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Making 'Green Giants': Environment Sustainability in the German Chemical Industry, 1950s–1980s
By: Geoffrey Jones and Christina Lubinski
This article examines the evolution of corporate environmentalism in the West German chemical industry between the 1950s and the 1980s. It focuses on two companies, Bayer and Henkel, that have been identified as "green giants," and traces the evolution of their... View Details
Keywords: Business History; Green Business; Regional Strategy; Pollution; Henkel; Bayer; Globalization; History; Chemical Industry; Germany; United States
Jones, Geoffrey, and Christina Lubinski. "Making 'Green Giants': Environment Sustainability in the German Chemical Industry, 1950s–1980s." Business History 56, no. 4 (July 2014): 623–649.
- 20 Sep 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
Historical Origins of Environmental Sustainability in the German Chemical Industry, 1950s-1980s
- December 1991
- Case
Reinventing an Italian Chemical Company: Montedison
By: Joseph L. Bower
Bower, Joseph L. "Reinventing an Italian Chemical Company: Montedison." Harvard Business School Case 392-049, December 1991.
- June 2000 (Revised December 2001)
- Case
Performance Pay at Safelite Auto Glass (A)
By: Brian J. Hall, Edward Lazear and Carleen Madigan
Describes a company's changing of its compensation and incentive plan. In particular, it shows how a change from hourly pay to piece rate pay (for windshield installers) affected productivity, pay, and turnover. View Details
Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Performance Productivity; Change; Compensation and Benefits; Service Industry; Auto Industry
Hall, Brian J., Edward Lazear, and Carleen Madigan. "Performance Pay at Safelite Auto Glass (A)." Harvard Business School Case 800-291, June 2000. (Revised December 2001.)
- June 1985
- Case
Chemical Bank: Payments Automation Project (A) (Condensed)
By: Robert G. Eccles Jr.
Eccles, Robert G., Jr. "Chemical Bank: Payments Automation Project (A) (Condensed)." Harvard Business School Case 485-178, June 1985.
- July 2016
- Case
'Golden Leash' Pay for Directors at The Dow Chemical Company
By: Ian Gow, Suraj Srinivasan and Neeraj Goyal
In November 2014, The Dow Chemical Company was faced with the prospect of a proxy battle with prominent hedge fund and activist investor Third Point Management. The activist had criticized Dow’s recent performance and advocated that the company split itself to maximize... View Details
Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Governing and Advisory Boards; Executive Compensation; Investment Activism; Chemical Industry
Gow, Ian, Suraj Srinivasan, and Neeraj Goyal. "'Golden Leash' Pay for Directors at The Dow Chemical Company." Harvard Business School Case 117-029, July 2016.
- January 1977 (Revised April 1983)
- Case
Corning Glass Works: The Electronic Products Division (B)
By: Michael Beer
Focuses on the recommendations and implementation strategy made by the organizational development group for the electronic product division's problems. View Details
Keywords: Business Divisions; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Problems and Challenges; Adaptation
Beer, Michael. "Corning Glass Works: The Electronic Products Division (B)." Harvard Business School Case 477-073, January 1977. (Revised April 1983.)
- 2022
- Article
Science-based Entrepreneurship in India: A Policy Glass (as yet) Quarter-Full
By: Tarun Khanna
India is celebrated for a resurgence of de novo entrepreneurship in recent decades. Entrants have engaged in creative risk-taking to provide market-based solutions for private or social needs despite not being scions of wealthy industrial or business families. In this... View Details
Khanna, Tarun. "Science-based Entrepreneurship in India: A Policy Glass (as yet) Quarter-Full." India Policy Forum 19 (2022): 1–53.
- June 1995 (Revised May 1996)
- Teaching Note
Manville Corporation Fiber Glass Group Series TN
By: Lynn S. Paine and Charles A Nichols, III
Teaching Note for (9-394-117), (9-394-118), (9-394-116), and (9-395-243). View Details
Keywords: Japan
- April 2021
- Case
Glass-Shattering Leaders: Ilene H. Lang
By: Boris Groysberg and Colleen Ammerman
Ilene Lang started her career in technology at a time when the tech sector was new and women had only recently entered the workplace in large numbers. Over the next thirty years, she built a career spanning large and small tech companies, leading global teams and... View Details
Groysberg, Boris, and Colleen Ammerman. "Glass-Shattering Leaders: Ilene H. Lang." Harvard Business School Case 421-070, April 2021.
- June 2000 (Revised December 2001)
- Case
Performance Pay at Safelite Auto Glass (B)
By: Brian J. Hall, Edward Lazear and Carleen Madigan
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Performance Productivity; Change; Compensation and Benefits; Service Industry; Auto Industry
Hall, Brian J., Edward Lazear, and Carleen Madigan. "Performance Pay at Safelite Auto Glass (B)." Harvard Business School Case 800-292, June 2000. (Revised December 2001.)
- November 2009 (Revised December 2010)
- Supplement
International Lobbying and The Dow Chemical Company (B): Regulatory Reform in the USA?
By: Arthur A. Daemmrich
Keywords: Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Government and Politics; Chemical Industry; United States
Daemmrich, Arthur A. "International Lobbying and The Dow Chemical Company (B): Regulatory Reform in the USA?" Harvard Business School Supplement 710-028, November 2009. (Revised December 2010.)
- March 2021 (Revised August 2021)
- Supplement
Wendell Weeks at Corning Inc. (B): Valor Glass and the COVID-19 Pandemic
By: Ryan Raffaelli and Aldo Sesia
The (B) case offers a detailed account of Wendell Weeks’s innovation strategy at Corning, and how his approach played a critical role in the COVID-19 pandemic. It illustrates the company’s philosophy of making long-term investments in promising new technologies and... View Details
Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Disruptive Innovation; Information Technology; Leadership; Health Pandemics; Technology Industry; United States; New York (city, NY)
Raffaelli, Ryan, and Aldo Sesia. "Wendell Weeks at Corning Inc. (B): Valor Glass and the COVID-19 Pandemic." Harvard Business School Supplement 421-078, March 2021. (Revised August 2021.)
- March 1983 (Revised January 1999)
- Teaching Note
Corning Glass Works International (A), (B1), (B2), (C1), and (C2), Teaching Note
Teaching Note for (9-381-160--164). View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing Industry
- March 2006 (Revised August 2006)
- Supplement
Kevin McCarthy and Westlake Chemical Corporation (B): More Uncertainty on the Horizon
Riedl, Edward J. "Kevin McCarthy and Westlake Chemical Corporation (B): More Uncertainty on the Horizon." Harvard Business School Supplement 106-064, March 2006. (Revised August 2006.)
- March 1991
- Teaching Note
Allstate Chemical Co.: The Commercialization of Dynarim, Teaching Note
By: David A. Garvin and Norman Klein
Teaching Note for (9-687-010). View Details
Keywords: Chemical Industry
- June 2014
- Article
How Non-Native Speakers Can Crack the Glass Ceiling
By: Laura Huang, Marcia Frideger and Jone L. Pearce
Huang, Laura, Marcia Frideger, and Jone L. Pearce. "How Non-Native Speakers Can Crack the Glass Ceiling." Harvard Business Review 92, no. 6 (June 2014): 27–28.
- January 1981 (Revised February 1986)
- Teaching Note
Corning Glass Works: The Electronic Products Division (A), (B), and (C), Teaching Note
By: Michael Beer
Teaching Note for (9-477-024), (9-477-073), and (9-477-074). View Details
Keywords: Electronics Industry
- September 1995
- Supplement
Chemical Bank Lotus Notes Demonstration Software: Macintosh Version
Applegate, Lynda M. "Chemical Bank Lotus Notes Demonstration Software: Macintosh Version." Harvard Business School Spreadsheet Supplement 196-702, September 1995.
- September 1995
- Supplement
Chemical Bank Lotus Notes Demonstration Software: Windows Version
Applegate, Lynda M. "Chemical Bank Lotus Notes Demonstration Software: Windows Version." Harvard Business School Spreadsheet Supplement 196-701, September 1995.