

25 Aug 2014
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Gerald Chertavian, MBA 1992

Founder and CEO, Year Up Download Gerald Chertavian profile Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1965 Born, Lowell, Massachusetts 1987 Earns BA, Economics, Bowdoin College 1987 Joins View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

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Ryan Kauppila

However, I hope that I greet them all at the front door with a glass of wine and a hearty laugh. That alone will limit their impact. PLEASE!!! Label me 'insane', 'mad', and... View Details

July 1985 (Revised January 1990)
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Dow Indonesia (B2)

By: James E. Austin, Dennis J. Encarnation III and Louis T. Wells Jr.

Keywords: Chemical Industry; Indonesia

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July 1985 (Revised February 1986)
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Dow Indonesia (A)

By: James E. Austin, Dennis J. Encarnation III and Louis T. Wells Jr.

Keywords: Chemical Industry; Indonesia

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30 Aug 2018
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Sharing a Passion for Art

Netherlands in attendance. The name Voorlinden (literally “in front of the Linden”) has been associated with the surrounding landscape since the 16th century, but the museum’s architecture itself is decidedly modern. Walls consist of planes of stone View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Arts, Entertainment

Lisa Skeete Tatum

Hospitality Group, USHG Acquisition Corp. (NYSE:HUGS), Cornell University Board of Trustees, McCarter Theater, The Lawrenceville School, and the Harvard Business School Board of Dean’s Advisors. Lisa received her BS in View Details

Keywords: Employment, Recruiting, & Workforce Development;#60;#Services;#64;#Software/App;#75;#Venture Capital

21 Feb 2012
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Sustainability Is Good Business

on the payroll, the Nature Conservancy isn’t shy about offering its science-based expertise to help corporations soften their environmental footprints. Dow Chemical and British Petroleum are among its... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services

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Partners - Managing the Future of Work

technologies to build detailed awareness of what is happening in the labor market in real time. Burning Glass collects and analyzes job postings from close to 30,000 online sources View Details

01 Jun 2015
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Alumni Take Action to Improve US Competitiveness

middle skills jobs,” Worrell says. “We focused our research on that gap and the failure in the talent supply chain that’s leading to that gap.” HBS alumnus Matt Sigelman (MBA 1999) also stepped up to help understand the talent gap. As CEO... View Details

Keywords: Erin Peterson; Walmart; Health, Social Assistance; Retail Trade

Portrait Project

Vatsala Deora

found it hard to concentrate, and took much longer to master concepts. And this made him so, so angry. Once, he rammed his fist into a glass window because the other boys... View Details

19 Oct 2011
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A Good Look

executive roles at Kemin since joining the company in early 2006. Most recently, as corporate vice president, she managed marketing, sales, IT, operations, and HR. She honed in on personal care in 2010, as consumer demand for natural... View Details

Keywords: Health and Personal Care Stores; Health and Personal Care Stores

14 Jan 2014
First Look

First Look: January 14

chemical company, is in the midst of the first use of a new zero-base budgeting system. The general manager of the division leading the process is experiencing disagreement and conflict among the members of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Gülsüm Azeri

Keywords: Chemicals and glass; Petroleum

20 Dec 2010
Research & Ideas

New Dean Sets Five Priorities for HBS

"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... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Education

Lucio A. Noto

Noto first concentrated on consolidating and improving efficiency in Mobil's oil, gas and chemical businesses, including trimming bureaucracy at the corporate level. Noto also... View Details

Keywords: Utilities & Energy

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Sebastian Vargas

Kraft Foods, but I regret not pursuing my teenage dream. Later in life, I was able to get closer to my childhood dream by learning Python and transitioning from chemical to digital research View Details

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Finalists | New Venture Competition

food waste away from landfills by upcycling it into high-value sugar polymers using a combination of insects and microbial cell factories. Social Enterprise Track, 2023 DetoXyFi Dhananjay Goel (MPA/MBA 2023) Rishon Benjamin (MBA 2022)... View Details

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