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  • July 1985 (Revised January 1990)
  • Case

Dow Indonesia (B2)

By: James E. Austin, Dennis J. Encarnation III and Louis T. Wells Jr.
Keywords: Chemical Industry; Indonesia
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  • July 1985 (Revised February 1986)
  • Case

Dow Indonesia (A)

By: James E. Austin, Dennis J. Encarnation III and Louis T. Wells Jr.
Keywords: Chemical Industry; Indonesia
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  • November 1984 (Revised December 1985)
  • Background Note

Note on the Ethylene and Commodity Plastics Industries

By: Francis Aguilar, Joseph L. Bower and Benjamin Gomes-Casseres
Keywords: Chemical Industry
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  • 14 Apr 2021
  • Research & Ideas

The High Cost of the Slow COVID Vaccine Rollout

necessary to produce vast quantities of vaccines. Governments could also invest in parts of the supply chain necessary for making vaccines. One input, for example, is a chemical necessary for detecting toxins in vaccines, which in nature... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health
  • 02 Mar 2023
  • News

Carbon's Second Act

Photo credits: Brenae Bowers Brix and Russ Campbell Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: This story starts the way all classic stories of tech entrepreneurship do: In Todd Brix's garage. Brix (MBA 1997) started his career in the... View Details
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2.3 Community Standards of Conduct | MBA

misconduct; harassment, coercion or other conduct that threatens the health or safety of any person; threats involving deadly weapons, explosives, bombs, chemical or biological agents, or other deadly devices; theft, misappropriation, or... View Details
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Paul A. Gompers | Working Knowledge

both the Finance and Entrepreneurial Management areas. He received his A.B. summa cum laude in biology from Harvard College in 1987. After spending a year working as a research biochemist for Bayer Chemical AG , he attended Oxford... View Details
  • 09 Aug 2010
  • Research & Ideas

How to Speed Up Energy Innovation

Is there a special sauce for stimulating innovation in the energy sector, a concoction to spur cost-effective developments toward solving the climate change problem? HBS professor Rebecca Henderson doesn't claim to know all the ingredients for that special sauce. But... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Energy; Utilities

    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

      Thomas C. du Pont

      duPont consolidated the military powder production industry to the point where the duPont Corporation was producing 90% of all explosives in the U.S. In a matter of four years, duPont acquired the stocks of more than 100 of his competitors, eliminating 64 of them. In... 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
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        Taylor Wiegele

        As a boy, Taylor Wiegele could often be found in the kitchen "making mixtures of random ingredients." Fortunately, for him and for his family, Taylor's enthusiasm for "potions" evolved into a real chemistry expertise. After studying View Details
        Keywords: Manufacturing/Energy; CPG; Tech
        • 01 Mar 2016
        • News

        Reinventing the Wheel

        extracting carbon black from discarded models to create new ones. Cardozo first heard about the idea in 2013 while serving as an entrepreneur-in-residence at the Dutch incubator YES!Delft. The idea of chipping away at the mountains of old tires without emitting loads... View Details
        Keywords: Maureen Harmon
        • 18 Aug 2015
        • News

        New HBS Fund Chairs

        worked at Chemical Bank and MasterCard after receiving her MBA. Raised as a Quaker with a life-long interest in service, in 1994 she began working at the All Souls Soup Kitchen and for the next 19 years she took a leadership... View Details

          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
            • 09 Jul 2019
            • Blog Post

            Solving the Complexities of the Biotechnology Industry

            even come close to understanding it or imitating its design. The body deploys amazing, interconnected solutions to manage the chemical wonders that continuously run.  We continue to explore human physiology, and we continue to learn how... View Details
            • 20 Jan 2011
            • News

            Oil Spill Solution

            that has proven effective in pollutant absorption both above and beneath the surface of water. Smith has been working closely with fishermen in the Gulf area to help rid the affected waters of the propylene glycol (a chemical found in... View Details

              Harold Blancke

              During his CEO tenure, Blancke embarked on a massive growth plan for Celanese. Believing that success in the petrochemical industry was predicated on size, Blancke acquired several competitors and grew the company from $135 million in revenues to over $1 billion. His... View Details
              Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial

                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