Chemicals and glass - Publications - Faculty & Research

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

10 Mar 2009
First Look

First Look: March 10, 2009

Working Papers An Investigation of Earnings Management through Marketing Actions (revised) Authors: Craig J. Chapman and Thomas J. Steenburgh Abstract Prior research hypothesizes managers use "real actions," including the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

22 Oct 2018
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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

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

20 Feb 2018
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David Perry’s Green Revolution

the need for chemical fertilizers and pesticides in five important row crops: corn, rice, soybeans, cotton, and wheat. They coat seeds with these beneficial microbes to reduce... View Details

14 Feb 2019
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Plotting a Path Forward on Climate Change

chemical fertilizers. Soil from the average cultivated field contains 0.5 to 1 percent carbon, while soil from the average virgin land, including forest and prairie, contains 3 to 7 percent. “Carbon capture... View Details

25 Jan 2012
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Is Tax Reform Viable?

to invest in the careers of politicians who will vow to keep our unfair tax advantages. —Dal LaMagna (MBA 1970) is president and CEO of Brooklyn, New York–based IceStoneUSA, which makes countertops out of recycled View Details

Keywords: Administration of Economic Programs; Government

30 Nov 2021
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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

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Regulating the International Trade in Hazardous Pesticides: Closing the Accountability Gap

By: L. S. Paine

Keywords: Trade; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Corporate Accountability; Chemical Industry; Chemical Industry

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01 Jun 2006
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HBS Professors Pearson, Thurston Remembered

he was “a businessman who became a teacher,” spent nine years at General Electric and also worked at Corning Glass and Sperry Gyroscope before coming to HBS. An authority on... View Details

01 Jun 2004
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New MBA Leadership Course

Paine: “We want students to realize their full potential as business leaders.” Courtesy HBS Communications When Andy Mulkerin (HBS ’05), a chemical engineer by training, came to HBS he knew that his class would be the first to take... View Details

Keywords: HBS; LCA; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

01 Jun 2016
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Ask the Expert: Barreling Ahead

being the case with the craft beer revolution? —Roger Ellis (MBA 1967) BUECHLER: The next 10 years are going to be interesting. In the short term, expect both the production side and the support side to continue to do well. Tank... View Details

02 Dec 2019
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A Long-Standing Commitment to Global Understanding

work for Corning Glass Works’ international division, and while many new recruits chose sites in Europe, he picked Brazil. “What I’ve learned in life is that you don’t have to be the best at anything, you... View Details

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Teams | New Venture Competition

module and data transfer service, connecting individual satellites in any orbit to a broad network of satellites and their connected ground stations across the world. Finalists, 2024 Aria Reese Donohue (MBA... View Details

01 Oct 2000
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Mario A. Corti: Global Reconnaissance

focuses on six worldwide corporate brands, including Nestlé, Nescafé, Nestea, Buitoni, Maggi, and Friskies, which are complemented by regional brands such as Stouffer's and Crosse & Blackwell. After... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

September 2008
Teaching Note

Chi Mei Optoelectronics (TN)

By: Willy C. Shih

Teaching Note for [608-123]. View Details

Keywords: Diversification; Information Technology; Market Entry and Exit; Standards; Industry Clusters; Supply Chain; Production; Experience and Expertise; Chemical Industry; Chemical Industry; Taiwan; Asia; Korean Peninsula; China

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Purchase

20 Jan 2011
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Oil Spill Solution

that has proven effective in pollutant absorption both above and beneath the surface of water. Smith has been working closely with fishermen in the Gulf area to help rid the affected waters of the propylene glycol (a View Details

25 Feb 2014
First Look

First Look: February 25

Biglari initiates a proxy fight in an attempt to win a board position and change the direction of Cracker Barrel's strategy. Two leading proxy advisory firms, ISS and Glass... View Details