Chemicals - Publications - Faculty & Research

June 2024
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Climate Governance at Linde plc (B)

By: Lynn S. Paine, Suraj Srinivasan, Emilie Billaud and Vincent Dessain

In July 2023, the Linde plc board of directors' sustainability committee convened in London to review the company's environmental performance, with a focus on decarbonization and clean energy. Linde was the world's largest industrial gas supplier, with a workforce of... View Details

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September 2008
Teaching Note

Chi Mei Optoelectronics (TN)

By: Willy C. Shih

Teaching Note for [608-123]. View Details

Keywords: Diversification; Information Technology; Market Entry and Exit; Standards; Industry Clusters; Supply Chain; Production; Experience and Expertise; Chemical Industry; Chemical Industry; Taiwan; Asia; Korean Peninsula; China

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Xue (Ken) Yuan

studies and his experience in complex chemical polymers, Xue has a passion for stand-up comedy. “It started about two years ago, when a couple of my friends returned from Canada and we talked about how Shanghai had nowhere to go for... View Details

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Sebastian Vargas

possible for me because in movies, software engineers were always portrayed as hacking into complex systems from an early age. I was nowhere near that level. Plus, I had no role model that I could talk to about this path. I finally settled on View Details

26 Sep 2024
Blog Post

Syngenta Tomato Vision

neighboring sites to collectively build out local geothermal operations. Tomato Vision also works with nearby chemical producers to use and absorb their waste CO2 to stimulate plant growth. Syngenta also avoids using View Details

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Andrew Baxter

Scotland, did indeed complete his master's in chemical engineering. "My wish came true," he says. "I went to weird and wonderful places, like a deep water drilling rig off the coast of Greenland." Going to different... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing/Energy; Tech

01 Feb 1999
News

New HBS Alumni Board Members

husband, Nathaniel (MBA '85), have two sons. Born and raised in New York City, Thierry G. Porté (MBA '82) began his career at Chemical Bank in Paris, France, his parents' native country. Since 1979 he has worked for Morgan Stanley in New... View Details

09 Aug 2004
Research & Ideas

A Diagnostic for Disruptive Innovation

use to build asymmetric skills. For example, one chemical company we worked with realized that finding a way to reach nonconsumers in developing countries was its ticket to disruptive growth. It had an in-process innovation that would... View Details

Keywords: by Scott D. Anthony, Mark W. Johnson & Matt Eyring

March 1990 (Revised February 1993)
Teaching Note

Dainippon Ink and Chemicals, Inc. (TN)

By: Timothy A. Luehrman

Keywords: Chemical Industry; Japan

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November 1988 (Revised January 1992)
Teaching Note

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

By: W. Carl Kester

Teaching Note for (9-284-066). View Details

Keywords: Product; Chemical Industry

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June 2024 (Revised December 2024)
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Climate Governance at Linde plc (A)

By: Lynn S. Paine, Suraj Srinivasan, Emilie Billaud and Vincent Dessain

In July 2023, the Linde plc board of directors' sustainability committee convened in London to review the company's environmental performance, with a focus on decarbonization and clean energy. Linde was the world's largest industrial gas supplier, with a workforce of... View Details

Keywords: Climate Change; Environmental Sustainability; Green Technology; Multinational Firms and Management; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Disclosure; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Compensation and Benefits; Innovation Strategy; Leading Change; Goals and Objectives; Business and Shareholder Relations; Chemical Industry; United States; Germany; Europe; North America; London

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February 1985
Case

Multichemical, Inc. (Abridged)

By: Thomas R. Piper

Keywords: Chemical Industry

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July 1995
Teaching Note

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.: MIS Reorganization (A) and Project ICON (A), (Abridged) TN

By: F. Warren McFarlan

Teaching Note for (9-193-008). View Details

Keywords: Restructuring; Management Teams; Transformation; Decisions; Management Succession; Chemical Industry; London

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November 2010
Supplement

Dow's Bid for Rohm and Haas (CW)

By: Benjamin C. Esty

Spreadsheet Supplement for 211020. View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Performance; Joint Ventures; Financial Crisis; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Financial Markets; Sales; Lawsuits and Litigation; Negotiation Deal; Governing and Advisory Boards; Cash Flow; Decisions; Chemical Industry; Kuwait

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August 2010 (Revised March 2012)
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The Dow Acquisition of Rohm and Haas (A)

By: Jay W. Lorsch and Melissa Barton

The Rohm and Haas Board decided how to move forward after its largest shareholder chose to sell all of its shares in the company. View Details

Keywords: Governing and Advisory Boards; Leadership; Management Teams; Ownership Stake; Business and Shareholder Relations; Chemical Industry

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August 2006
Teaching Note

Cluster Mobilization in Mitteldeutschland (TN)

By: Jeffrey Fear and Christian H.M. Ketels

Teaching Note to 707004. View Details

Keywords: Chemical Industry; Germany

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December 2005
Teaching Note

Dow Chemical's Bid for the Privatization of PBB in Argentina (TN)

By: Mihir A. Desai and Kathleen Luchs

Keywords: Chemical Industry; Argentina

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May 2004 (Revised April 2006)
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Ultra: The Quest for Leadership (A)

By: Dwight B. Crane and Ricardo Reisen de Pinho

Ultra is one of a small group of competing Brazilian petrochemical companies, each of which buys raw material and is a minority owner of Copene, a "cracking" company that provides ethylene and other materials. Because of an industry restructuring, an auction of shares... View Details