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- August 1979 (Revised March 1984)
- Case
Environmental Protection Agency: Emergency Pesticide Exemptions
By: David E. Bell
Bell, David E. "Environmental Protection Agency: Emergency Pesticide Exemptions." Harvard Business School Case 180-018, August 1979. (Revised March 1984.)
- November 1983 (Revised May 1984)
- Background Note
Note on the Export of Pesticides from the United States to Developing Countries
This is an issues-oriented note designed to stimulate discussion of the ethical aspects of the sale of pesticides which are not approved for any use or only for restricted use in the United States to less developed countries. It is organized as follows: the problem,... View Details
Keywords: Pollutants; Ethics; Health; Chemicals; Developing Countries and Economies; Chemical Industry; United States
Goodpaster, Kenneth E. "Note on the Export of Pesticides from the United States to Developing Countries." Harvard Business School Background Note 384-097, November 1983. (Revised May 1984.)
- 1985
- Chapter
Restructuring Petrochemicals: A Comparative Study of Business and Government Strategy to Deal with a Declining Sector of the Economy
By: Joseph L. Bower
Bower, Joseph L. "Restructuring Petrochemicals: A Comparative Study of Business and Government Strategy to Deal with a Declining Sector of the Economy." In U.S. Competitiveness in the World Economy, edited by Bruce R. Scott and George C. Lodge. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1985.
- September 1979
- Teaching Note
Monsanto Co.: The Queeny Division (A) and (B) TN
By: Francis Aguilar
Keywords: Chemical Industry
- November 1976 (Revised February 1977)
- Case
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.--1976
By: Jay O. Light
Keywords: Chemical Industry
Light, Jay O. "E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.--1976." Harvard Business School Case 277-069, November 1976. (Revised February 1977.)
- December 1995 (Revised April 1997)
- Teaching Note
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.: Project ICON (D) TN
- March 2011
- Teaching Note
First Boston's Union Carbide Deal: Acquiring a New Client (TN)
By: Robert G. Eccles and Penny Rossano
Teaching Note for 897201. View Details
- August 2010 (Revised March 2012)
- Supplement
The Dow Acquisition of Rohm and Haas (C)
By: Jay W. Lorsch and Melissa Barton
The global economy entered a crippling recession in the fourth quarter of 2008 and Dow lost its primary source of funding for its planned acquisition of Rohm and Haas. View Details
Lorsch, Jay W., and Melissa Barton. "The Dow Acquisition of Rohm and Haas (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 411-003, August 2010. (Revised March 2012.)
- November 1990 (Revised June 1993)
- Case
FMC Corp.: A Recapitalization
By: William J. Bruns Jr. and Julie H. Hertenstein
A proposed recapitalization will use new debt to pay a large dividend to some shareholders in return for a reduction of their voting power. The result will be a highly leveraged financial structure and negative owners' equity. Students can trace the effects of proposed... View Details
Keywords: Financial Statements; Financial Strategy; Asset Management; Financial Management; Business Conglomerates; Borrowing and Debt; Business and Shareholder Relations; Capital Structure; Equity; Private Equity; Chemical Industry
Bruns, William J., Jr., and Julie H. Hertenstein. "FMC Corp.: A Recapitalization." Harvard Business School Case 191-084, November 1990. (Revised June 1993.)
- December 2001
- Case
E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company: The Conoco Split-off (B)
By: Stuart C. Gilson and Perry Fagan
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Gilson, Stuart C., and Perry Fagan. "E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company: The Conoco Split-off (B)." Harvard Business School Case 202-006, December 2001.
- September 1999
- Case
Chemdex.com Business Plan
Applegate, Lynda M. "Chemdex.com Business Plan." Harvard Business School Case 800-139, September 1999.
- May 1995
- Supplement
Negotiating the Right to Know: Rhone-Poulenc and Manchester, Texas (B)
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Wheeler, Michael A. "Negotiating the Right to Know: Rhone-Poulenc and Manchester, Texas (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 895-063, May 1995.
- May 1995 (Revised May 1998)
- Case
Negotiating the Right to Know: Rhone-Poulenc and Manchester, Texas (A-1)
Rhone-Poulenc wished to acquire a new permit, but local residents who were concerned about health issues threatened to block the permit. View Details
Keywords: Health; Rights; Negotiation; Conflict of Interests; Social Issues; Chemical Industry; United States
Wheeler, Michael A. "Negotiating the Right to Know: Rhone-Poulenc and Manchester, Texas (A-1)." Harvard Business School Case 895-062, May 1995. (Revised May 1998.)
- July 1995 (Revised March 1996)
- Teaching Note
Applichem (A) (Abridged) TN
By: Gary P. Pisano
Teaching Note for (9-694-030). View Details
Keywords: Chemical Industry
- August 1989 (Revised October 1989)
- Case
Charlestown Chemical, Inc.
Involves price negotiation and reciprocity. A rewritten version of a case by W.B. England and J. Landendorf. View Details
England, Wilbur B., and Jurgen Landendorf. "Charlestown Chemical, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 590-024, August 1989. (Revised October 1989.)
- April 1973 (Revised April 1982)
- Case
Linde Division: Union Carbide Corp.
Keywords: Chemical Industry
Shapiro, Benson P. "Linde Division: Union Carbide Corp." Harvard Business School Case 573-056, April 1973. (Revised April 1982.)
- June 1981 (Revised January 1997)
- Case
American Cyanamid Co.
By: David E. Bell
Keywords: Chemical Industry
Bell, David E. "American Cyanamid Co." Harvard Business School Case 181-131, June 1981. (Revised January 1997.)
- June 1996 (Revised May 1998)
- Teaching Note
Negotiating the Right to Know: Rhone-Poulenc and Manchester, Texas (A-1), (A-2), and (B) TN
By: Michael A. Wheeler and Andrea L Strimling
Teaching Note for (9-895-062), (9-895-063), and (9-898-258). View Details
- October 1997 (Revised September 2003)
- Case
Eli Lilly and Company: Drug Development Strategy (A)
By: Stefan H. Thomke, Ashok Nimgade and Paul Pospisil
Describes how Eli Lilly and Co. tries to accelerate its new drug development process with the aid of "combinatorial chemistry"--a rapidly emerging and revolutionary approach to preclinical drug discovery. The product manager of a potential blockbuster migraine drug... View Details
Keywords: Chemicals; Finance; Innovation and Invention; Time Management; Markets; Product Development; Organizations; Business Processes; Problems and Challenges; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Competition; Pharmaceutical Industry
Thomke, Stefan H., Ashok Nimgade, and Paul Pospisil. "Eli Lilly and Company: Drug Development Strategy (A)." Harvard Business School Case 698-010, October 1997. (Revised September 2003.)
- February 1986 (Revised November 1992)
- Case
Novo Industri A/S--1981
By: W. Carl Kester and Glynn Ferguson
This small but rapidly growing Danish biochemical company must choose among several financing opportunities that include a convertible Eurobond, a rights offering in Denmark and an issue of new common shares in the United States. The case involves a broad range of... View Details
Keywords: Capital Markets; Cost of Capital; Bonds; Stock Shares; Financing and Loans; Globalization; Chemical Industry; Chemical Industry; Denmark; United States
Kester, W. Carl, and Glynn Ferguson. "Novo Industri A/S--1981." Harvard Business School Case 286-084, February 1986. (Revised November 1992.)