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- 31 Oct 2018
- News
Pitching In for Female Leaders
yet I was one of the few women who made it through the glass ceiling to the top of international football. Until one day, the rug was pulled off from underneath me, and I found myself out of a job. There was... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace
start. Boris Groysberg (@bgroysberg) is the Richard P. Chapman Professor of Business Administration and co-author of the forthcoming book Glass Half-Broken: Shattering the Barriers That Still Hold Women Back... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 14 Dec 2022
- Blog Post
Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series - Reducing Plastic Pollution on a Global Scale
shift away from plastics. However, he indicates that the company has chosen to package many products in glass – a much more recyclable and sustainable material. “We want to make sure that all of our... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Ilene Lang
her well at Catalyst, the 75-person nonprofit global research and advisory firm she joined as president in 2003 (Lang was named CEO in 2008). Committed to breaking the proverbial glass ceiling once View Details
Eugene P. Grisanti
Grisanti presided over a decade of consecutive growth in sales and earnings – achieving 12%+ growth rates in a mature market between 1986 and 1995. He secured International Flavors View Details
Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial
Leland I. Doan
Doan was responsible for Dow Chemical’s greatest diversification and expansion. Doan began by delegating increased authority to department heads and building a larger sales force trained to become market... View Details
Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial
Leo H. Baekeland
In 1907, Baekeland invented a high-quality synthetic substance that would change the lives of individuals and businesses forever – plastic (called Bakelite). Products produced with Bakelite were considered to be synonymous with high... View Details
Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial
Crawford H. Greenewalt
As the tenth president of duPont Corporation, Greenewalt built the Savannah River Plant for nuclear processing, one of the largest construction projects in the United States. As CEO, Greenewalt generated a stellar return on equity performance for over a decade placing... View Details
Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial
Harold Blancke
During his CEO tenure, Blancke embarked on a massive growth plan for Celanese. Believing that success in the petrochemical industry was predicated on size, Blancke acquired several competitors and grew the company from $135 million in... View Details
Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Riding It Out
combination, the two chemicals can form kidney-blocking crystals that cause renal failure). “I think it would be hard to make a blanket statement about all Chinese companies,” continues Gisholt. “There are some good facilities View Details
- August 2006
- Teaching Note
Cluster Mobilization in Mitteldeutschland (TN)
By: Jeffrey Fear and Christian H.M. Ketels
Teaching Note to 707004. View Details
- December 2005
- Teaching Note
Dow Chemical's Bid for the Privatization of PBB in Argentina (TN)
By: Mihir A. Desai and Kathleen Luchs
- 16 Jan 2014
- News
Learning from Helping Others
marketed credit cards for Chemical Bank, then MasterCard. But she always found time to volunteer, recording books for the visually impaired, and reading to elementary school students on her lunch hour. A... View Details
- January 1995
- Teaching Note
Allied-Signal: Managing the Hazardous Waste Liability Risk (TN)
Teaching Note for (9-793-044). View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Terence P. Stewart
Our experience shows, however, that if that sector is provided breathing room for a period of time and is well managed, it can recover and become strong." Stewart cites his firm's representation of companies... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 25 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
China’s Economic System has Difficult Road Overcoming its Political System
answer is the political system. It is enabling, but it is also highly limiting—there is a glass ceiling beyond which talent can't rise." Competing Against The State State-owned banks exist to support state-owned enterprises, leaving... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
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High-Tech Greenhouse Innovations in The Netherlands - Blog - Business & Environment
Blog Blog Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author HBS Faculty Author HBS Staff Author Students Topics Topics Accelerating Climate Solutions Conference 2023 Alumni Alumni Programs Alumni in Climate Networking Series Business & Environment... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Dean Nohria Looks Ahead
three major cities. The first six years of my life were in Calcutta. Then we moved to Delhi, where I finished my schooling at St. Columba’s. Afterward I enrolled at IIT Indian Institute of Technology Bombay and earned a View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson
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Taylor Wiegele
As a boy, Taylor Wiegele could often be found in the kitchen "making mixtures of random ingredients." Fortunately, for him and for his family, Taylor's enthusiasm for "potions" evolved into a real chemistry expertise.... View Details