Chemicals and glass - Publications - Faculty & Research

10 Apr 2007
First Look

First Look: April 10, 2007

Kerr-McGee. They demand two board seats and ask the company to make several operational and financial changes, including the repurchase of equity and divestiture of their View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

05 Aug 2008
First Look

savings in the development of art assets for their video games. However, the firm's management find themselves at a point at which they feel they need to make a strategic decision that will enable Glass Egg to grow more substantially... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

10 Mar 2011
What Do You Think?

To What Degree Does the Job Make the Person?

new job. In other words, is there a self-selection bias in studies of the effects of job on a person's chemical makeup? As Stephanie Smith put it, "Perhaps it's a case of either the hormones and natural... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

30 Sep 2008
First Look

First Look: September 30, 2008

and compare these with prior life cycle data for biopolymers as well as other fibers, and we find that nanoclay production results in lower energy use and greenhouse gas... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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

Keywords: Governing and Advisory Boards; Negotiation Offer; Investment Banking; Relationships; Revenue; Capital Structure; Chemical Industry

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January 1995
Teaching Note

Allied-Signal: Managing the Hazardous Waste Liability Risk (TN)

By: Richard H.K. Vietor

Teaching Note for (9-793-044). View Details

Keywords: Chemical Industry; United States; Europe

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16 Dec 2013
HBS Case

D’O: Making a Michelin-Starred Restaurant Affordable

consideration, both sensory and economic. On the sensory side: He has designed several eating utensils, including an espresso spoon that sports a hole in the middle so as not to break up the continuity of the crema on top. On the economic... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel & Joanie Tobin; Food & Beverage

April 1995 (Revised July 1996)
Supplement

Governance at Metallgesellschaft (B)

By: Jay W. Lorsch and Samanta Graff

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Corporate Accountability; Business Conglomerates; Governing and Advisory Boards; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Corporate Governance; Chemical Industry; Chemical Industry; Germany; United States

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16 Jun 2015
First Look

First Look: June 16, 2015

over time and may be tempted to ape someone else's system, and so they will find it difficult to align different parts of the organization with shared priorities. As Corning, a leader in View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

23 Jul 2014
Lessons from the Classroom

Innovation Is Magic. Really

it's about creating a customer experience that taps into people's emotions, ultimately making them feel good. High-end vodka companies such as Grey Goose and Chopin have packaged their liquor in tall, sleek, frosted View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Consumer Products

June 1988 (Revised February 1989)
Case

Union Carbide Deal, The

By: Dwight B. Crane and Robert G. Eccles Jr.

Keywords: Chemical Industry

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May 2004 (Revised August 2004)
Case

Ultra: The Quest for Leadership (C)

By: Dwight B. Crane and Ricardo Reisen de Pinho

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Chemical Industry; Brazil

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May 2004 (Revised August 2004)
Case

Ultra: The Quest for Leadership (B)

By: Dwight B. Crane and Ricardo Reisen de Pinho

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Chemical Industry; Brazil

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02 Jan 2001
Research & Ideas

Can Japan Compete? [Part One]

in the economy in order to conserve foreign exchange, and to allocate the limited resources available at the time to a few sectors that could provide critical basic commodities, such as chemicals View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Hilah Geer

28 Feb 2012
First Look

First Look: Feb. 28

Based on surveys gathered from 140 employees in a division of a global chemical company, we found that direct knowledge and reflected knowledge enhanced trust differentially. While both enhanced feelings of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

March 2019
Article

Economics of Converting Renewable Power to Hydrogen

By: Gunther Glenk and Stefan Reichelstein

The recent sharp decline in the cost of renewable energy suggests that the production of hydrogen from renewable power through a power-to-gas process might become more economical. Here we examine this alternative from the perspective of an investor who considers a... View Details