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  • October 1991 (Revised November 1996)
  • Case

Gordon Cain and the Sterling Group (A)

By: Michael C. Jensen
A Houston-based LBO firm makes two petrochemical acquisitions that benefit from improved industry conditions and improved organizational performance. The LBOs generate huge increases in value, creating problems for managers, who have large, undiversified equity... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Value Creation; Business Exit or Shutdown; Leveraged Buyouts; Chemical Industry; Houston
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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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  • 19 Aug 2024
  • News

Quantum Leap

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Quantum computing has long been talked about as one of the next big things—the kind of technology, like AI, that will change everything. But to our... View Details
  • 12 Dec 2017
  • News

Hal (MBA 1968) and Diane Brierley

Hal (MBA 1968) and Diane Brierley Hal (MBA 1968) and Diane Brierley For Hal Brierley (MBA 1968), Harvard Business School changed the direction of his career. He arrived at Soldiers Field assuming he would combine his BS in chemical... View Details
  • 21 Oct 2008
  • First Look

First Look: October 21, 2008

challenges are explored both from American and Chinese perspectives. Wyoff, a leading U.S. chemical company, has been seeking ways to secure the company's foothold in China's emerging market since the late 90s. When approached by... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Dec 2017
  • News

A Shared Vision for a Better World

because he was impressed by, among other things, the case method and by several alumni colleagues at Chemical Bank. “It was clear they had been superbly educated,” he says. Upon arriving on the HBS campus, he quickly found community and... View Details
  • 21 Mar 2019
  • Blog Post

What I Didn't Know About HBS Faculty

Khalid Alghimlas earned his bachelor’s degree in chemical and biological engineering from Colorado State University in 2011 and is a strategist and business development consultant. Khalid was born and raised in the eastern province of... View Details
  • Web

Fabrizio Serafini | MBA

experiences that fueled my interest in the intersection of technology and business. While working to optimize production processes for a chemical group that produces biofuels, I learned firsthand the tremendous power technology holds in... View Details
  • 01 Mar 2016
  • News

Ink

March 2016 We can achieve presence when we need it, Cuddy argues, through a combination of body postures, behavior, and mindset, which activate chemical changes in the body. Expansive “power poses” can cause testosterone levels to rise... View Details
  • 01 Jun 1996
  • News

Four Professors to Retire

internationalization process of the HBS curriculum. Crum graduated from Cornell University in 1957 with a degree in chemical engineering. At HBS he was a Baker Scholar and earned his MBA with high distinction in 1960. He began teaching at... View Details
Keywords: Elaine Gottlieb and John Prestage

    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
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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

        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

            Crawford H. Greenewalt

            As the tenth president of duPont Corporation, Greenewalt built the Savannah River Plant for nuclear processing, one of the largest construction projects in the United States. As CEO, Greenewalt generated a stellar return on equity performance for over a decade placing... View Details
            Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial

              Leo H. Baekeland

              In 1907, Baekeland invented a high-quality synthetic substance that would change the lives of individuals and businesses forever – plastic (called Bakelite). Products produced with Bakelite were considered to be synonymous with high quality and durability – essentially... View Details
              Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial

                Leland I. Doan

                Doan was responsible for Dow Chemical’s greatest diversification and expansion. Doan began by delegating increased authority to department heads and building a larger sales force trained to become market and production analysts. Upon entering his presidency, Doan... View Details
                Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial