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    Robert T. Powers

    During his tenure as CEO, Powers expanded Nalco’s international presence and diversified Nalco’s product lines – moving beyond water-treatment into specialty and industrial chemicals. Under his leadership, Nalco became one of the... View Details
    Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial

      Otto Haas

      Along with chemist Otto Rohm, Haas founded one of the world’s largest specialty chemical producers. Under his leadership, Rohm and Haas discovered two major products that have had a significant impact on business and society – Plexiglas... View Details
      Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial

        Orlando F. Weber

        Weber and an associate pooled their resources to merge several small chemical companies into one conglomerate that came be known as Allied Chemical. Weber maintained stability at the chemical company... View Details
        Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial

          Elon H. Hooker

          Hooker was the founder of one of the first electrochemical plants in the U.S. at Niagara Falls, N.Y. - a major producer of chemicals and plastics. He was ranked as one of the leading American figures in the field of View Details
          Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial

            John F. Queeny

            When base-chemical shipments stopped coming from Germany during World War I, Queeny kept his company afloat by transforming it into its own raw materials producer. By the time of his death, Monsanto had grown into a diversified chemical... View Details
            Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial

              Edgar M. Queeny

              Queeny assumed control of his father John's company with just $12 million in assets, but under his leadership, Monsanto Chemical expanded into a leading chemical manufacturer. While Queeny was chairman, the... View Details
              Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial

                Walter S. Carpenter, Jr.

                Carpenter was only the second man not of the duPont name in the 145-year history of the company to have been elected president. Carpenter expanded duPont to include diversified chemical lines and grew sales to more than $650 million. View Details
                Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial

                  William B. Bell

                  Bell diversified American Cyanamid, developing the company into the 5th largest producer of chemicals in the U.S., manufacturing over 5,000 products. Bell developed new processes for the commercial production of prussiate of soda,... View Details
                  Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial

                    Morse G. Dial

                    Dial was instrumental in the growth and diversification of Union Carbide. He strongly supported research and development, and it was with this foresight that Union Carbide was able to become a leading producer of chemicals and plastics. View Details
                    Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial

                      James R. Kuse

                      Mortgaging his home in 1984, Kuse, along with a few other executives from Georgia Pacific, financed a leveraged buy-out to create Georgia Gulf Corporation, a major producer of specialty chemical products. Under his leadership, Kuse not... View Details
                      Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial

                        Willard H. Dow

                        Dow grew the company his father had founded through acquisitions and mergers. He acquired a 75% interest in Midland Ammonia in 1930, partnered with Ethyl Gas in 1933, joined with Cleveland-Cliffs Iron in 1935, and acquired the Great Western Electro-Chemical Company... View Details
                        Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial
                        • November 1989 (Revised April 2004)
                        • Case

                        Du Pont's Titanium Dioxide Business (A)

                        This case series is a vehicle for examining the strategic logic and risks of preemption. Rewritten versions of earlier cases. View Details
                        Keywords: Competition; Supply and Industry; Product Marketing; Chemical Industry
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                        • 1988
                        • Book

                        Innovation and Competition: The Global Management of Petrochemical Products

                        By: Robert B. Stobaugh
                        Keywords: Non-Renewable Energy; Globalized Markets and Industries; Energy Industry; Energy Industry
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                        • 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; Biotechnology Industry; Biotechnology Industry; Taiwan; Asia; Korean Peninsula; China
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                        General File - Photography Collections - Historical Collections

                        HBS Quick Links MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni HBS Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions Photography Collections Introduction Large Collections Automobile Industry Caterpillar... View Details
                        • May 2014
                        • Case

                        Sasol: U.S. Growth Program

                        By: Richard H. K. Vietor
                        Sasol, the world's largest producer of synthetic oil from coal and gas, has announced plans to build a huge Catalytic cracker and gas-to-liquids plant in Lake Charles, Louisiana. This $21 billion venture will be the single largest foreign direct investment in US... View Details
                        Keywords: Oil ＆ Gas; Risk; Risk And Uncertainty; Petroleum; Synthesis; Diesel; Foreign Direct Investment; Chemicals; Strategy; Energy Industry; United States
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                        • 10 Sep 2013
                        • First Look

                        First Look: September 10

                        Abstract—This working paper examines the growth of corporate environmentalism in the West German chemical industry between the 1950s and the 1980s. German business has been regarded as pioneering corporate... View Details
                        Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
                        • Career Coach

                        Kristen Fitzpatrick

                        Kristen (HBS '03) is Managing Director, HBS Career and Professional Development. In this role, she coaches alumni and MBA students. Through her interactions with recruiters over the past decade, Kristen is familiar with many industries... View Details
                        Keywords: Education; Manufacturing; Consumer Products; Social Enterprise
                        • December 2012 (Revised November 2014)
                        • Case

                        W.R. Grace & Co.: Dealing with Asbestos Torts

                        By: Stuart C. Gilson and Sarah L. Abbott
                        A manufacturer of building products and specialty chemicals, W. R. Grace & Co. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2001 in response to a flood of lawsuits alleging that its products contained asbestos, and had caused hundreds of thousands of people to contract... View Details
                        Keywords: Bankruptcy Reorganization; Business Failures; Environmental Regulations; Class Action Lawsuits; Natural Environment; Valuation; Health Disorders; Capital Structure; Restructuring; Lawsuits and Litigation; Chemicals; Crisis Management; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Legal Liability; Construction Industry; Construction Industry; United States
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                        • 12 Apr 2018
                        • Op-Ed

                        Op-Ed: The Trouble with Tariffs

                        producers, and thus worthy of slapping with 25 percent or higher penalties as they come in the country. The first three pages were chemicals and medical products, and as a one-time chemist I was surprised to see what the US was aiming to... View Details
                        Keywords: by Willy C. Shih; Manufacturing; Auto; Steel; Air Transportation; Technology; Telecommunications