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- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Three Promoted to Full Professor
Harvard College, where he majored in biology, Gompers worked for a year as a research biochemist for Bayer Chemical AG before earning a master's degree in economics at Oxford University on a Marshall Scholarship. He completed his Ph.D. in... View Details
- 31 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
One Quarter of Entrepreneurs in the United States Are Immigrants
role in that process. “The way entrepreneurs create jobs is not by staying small forever and creating a gazillion firms,” says Kerr. “It’s a small firm that grows to a Facebook or a chemical plant with 800 employees.” Part of the reason... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 14 Feb 2019
- News
Plotting a Path Forward on Climate Change
microorganisms that improve crop health and productivity, reducing the need for chemical fertilizers and pesticides. “We could absorb all the carbon humans have put into the atmosphere since the beginning of the View Details
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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
- 30 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 30, 2018
lifetimes, this book looks at the past of green business to identify lessons for the future. It provides rich new evidence and insights on green business as it examines its variation between industries and nations over time. It shows the... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
Henry G. Walter, Jr.
Walter built International Flavors and Fragrances into the world’s largest producer and supplier of scents. He was a pioneer in the burgeoning field of aromatherapy and established a tradition of innovation and research within the industry. He led the company through... View Details
Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial
Francis B. Davis Jr.
In 1928, United States Rubber lost $10 million due to the collapse of the world crude rubber market. Taking over the helm in 1929, Davis reorganized the company, putting in place a multi-divisional organizational structure. Davis reduced the company’s debt by $40... View Details
Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial
Irving S. Shapiro
Initially making a name for himself in politics, Shapiro joined duPont in 1951 as a lawyer, handling some of its most important acquisitions and antitrust cases. His negotiating skills, coupled with his extensive political connections, later earned him the title of... View Details
Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial
Edward G. Jefferson
Jefferson is credited with streamlining duPont’s operations and diversifying its portfolio – setting the stage for a new era in the company’s history. His purchase of Conoco in 1981 dramatically changed the duPont landscape providing a ready supply of oil and gas for... View Details
Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial
Pierre S. du Pont
duPont headed the duPont Corporation during the period of the first World War. During duPont’s presidency, the corporation was greatly expanded in order to meet munitions orders from the United States and Allied countries. duPont increased the company’s munitions... View Details
Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial
Camille Dreyfus
Celanese Corporation showed a profit every year after 1925 with its breakthrough year coming in 1939. The company grew by 700% from 1929-1939. By 1940, Dreyfus held 233 patents in the U.S., most of which were concerned with the production of celluloid acetate, and... View Details
Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial
- 01 Jan 2006
- News
Philip L. Yeo, MBA 1976
Chairman, Agency for Science, Technology & Research Former Chairman, Singapore Economic Development Board Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page EARLIER EUDUCATION University of Toronto, 1970 BASc., Industrial Engineering... View Details
- 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.