Chemicals and glass - Publications - Faculty & Research

25 Jan 2021
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In a Nutshell, Why American Capitalism Succeeded

How did the United States become the world’s center of business growth following its founding in 1776? Surely a number of nations had powerful natural resources, stable financial and legal institutions, and dynamic entrepreneurs over that same span. Why was American... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Manufacturing

01 Mar 2024
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In Harmony

in the world who have capital, I explained, and there are people who need capital. Investment bankers put them together. And, I mentioned, we get paid handsomely for it. I showed him the offer letter from Phipps & Co., presenting it like... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographs by Jun Michael Park; private equity; fiction; financial crisis; leadership; Korea

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Albert Chiu

COVID-19. As a chemical engineer, I designed the process to manufacture Moderna and Pfizer’s mRNA COVID-19 vaccines. I developed new technologies to improve how vaccines are manufactured View Details

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MBA Class of 1959 Chapel | About

ceremonies, and concerts, the chapel is easily identified by its cylindrical, copper-clad, main building and adjacent glass pyramid. Visitors pass through an enclosed water... View Details

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Business History - Faculty & Research

Chemical Industry, 1950s–1980s By: Geoffrey Jones and Christina Lubinski This article examines the evolution of corporate environmentalism in the West German chemical industry... View Details

July 2011 (Revised April 2012)
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The Clorox Company: Leveraging Green for Growth

By: Elie Ofek and Lauren Barley

The Clorox Company needs to decide on the marketing strategy going forward for its three sustainable brands, Brita, Burt's Bees and Green Works. These brands had fared differently over the past 3 years and each presents multiple courses of action heading into 2011.... View Details

Keywords: Decision Making; Managerial Roles; Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy; Social Marketing; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Sales; Opportunities; Corporate Strategy; Environmental Sustainability; Chemical Industry; Food and Beverage Industry

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Contemporary Art | About

Wind Sculpture (SG) V , 2019, stainless steel armature with hand painted glass reinforced polyester cast. 275 1/2 × 100 × 78 5/8 in., C. Ludens Ringnes Sculpture Collection, Harvard Business School © Yinka Shonibare CBE RA. All Rights... View Details

07 Mar 2023
Blog Post

Deconstructing LEGO’s Decarbonization

working with startups and chemical companies. But they also acknowledge that, while the company is a trailblazer in the space, this problem is a global one and requires a... View Details

01 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

How To Make Restructuring Work for Your Company

considered, including issuing tracking stock, doing a leveraged buyout, or repurchasing shares, would not have solved this underlying business problem. Chase Manhattan Bank and Chemical Bank used their... View Details

Keywords: by Stuart C. Gilson

13 Dec 2021
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The Unlikely Upside of Mergers: More Diverse Management Teams

marginalized racial and ethnic groups were 54 percent less likely to be promoted than whites, and women were 36 percent less likely to be promoted than men, despite diversity efforts by advocates View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

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Health Care - Faculty & Research

Chemicals By: Joseph G. Allen, Heather A. Henrikson and Michael W. Toffel April 8, 2025 | Article | Harvard Business Review Digital Articles Forever chemicals are toxic View Details

21 Feb 2018
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When a Competitor Abandons the Market, Should You Advance or Retreat?

opportunity to redouble their efforts and grab more market share, or take it as a warning that it might be time to get out while the getting was good? A new research study suggests that more companies than expected see a half-empty View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Pharmaceutical; Health

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Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship | About

Business Review. The modern, three-story 27,782-square-foot concrete and glass structure was designed by Kubitz & Pepi and dedicated in 1974 as Teele Hall, in honor of the late... View Details

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Technology & Innovation - Faculty & Research

industries, we construct an input-output table that includes disaggregated REE inputs. Using REE-related patents categorized by a large language model, sectoral TFP data, trade data, and physical and View Details

09 Apr 2007
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Industry Self-Regulation: What’s Working (and What’s Not)?

coordination that resulted in their developing self-regulation programs were sparked by crises, including the chemical industry after the Bhopal accident and the nuclear power industry after the Three Mile... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

January 2017
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Danaher Corporation, 2007–2017

By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth

On July 2, 2016, Danaher Corporation completed the spinoff of Fortive Corporation. The previous day, Danaher’s stock price had reached an all-time high. In 2015, Danaher had decided to split off its test and measurement, fuel and fleet management, and automation... View Details

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12 Jun 2018
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In a Landscape of 'Me Too' Drug Development, What Spurs Radical Innovation?

Papanikolaou, Kellogg School of Management. On balance, novel drugs with unproven chemical formulas are riskier to pursue because they are less likely to win approval from the US Food and Drug... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Health; Pharmaceutical

30 May 2023
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Can AI Predict Whether Shoppers Would Pick Crest or Colgate?

Companies have long poured time and money into surveying customers. Now, with new research showing artificial intelligence provides plenty of rich data about shopper preferences, could customer surveys become obsolete? Companies turn to... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

William E. Fruhan

Professor WILLIAM E. FRUHAN, JR. is George E. Bates Professor, Emeritus at the Harvard Business School. He received his BS degree from Yale University, and his MBA and DBA degrees from Harvard University. He has served as Senior Associate Dean and Director of... View Details

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Human Behavior & Decision-Making - Faculty & Research

Company’s Ownership Model Shapes the Mistakes It Makes By: Josh Baron April 2025 (Revised May 2025) Case Adobe: GenAI Opportunity or Threat? By: Sunil Gupta , Rajiv Lal and Allison Ciechanover 2021 Book View Details

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