Publications

September 1988
Teaching Note

Allied Chemical Corp. (A), Teaching Note

By: Richard H.K. Vietor

Teaching Note for (9-379-137). View Details

Keywords: Chemical Industry

Article

Making 'Green Giants': Environment Sustainability in the German Chemical Industry, 1950s–1980s

By: Geoffrey Jones and Christina Lubinski

This article examines the evolution of corporate environmentalism in the West German chemical industry between the 1950s and the 1980s. It focuses on two companies, Bayer and Henkel, that have been identified as "green giants," and traces the evolution of their... View Details

Keywords: Business History; Green Business; Regional Strategy; Pollution; Henkel; Bayer; Globalization; History; Chemical Industry; Germany; United States

1984
Other Unpublished Work

Legitimizing Risk Management for Toxic Chemicals

By: Dutch Leonard and Richard Zeckhauser

Keywords: Risk Management; Chemicals; Pollutants; Chemical Industry

February 1996
Case

Eastman Chemical Company: Building a Board from Scratch

By: Jay W. Lorsch and Samanta Graff

Eastman Chemical Co. spun off from Kodak in 1993. The CEO of Eastman, Earnest Deavenport did not want the new company's board any members of the Kodak board to include, so he initiated a deliberate and thorough process to build an entirely new board that he hoped would... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Governance; Management Teams; Selection and Staffing; Chemical Industry

Educators

Fast Answer

Chemical industry: overviews, news, & analysis

Where can I find information on the chemicals industry? For industry overview/analysis, we recommend you to use more than one databases since their reports may present different perspectives. BCC... View Details

September 1981
Teaching Note

Allied Chemical Corp. (A), Teaching Note

By: J. Ronald Fox

Teaching Note for (9-379-137). View Details

Keywords: Chemical Industry

April 1989
Teaching Note

Allied Chemical Corp. (A), Teaching Note

By: George C. Lodge

Teaching Note for (9-379-137). View Details

Keywords: Chemical Industry

August 1984 (Revised May 1986)
Case

Chemical Bank: Payments Automation Project (A)

By: Robert G. Eccles Jr.

Keywords: Banks and Banking; Technology; Banking Industry

August 1984 (Revised June 1985)
Case

Chemical Bank: Payments Automation Project (B)

By: Robert G. Eccles Jr.

Keywords: Banks and Banking; Technology; Banking Industry

September 1997 (Revised January 1998)
Teaching Note

Western Chemical Corporation: Divisional Performance Measurement TN

By: William J. Bruns Jr.

Teaching Note for (9-196-079). View Details

Keywords: Performance Evaluation; Chemical Industry

16 Jun 1990
Lecture

Dainippon Ink and Chemicals Co., Inc

By: W. Carl Kester

Keywords: Chemical Industry

December 1991
Case

Reinventing an Italian Chemical Company: Montedison

By: Joseph L. Bower

Keywords: Corporate Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Chemical Industry; Italy

July 1991
Supplement

Allied Chemical Corp., Supplementary Financial Information

By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr.

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Chemical Industry

January 1999
Case

Western Chemical Corporation: Divisional Performance Measurement (C)

By: William J. Bruns Jr.

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Accounting Industry; Accounting Industry

Educators

November 1984 (Revised March 1985)
Case

Restructuring European Petrochemicals: Imperial Chemical Industries, P.L.C.

By: Francis Aguilar, Joseph L. Bower and Benjamin Gomes-Casseres

Keywords: Restructuring; Corporate Strategy; Energy Industry; Energy Industry; Europe

Research Summary

Bodies at Risk: Chemicals Testing in the United States and Europe

This book project examines environmental regulation comparatively between the United States and Europe, with a focus on testing programs and controls on the manufacture of commodity and specialty chemicals. Findings thus far indicate that different relations among... View Details

March 1998
Teaching Note

Chemical Bank: Implementing the Balanced Scorecard TN

By: Krishna G. Palepu and Kenneth A. Merchant

Teaching Note for (9-195-210). (Not listed on case). View Details

Keywords: Banking Industry

March 2008
Case

Patel Food and Chemicals Private Limited (A)

By: Felda Hardymon and Ann Leamon

Alok Patel, the founder and chairman of a Gujarat-based, privately held edible oils processor, must decide whether to hire a CFO candidate. Previously, his company's book-keeping has been done by an uncle, who has mentioned that he may retire soon. Patel could hire his... View Details

Keywords: Selection and Staffing; Family Business; Managerial Roles; Emerging Markets; Diversity; Finance; Food and Beverage Industry; Gujarat