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- 26 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 26, 2007
Materials Harvard Business School Case 107-018 Explores the process and inputs behind financial and operational forecasting in the Electronic Specialty Materials unit at Air Products View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- August 2006
- Teaching Note
Cluster Mobilization in Mitteldeutschland (TN)
By: Jeffrey Fear and Christian H.M. Ketels
Teaching Note to 707004. View Details
- December 2005
- Teaching Note
Dow Chemical's Bid for the Privatization of PBB in Argentina (TN)
By: Mihir A. Desai and Kathleen Luchs
- 28 Aug 2017
- Research & Ideas
Should Industry Competitors Cooperate More to Solve World Problems?
over-application and excess chemicals leaching into water systems. Wet processing is also particularly impactful. The World Bank estimates that 17–20 percent of industrial water pollution worldwide comes... View Details
- June 2003
- Teaching Note
Pepcid AC: Racing to the OTC Market (TN)
By: Charles King III, Alvin J. Silk and Ann Leamon
Teaching Note for (9-500-073). View Details
Keywords: Chemical Industry
- February 1994 (Revised February 1996)
- Case
Union Carbide Corporation: Interest Rate Risk Management
By: Peter Tufano
Union Carbide's board of directors is asked to evaluate a proposal from the staff treasurer's that would articulate policies to manage its debt portfolio. The staff proposes that shareholder value will be maximized if the firm manages its exposure to interest rates by... View Details
Tufano, Peter, and Jon Headley. "Union Carbide Corporation: Interest Rate Risk Management." Harvard Business School Case 294-057, February 1994. (Revised February 1996.)
- 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
- 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
- June 1993
- Teaching Note
FMC Corporation A Recapitalization TN
By: William J. Bruns Jr. and Julie H. Hertenstein
Teaching Note for (9-191-084). View Details
Keywords: Chemical Industry
- November 1998 (Revised December 1998)
- Case
Monsanto Company: Delivering on the Vision of Life Sciences
By: Ray A. Goldberg, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Srinivas Sunder
Keywords: Chemical Industry
Goldberg, Ray A., Carin-Isabel Knoop, and Srinivas Sunder. "Monsanto Company: Delivering on the Vision of Life Sciences." Harvard Business School Case 599-067, November 1998. (Revised December 1998.)
- 02 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why Good Deeds Invite Bad Publicity
United States. Along with Jiao Luo and Stephan Meier, both of Columbia Business School, Oberholzer-Gee collected data on several thousand oil and chemical spills (most of them,... View Details
- 12 Apr 2018
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: The Trouble with Tariffs
producers, and thus worthy of slapping with 25 percent or higher penalties as they come in the country. The first three pages were chemicals and medical products, View Details
Keywords: by Willy C. Shih; Manufacturing; Auto; Steel; Air Transportation; Technology; Telecommunications
- 06 Aug 2001
- Research & Ideas
Go Globalor No? Can You Make the Case?
Remember, we don't yet have the capability to serve the chemical and pharmaceutical industries here. There are still only 38 of us, and I estimate that building the support... View Details
Keywords: by Walter Kuemmerle
- 21 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 21
PublicationsThe Rise of the Modern Firm Authors:Geoffrey Jones and Walter A. Friedman, eds. Publication:Northampton, Mass: Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc., 2012 This authoritative volume focuses on the rise of modern firms, from their... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- November 1997
- Teaching Note
CIBA-GEIGY (A), Teaching Note
By: Kenneth A. Merchant and Krishna G. Palepu
Keywords: Chemical Industry
- August 1986
- Case
Dow Indonesia (A), Software Case
By: James E. Austin and Louis T. Wells Jr.
Austin, James E., and Louis T. Wells Jr. "Dow Indonesia (A), Software Case." Harvard Business School Case 386-142, August 1986.
- 24 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
IPR: Protecting Your Technology Transfers
The competitiveness of many multinational companies depends on their ability to transfer intellectual property and other intangible assets to their worldwide production processes. These sources of competitive advantage can be anything... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 14 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 14
chemical company, is in the midst of the first use of a new zero-base budgeting system. The general manager of the division leading the process is experiencing disagreement and conflict among the members of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 2, 2009
chemical company, this paper explores the effects of firsthand experience on intersite trust. We find firsthand experience leads not just to direct knowledge of the other, but also knowledge of the self as seen through the eyes of the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 14
Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/817083-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 117-029 'Golden Leash' Pay for Directors at The Dow Chemical Company In November 2014, The Dow View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne