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  • 06 Jun 2023
  • Blog Post

Van den Ende Rozen: Greenhouse Rose Production

site, as we neared the site, we noticed hundreds of small greenhouses alongside the road. From their signage, the crops ranged from vegetables to flowers. We had driven into the heart of the country’s world-class horticulture industry and... View Details
  • 06 Dec 2021
  • News

In My Humble Opinion: Come Clean

trying to punch out time.” An art and a science: “There are probably 30 or 40 different spotting chemicals and techniques depending on the fabric, the stain, and how long it’s been there. You can’t just throw a shirt into the cleaning... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; career; life experiences; dry cleaning; leadership; music; Personal and Laundry Services; Personal Services
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Institutions, Macroeconomics, and the Global Economy - Course Catalog

the chemical industry in the U.S.; Unrest in Chile, Looting at Walmart International; and Dominion Voting Systems v. Fox News. The fourth module ("The Future of Globalization") uses the macroeconomic and... View Details
  • 30 Apr 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Entering the Age of Alliances

United States, and Georgia-Pacific Corporation, one of the world's largest forest products companies, had pursued competing agendas for common lands. The former wanted to preserve the land untouched, the latter to use it intensively. However, mounting environmental... View Details
Keywords: by James Austin
  • 09 Apr 2024
  • Blog Post

IFC India: JSW Steel

across the country. This January, we had the good fortune to travel to India for one of Harvard Business School’s Immersive Field Courses (IFCs), focusing on “Decarbonizing while Developing.” It was a unique opportunity to understand how View Details
  • 06 Oct 2020
  • Blog Post

2+2 Where Are They Now Spotlight: Curtis Wu (MBA 2018)

What was your undergraduate university and major?MIT, Chemical Engineering Why did you decide to apply to HBS via the 2+2 deferred admissions process?One of my mentors in college, Professor Barry Johnston, always encouraged me to seek out... View Details
  • 04 May 2010
  • First Look

First Look: May 4

Stuart C. Gilson and Sarah L. AbbottHarvard Business School Case 210-001 Hit with an industry recession and the global financial crisis of 2008, in January 2009 LyondellBasell Industries AF S.C.A., one of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace

    Lammot du Pont

    Under duPont’s leadership, researchers at duPont invented nylon, which revolutionized the textile industry. Researchers also discovered neoprene (the first general purpose synthetic rubber), Orlon and Dacron under duPont’s direction. duPont kept the duPont Corporation... View Details
    Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial

      Edgar S. Woolard, Jr.

      Upon becoming CEO of duPont, Woolard oversaw a massive downsizing and focused the company on its core products. In addition to drastically cutting costs, Woolard restructured duPont into twenty semi-autonomous units and expanded duPont internationally. By the end of... View Details
      Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial

        Samuel P. Colt

        Colt organized United States Rubber into a vertically integrated business with a centralized administration. Colt also diversified United States Rubber to include non-footwear items, such as tires, which were a booming market at the time of his tenure. Colt grew United... View Details
        Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial
        • 20 May 2008
        • First Look

        First Look: May 20, 2008

        mission, and meeting the expectations of a demanding capital market. Additionally, Compartamos' Co-CEOs must decide how to face the highly polarized reactions in the microfinance industry to its IPO. In the process, the case examines the... View Details
        Keywords: Martha Lagace
        • January 1996 (Revised March 1998)
        • Case

        Linking Strategy and Innovation: Materials Technology Corporation

        By: Clayton M. Christensen
        Materials Technology Corp. (MTC), a high-tech materials company, is struggling in its development portfolio and to achieve a better record of delivering new products on time. View Details
        Keywords: Technology; Innovation and Invention; Business Strategy; Time Management; Product; Production; Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry; United States
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          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
                • October 2019 (Revised February 2025)
                • Case

                A Conversation with Ellen J. Kullman, Chairman & CEO of DuPont, 2009-2015

                By: Lynn S. Paine and Will Hurwitz
                Ellen J. Kullman, the retired Chairman and CEO of DuPont, describes how she guided the storied science and technology company through a contentious proxy battle with activist investor Trian Partners, which acquired DuPont shares in 2013 and sought to break up the... View Details
                Keywords: Agribusiness; Capital Structure; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Governance; Institutional Investing; Leadership; Leadership Style; Management; Transformation; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; United States
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                • 20 Oct 2015
                • First Look

                October 20, 2015

                board. The fund had previously published a public letter addressed to shareholders outlining its proposal to break the company into three areas: agriculture and nutrition, industrial materials, and performance View Details
                Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

                  Eugene P. Grisanti

                  Grisanti presided over a decade of consecutive growth in sales and earnings – achieving 12%+ growth rates in a mature market between 1986 and 1995. He secured International Flavors and Fragrances’ position as the world’s largest supplier of flavors and fragrances by... View Details
                  Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial

                    Crawford H. Greenewalt

                    As the tenth president of duPont Corporation, Greenewalt built the Savannah River Plant for nuclear processing, one of the largest construction projects in the United States. As CEO, Greenewalt generated a stellar return on equity performance for over a decade placing... View Details
                    Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial