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  • 04 Apr 2024
  • Blog Post

Climate Stories: Water Series - Episode #16: Tim Murdoch, HBS MBA 1990 – Learning about Climate Change and Water

about plans by Industrial Plastics Canada to open a new plant in nearby North Bay, Ontario. Yes, the new plant would generate 35 jobs, but the CBC report said “the company will transform a polymer called polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE),... View Details
  • 10 Aug 2020
  • Research & Ideas

COVID's Surprising Toll on Careers of Women Scientists

timed experiments—like biological and chemical fields—research time slid 30 to 40 percent. Overall, 55 percent of the respondents reported a decline in total work hours, 27 percent indicated no change, and 18 percent said they were... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Pharmaceutical; Biotechnology; Health
  • Web

Finalists | New Venture Competition

Brandon Chi (MBA 2024) Joseph Swift Amitesh Pratap Redefining precision agriculture through AI-powered, genetic insights. Poka Labs Malay Shah (MBA 2024) Andrew Bass (MBA 2024) Poka Labs is building a cloud-based operating system built to modernize View Details
  • September 1979
  • Teaching Note

Monsanto Co.: The Queeny Division (A) and (B) TN

By: Francis Aguilar
Keywords: Chemical Industry
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  • November 1976 (Revised February 1977)
  • Case

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.--1976

By: Jay O. Light
Keywords: Chemical Industry
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  • December 1995 (Revised April 1997)
  • Teaching Note

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.: Project ICON (D) TN

By: F. Warren McFarlan
Keywords: Projects; Chemical Industry
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  • 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
Keywords: Governing and Advisory Boards; Negotiation Offer; Investment Banking; Relationships; Revenue; Capital Structure; Chemical Industry
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  • 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
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Financial Crisis; Financing and Loans; Chemical Industry
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  • 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
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  • 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
Keywords: Chemical Industry; United States
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  • September 1999
  • Case

Chemdex.com Business Plan

By: Lynda M. Applegate
Keywords: Business Plan; Chemical Industry
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  • May 1995
  • Supplement

Negotiating the Right to Know: Rhone-Poulenc and Manchester, Texas (B)

By: Michael A. Wheeler
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Chemical Industry; United States
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  • May 1995 (Revised May 1998)
  • Case

Negotiating the Right to Know: Rhone-Poulenc and Manchester, Texas (A-1)

By: Michael A. Wheeler
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
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  • 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
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  • 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
Keywords: Negotiation; Price; Chemical Industry
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  • April 1973 (Revised April 1982)
  • Case

Linde Division: Union Carbide Corp.

By: Benson P. Shapiro
Keywords: Chemical Industry
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  • June 1981 (Revised January 1997)
  • Case

American Cyanamid Co.

By: David E. Bell
Keywords: Chemical Industry
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  • 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
Keywords: Chemical Industry; United States
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  • Profile

Jeremy Burnham

In the past year, Jeremy Burnham, a chemical engineer with a background in oil and energy, has experienced a dizzying succession of transitions. “Last June, my wife Perisha and I moved to Cambridge,” Jeremy explains. “In July, she gave... View Details
  • Profile

Xue (Ken) Yuan

it’s the exact opposite here. Everyone is so awesome, both in terms of personality and professional experience.” The faculty, Xue believes, are the key to making the case-method experience a success. “Many of our professors have been View Details