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Xue (Ken) Yuan

studies and his experience in complex chemical polymers, Xue has a passion for stand-up comedy. “It started about two years ago, when a couple of my friends returned from Canada and we talked about how Shanghai had nowhere to go for... View Details
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Fellows | MBA

Engineering (Sb), Secondary in Computer Science Mather 2021 Cohort 2 Angel Onuoha Economics, Secondary in Computer Science Winthrop 2021 Cohort 3 Moritz Pail Computer Science / Mathematics Quincy 2025 Cohort 6 Krisha Patel Chemical &... View Details
  • February 2009 (Revised March 2013)
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Messer Griesheim (A)

By: Josh Lerner, Ann-Kristin Achleitner, Eva Lutz and Kerry Herman
In 2001, Allianz Capital Partners and Goldman Sachs acquired a majority stake in Messer Griesheim, a European industrial gas concern held by Hoechst. The dealmakers faced several challenges, including delicate corporate governance issues due to partial family ownership... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Restructuring; Venture Capital; Private Equity; Corporate Governance; Family Ownership; Chemical Industry; Chemical Industry; Europe
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Lerner, Josh, Ann-Kristin Achleitner, Eva Lutz, and Kerry Herman. "Messer Griesheim (A)." Harvard Business School Case 809-056, February 2009. (Revised March 2013.)

    Paulo Cunha

    Keywords: Petroleum and Natural Gas; Chemicals
    • 04 Aug 2023
    • Blog Post

    Four Remarkable Stories of HBS MBA Students Tackling Climate Change

    CO2 and eliminate it from existence,” Karan explains. (02:54)With this chemical and geology-driven approach, Karan can help lead the decarbonization transition anywhere with a source of the rocks, called peridotite. Karan says his... View Details
    • 01 Jan 2002
    • News

    Raymond V. Gilmartin (MBA '68)

    noncore businesses, including a specialty chemicals group, and expanded significantly abroad, becoming one of the top U.S.-based pharmaceutical businesses in Europe. During this period, Merck also took the lead on a host of pressing... View Details
    • 02 Sep 2008
    • First Look

    First Look: September 3, 2008

    into bribery? How can CEOs manage and prevent outbreaks of corruption? These and other questions are raised by three short case studies of corruption in Germany: at the global engineering firm Siemens, the automaker VW, and the chemical... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 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 from textile coloration and... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services; Manufacturing; Agriculture & Agribusiness; Mining
    • March 2017
    • Case

    Cantel Medical

    By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
    Cantel Medical Corporation provided infection prevention and control products and services for patients, caregivers, and other healthcare providers. In 2016, Cantel generated sales of $665 million and net profits of $60 million, double the levels of five years earlier.... View Details
    Keywords: Cantel; Charles Diker; Furniture Industry; Matrix Organization; Acquisition; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Conglomerates; Business Units; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Organization; For-Profit Firms; Chemicals; Profit; Revenue; Geographic Scope; Multinational Firms and Management; Health; Health Care and Treatment; Business History; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Structure; Problems and Challenges; Research and Development; Opportunities; Strategy; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Diversification; Expansion; Information Technology; Chemical Industry; Chemical Industry; Chemical Industry; Chemical Industry; Chemical Industry; Chemical Industry; United States; New Jersey
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    Wells, John R., and Gabriel Ellsworth. "Cantel Medical." Harvard Business School Case 717-482, March 2017.
    • January 1996 (Revised March 1998)
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    Linking Strategy and Innovation: Materials Technology Corporation

    By: Clayton M. Christensen
    Materials Technology Corp. (MTC), a high-tech materials company, is struggling in its development portfolio and to achieve a better record of delivering new products on time. View Details
    Keywords: Technology; Innovation and Invention; Business Strategy; Time Management; Product; Production; Chemical Industry; Chemical Industry; Chemical Industry; United States
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    Christensen, Clayton M. "Linking Strategy and Innovation: Materials Technology Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 696-082, January 1996. (Revised March 1998.)
    • 02 Nov 2020
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    2+2 Where Are They Now Spotlight: Tyler Teykl (MBA 2017)

    figure.left { float:left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; } figcaption.text { text-align: center; font-size: 12px; } What was your undergraduate university and major? I received a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Purdue University prior to... View Details
    • 29 Aug 2016
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    First Year at HBS: A Foundation for Business

    As a chemical engineer considering an MBA, I wanted more to learn and gain mastery of business principles with both breadth and depth. Like nearly everything else in the modern world, the business landscape has become quite complex and... View Details
    • 09 Aug 2004
    • Research & Ideas

    A Diagnostic for Disruptive Innovation

    use to build asymmetric skills. For example, one chemical company we worked with realized that finding a way to reach nonconsumers in developing countries was its ticket to disruptive growth. It had an in-process innovation that would... View Details
    Keywords: by Scott D. Anthony, Mark W. Johnson & Matt Eyring
    • 01 Mar 2023
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    Clearing the Air

    believe that we can just take existing processes for capturing carbon dioxide directly from the air and improve them through optimizing the chemical engineering process. The fundamental bottleneck that controls the economics of direct-air... View Details
    Keywords: April White and Dan Morrell; Illustrations by Richard Borge
    • September 2023 (Revised March 2024)
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    ReMo Energy: Sizing Up Investors

    By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang and Tom Quinn
    In 2023, executives with ReMo Energy (founded 2020) were deciding which size ammonia plant to build as their first project. Their innovative model produced ammonia—useful for making fertilizer and for energy storage—from renewable energy, and they had received funding... View Details
    Keywords: Factories, Labs, and Plants; Business Startups; Cost vs Benefits; Design; Energy Conservation; Energy Generation; Renewable Energy; Venture Capital; Investment Return; Goods and Commodities; Size; Infrastructure; Risk and Uncertainty; Science-Based Business; Commercialization; Technological Innovation; Chemical Industry; Chemical Industry; Chemical Industry; United States; Boston
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    Bussgang, Jeffrey J., and Tom Quinn. "ReMo Energy: Sizing Up Investors." Harvard Business School Case 824-027, September 2023. (Revised March 2024.)
    • 02 Apr 2019
    • Research Event

    Women Pay a Higher Career Price in Today's Always-On Work Culture

    Ely says. “In fact, there’s a lot of evidence to suggest that it’s going to undermine the quality of the work.” A chemical reaction When Ely’s team suggested to the consulting firm that its employees worked an unnecessary number of hours,... View Details
    Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Consulting; Service
    • 06 Aug 2001
    • Research & Ideas

    Go Global—or 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 infrastructure we need just for domestic expansion could cost as... View Details
    Keywords: by Walter Kuemmerle
    • 02 Nov 2015
    • News

    Making Higher Ed Accessible to Africans

    Ralph Lauren Home shop in Filene’s. That forced me to engage with people on a new level and to convince them to spend $50 on a towel,” he says. He ultimately finished Duke and moved to New York City in 1987 to work at Chemical Bank, first... View Details
    Keywords: Jill Radsken
    • 13 Apr 2015
    • Research & Ideas

    3 Ways Firms Can Profit From Environmental Investments

    In the course of her work, Rebecca Henderson meets business executives who don't address the threat of climate change because they don't believe that it exists. Her recommendation: They should consider investments in environmental sustainability anyway, assuming that... View Details
    Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Energy; Utilities
    • 14 Jul 2003
    • Research & Ideas

    Keeping Your Balance With Customers

    market segments. Likewise, for many years, Chemical Bank (now Chase) cultivated relationships with unprofitable customers for the same reason. Most organizations view the sale purely as a transaction and then lose touch with the customer,... View Details
    Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton
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