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- 23 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 23
introduction to the continued challenges faced by women in top leadership roles. Although Fiorina, on becoming CEO of Hewlett Packard in 1999, asserted that "there is not a glass ceiling," her memoir eight years later... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Oct 2018
- News
Sharing a Passion for Art
exterior plantings chosen for their structure and color to glass walls and a rooftop engineered to direct northern light into the galleries, Voorlinden reflects van... View Details
- 14 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 14
Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/817083-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 117-029 'Golden Leash' Pay for Directors at The Dow Chemical Company In November 2014, The Dow View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 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
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Photograph Albums - Photography Collections - Historical Collections
polishing machines toil. Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Company “Some Pictures of Flat Glass Production” Toledo, Ohio Mss: 606 1939 L694 1 album, 21 photographs Formed in 1930, the Libbey-Owens-Ford View Details
- 19 Jun 2014
- News
Turning "Black Gold" to Green
which, when burned, releases more CO2 (a key greenhouse gas) into the atmosphere. C12 Energy's North Dakota project will instead capture industrial CO2 from a big chemical plant located about 50 miles away View Details
- 28 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 28
Based on surveys gathered from 140 employees in a division of a global chemical company, we found that direct knowledge and reflected knowledge enhanced trust differentially. While both enhanced feelings of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- July 1985 (Revised January 1990)
- Case
Dow Indonesia (B2)
By: James E. Austin, Dennis J. Encarnation III and Louis T. Wells Jr.
Austin, James E., Dennis J. Encarnation III, and Louis T. Wells Jr. "Dow Indonesia (B2)." Harvard Business School Case 386-033, July 1985. (Revised January 1990.)
- July 1985 (Revised February 1986)
- Case
Dow Indonesia (A)
By: James E. Austin, Dennis J. Encarnation III and Louis T. Wells Jr.
Austin, James E., Dennis J. Encarnation III, and Louis T. Wells Jr. "Dow Indonesia (A)." Harvard Business School Case 386-031, July 1985. (Revised February 1986.)
- 20 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 20
CDB's financing of a major project between Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras), Brazil's state-owned oil and gas producer, and China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Profile
John Bracaglia
A 2+2 HBS admit, John Bracaglia spent the employment portion of his program working on projects that involved elements of machine learning, collaborating with some of the world's leading technology pioneers, including Google, on high-profile projects, such as Google... View Details
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
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Agent of change
varied path for the Lafayette College chemical engineering major and former process engineer at Proctor & Gamble. "I really enjoy new challenges," says Skovran, who credits HBS with preparing her for the... View Details
- 30 Nov 2021
- News
Cold Calculations
Courtesy Steve Payne The Arctic Ice Project is pursuing a radical solution to climate change: restoring the Arctic ice. “The project’s scientists believe that a thin layer of hollow glass microspheres—spread in strategic, limited... View Details
- 17 Nov 2015
- News
How to Prepare for Shark Tank
What’s it like to appear on ABC-TV’s popular start-up series Shark Tank? In a word, nerve-wracking. Just ask Desiree Stolar and Nate Barbera (both MBA 2015), cofounders of Unshrinkit, a Harvard-born startup that has developed a formula... View Details
Henry G. Walter, Jr.
Walter built International Flavors and Fragrances into the world’s largest producer and supplier of scents. He was a pioneer in the burgeoning field of aromatherapy and... View Details
Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial
Francis B. Davis Jr.
In 1928, United States Rubber lost $10 million due to the collapse of the world crude rubber market. Taking over the helm in 1929, Davis reorganized the company, putting in place a multi-divisional organizational structure. Davis reduced the company’s debt by $40... View Details
Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial
Lammot du Pont
Under duPont’s leadership, researchers at duPont invented nylon, which revolutionized the textile industry. Researchers also discovered neoprene (the first general purpose synthetic rubber), Orlon and Dacron under duPont’s direction.... View Details
Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial
- 23 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 23
Supplement 411-002 The Dow board made a bid for Rohm and Haas Company in order to transition its portfolio away from commodity chemicals towards specialty chemicals. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Profile
Colt Stander
Chances are there haven’t been many MBA candidates who have designed eyeglasses for Nickelodeon and Geoffrey Beene, or the mobile console for a micro-ablation tool used in surgical suites. “I’ve had the unusual experience,” Colt Stander... View Details