Chemical - Publications - Faculty & Research

02 Apr 2019
Research Event

Women Pay a Higher Career Price in Today's Always-On Work Culture

Ely says. “In fact, there’s a lot of evidence to suggest that it’s going to undermine the quality of the work.” A chemical reaction When Ely’s team suggested to the consulting firm that its employees worked an unnecessary number of hours,... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Consulting; Service

06 Aug 2001
Research & Ideas

Go Global—or No? Can You Make the Case?

Remember, we don't yet have the capability to serve the chemical and pharmaceutical industries here. There are still only 38 of us, and I estimate that building the support infrastructure we need just for domestic expansion could cost as... View Details

Keywords: by Walter Kuemmerle

18 Jul 2018
Research & Ideas

No More General Tso's? A Threat to 'Knowledge Recombination'

Management Unit at Harvard Business School. Perhaps even more surprising was what came next. Seeing the success, American researchers began investigating the use of turmeric as well, combining it with other chemicals to file their own... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health; Food & Beverage; Accounting

08 Mar 2012
Research & Ideas

Unplugged: What Happened to the Smart Grid?

Kodak. If you were Kodak [several years ago], you were selling to consumers, your suppliers were chemical companies, and there was no substitute for high-quality film. Kodak was among the most profitable firms." Many companies decide... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Energy; Utilities

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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16 Jan 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 16, 2018

based on the chemical similarity between new drug candidates and existing drugs. We show that drug candidates that we identify as ex-ante novel are riskier investments, in the sense that they are subsequently less likely to be approved by... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

February 2015
Case

Continental Hope Group

By: Christopher Marquis and Qi Li

This case provides an opportunity to examine and discuss how a traditional Chinese private business was launched and developed into a globalizing, multi-industry corporation. It also highlights how second generation entrepreneurs successfully developed an innovative... View Details

Keywords: Globalization; China; Technology; Real Estate; Talent Retention; Incentives; Talent and Talent Management; Diversification; Family Business; Business Growth and Maturation; Entrepreneurship; Global Strategy; Chemical Industry; Chemical Industry; Chemical Industry; Chemical Industry; Chemical Industry; China

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27 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

Creating Leaders for Science-Based Businesses

other business practitioners. Much of the science discussed will unfold in the Allston complex's four buildings, which will house Harvard's initiatives in stem cells, bio-inspired engineering, systems biology, chemical biology, and... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Biotechnology; Health

24 Oct 2005
Research & Ideas

IPR: Protecting Your Technology Transfers

increasing importance; measures of transfers have grown twice as fast as measures of the scale of affiliate operating activity over the last two decades. Transferred information can take the form, for example, of a specific formula used to produce a particular View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

02 Jan 2001
Research & Ideas

Can Japan Compete? [Part One]

in the economy in order to conserve foreign exchange, and to allocate the limited resources available at the time to a few sectors that could provide critical basic commodities, such as chemicals and steel. The early intervention, under... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Hilah Geer

04 Dec 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, December 4, 2018

on income and deforestation, but diverged on chemicals and legality, leading to low uptake. The Alliance responded by launching a second sustainability standard called the CRAFT Code in 2018. Whereas certification rewards the use of best... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

04 Apr 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research, April 4

was pondering the challenges of shifting DSM’s global organization from the constant transformations of the past 100 years to creating organic growth. When Sijbesma took the helm as CEO in 2007, he further pushed and completed the company’s final moves away from... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

2013
Working Paper

Debating the Responsibility of Capitalism in Historical and Global Perspective

By: Geoffrey Jones

This working paper examines the evolution of concepts of the responsibility of business in a historical and global perspective. It shows that from the nineteenth century American, European, Japanese, Indian and other business leaders discussed the responsibilities of... View Details

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15 Sep 2009
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First Look: September 15

chemistry. This led to a growing divergence between R&D and manufacturing and the eventual replacement of biological manufacturing with chemical manufacturing. The article explores the changing trajectories of R&D and... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

12 Apr 2010
Research & Ideas

One Report: Better Strategy through Integrated Reporting

adopt integrated reporting? A: The experience of the German chemical company BASF provides an excellent model to follow. Understand stakeholder information needs—that is, answer the questions, What information do stakeholders need? What... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

10 Mar 2011
What Do You Think?

To What Degree Does the Job Make the Person?

new job. In other words, is there a self-selection bias in studies of the effects of job on a person's chemical makeup? As Stephanie Smith put it, "Perhaps it's a case of either the hormones and natural adaptability of the person... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

06 Nov 2008
Working Paper Summaries

Extending Producer Responsibility: An Evaluation Framework for Product Take-Back Policies

Keywords: by Michael W. Toffel, Antoinette Stein & Katharine L. Lee; Chemical

January 1978
Case

Caustic Soda in Japan (B)

By: Louis T. Wells Jr.

Keywords: Chemical Industry; Japan

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February 1984 (Revised February 1986)
Case

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.: Titanium Dioxide

By: W. Carl Kester, Robert R. Glauber, David W. Mullins Jr. and Stacy S. Dick

Disequilibrium in the $350 million TiO2 market has prompted Du Pont's Pigments Department to develop two strategies for competing in this market in the future. The growth strategy has a smaller internal rate of return than the alternative strategy due to large capital... View Details

Keywords: Forecasting and Prediction; Cash Flow; Investment Return; Growth and Development Strategy; Strategic Planning; Projects; Chemical Industry

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