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- June 1993
- Teaching Note
FMC Corporation A Recapitalization TN
By: William J. Bruns Jr. and Julie H. Hertenstein
Teaching Note for (9-191-084). View Details
Keywords: Chemical Industry
- June 2008 (Revised January 2014)
- Teaching Note
Cook Composites and Polymers Co.
By: Deishin Lee and Michael W. Toffel
Teaching Note for [608055]. View Details
Keywords: Chemical Industry
- December 2001
- Case
E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company: The Conoco Split-off (C)
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 (C)." Harvard Business School Case 202-007, December 2001.
- November 2000 (Revised June 2010)
- Case
Bush Boake Allen
By: Stefan H. Thomke and Ashok Nimgade
Bush Boake Allen, a flavor and fragrance firm, is considering strategic options that would integrate customers into its innovation process via a potentially disruptive Internet-based technology. As this approach could result in dramatic changes to the firm's business... View Details
Keywords: Customer Focus and Relationships; Disruptive Innovation; Technological Innovation; Management Teams; Product Design; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Conflict Management; Internet; Chemical Industry
Thomke, Stefan H., and Ashok Nimgade. "Bush Boake Allen." Harvard Business School Case 601-061, November 2000. (Revised June 2010.)
- May 1998
- Case
Negotiating the Right to Know: Rhone-Poulenc and Manchester, Texas (A-2)
Supplements the (A1) case. A rewritten version of an earlier case. View Details
Wheeler, Michael A. "Negotiating the Right to Know: Rhone-Poulenc and Manchester, Texas (A-2)." Harvard Business School Case 898-258, May 1998.
- August 1992 (Revised July 2013)
- Case
ChemBright, Inc.
ChemBright is a small start-up company that manufactures private-label household chemicals. The company sells its products to grocery chains in the New England area. Its strategy is based on a significant logistics-based cost advantage. The primary case decisions are... View Details
Keywords: Price; Growth and Development Strategy; Logistics; Competition; Competitive Advantage; Chemical Industry; New England
Hammond, Janice H. "ChemBright, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 693-026, August 1992. (Revised July 2013.)
- November 1998 (Revised December 1998)
- Case
Monsanto Company: Delivering on the Vision of Life Sciences
By: Ray A. Goldberg, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Srinivas Sunder
Keywords: Chemical Industry
Goldberg, Ray A., Carin-Isabel Knoop, and Srinivas Sunder. "Monsanto Company: Delivering on the Vision of Life Sciences." Harvard Business School Case 599-067, November 1998. (Revised December 1998.)
- October 1990 (Revised February 1997)
- Case
American Cyanamid
By: Ray A. Goldberg
Keywords: Chemical Industry
Goldberg, Ray A. "American Cyanamid." Harvard Business School Case 591-043, October 1990. (Revised February 1997.)
- January 1991
- Teaching Note
Responsible Care, Teaching Note
By: George C. Lodge
Teaching Note for (9-391-135). View Details
Keywords: Chemical Industry
- Profile
Nneka Ezeigwe
different kinds of industries on the ground, looking at what drives change and takes an economy to the next level. I’ll be able to work with policy makers and business leaders who are expanding Nigeria’s economy and political landscape.... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing/Energy
- 19 Aug 2024
- News
Quantum Leap
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Quantum computing has long been talked about as one of the next big things—the kind of technology, like AI, that will change everything. But to our... View Details
- Web
Institutions, Macroeconomics, and the Global Economy - Course Catalog
sectors (e.g., the retail industry in Chile, or the startup sector in Israel) or particular policies (inflation targeting in Brazil), and others span multiple countries (Chinese investments in Africa, or climate change). The course itself... View Details
- January 1978
- Case
Caustic Soda in Japan (B)
Wells, Louis T., Jr. "Caustic Soda in Japan (B)." Harvard Business School Case 378-204, January 1978.
- 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
Kester, W. Carl, Robert R. Glauber, David W. Mullins Jr., and Stacy S. Dick. "E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.: Titanium Dioxide." Harvard Business School Case 284-066, February 1984. (Revised February 1986.)
- November 1973 (Revised April 1983)
- Background Note
Sulfur Industry, Background Note
Keywords: Chemical Industry
Fruhan, William E., Jr. "Sulfur Industry, Background Note." Harvard Business School Background Note 274-111, November 1973. (Revised April 1983.)
- November 1997
- Teaching Note
CIBA-GEIGY (A), Teaching Note
By: Kenneth A. Merchant and Krishna G. Palepu
Keywords: Chemical Industry
- July 2010 (Revised December 2010)
- Case
Formosa Plastics Group: Business Continuity Forever
Wang Yung-ching, legendary Taiwanese businessman and philanthropist, passed away in 2008. He left behind an estate worth US $5.5 billion, but did not leave a will. The case discusses the potential motivation for Wang, and uses it to study succession planning for family... View Details
Keywords: Family Business; Governance Controls; Management Succession; Family Ownership; Planning; Motivation and Incentives; Chemical Industry; Taiwan
Jin, Li, Joseph P.H. Fan, and Winnie S.C. Leung. "Formosa Plastics Group: Business Continuity Forever." Harvard Business School Case 210-026, July 2010. (Revised December 2010.)
- December 2009 (Revised April 2012)
- Case
Neoprene
By: Tom Nicholas and Felipe Tamega Fernandes
In 1931, during one of the worst economic crises in U.S. history, Du Pont announced the discovery of an innovative rubber synthetic product—neoprene. Yet at the time of the announcement, Du Pont did not have any neoprene to sell. Manufacturing facilities were still... View Details
Keywords: Financial Crisis; Business History; Innovation and Invention; Product Development; Risk and Uncertainty; Science-Based Business; Commercialization; Chemical Industry; United States
Nicholas, Tom, and Felipe Tamega Fernandes. "Neoprene." Harvard Business School Case 810-084, December 2009. (Revised April 2012.)
- November 2001 (Revised February 2002)
- Case
Resinas Sinteticas, S.A. (C)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Greg Rogers
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Paine, Lynn S., and Greg Rogers. "Resinas Sinteticas, S.A. (C)." Harvard Business School Case 302-066, November 2001. (Revised February 2002.)
- May 1995
- Teaching Note
C.K. Coolidge, Inc. (A) TN
By: David E. Bell
Teaching Note for (9-894-017). View Details