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- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Elevator Pitch: Game Time
has begun manufacturing, and the glasses will be available to all in summer 2021. Bottom Line: Tilt Five’s competitive advantage boils down to its proprietary technology, resulting in a more affordable,... View Details
- Blog
Faculty Reflections on International Women's Day
do see some positive signs. In our book, Glass Half-Broken, we showcased organizations that designed inclusive people practices from hiring to retention as well as developed inclusive male and female... View Details
- 06 Oct 2020
- Blog Post
2+2 Where Are They Now Spotlight: Curtis Wu (MBA 2018)
What was your undergraduate university and major?MIT, Chemical Engineering Why did you decide to apply to HBS via the 2+2 deferred admissions process?One of my mentors in college, Professor Barry Johnston,... 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... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
Edmund D. Libbey
Using Mike Owens’ invention for blowing glass bottles, Libbey revolutionized the glass industry. Libbey’s adept commercialization of this invention was the most innovative contribution to the View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
- November 2015 (Revised March 2018)
- Case
Air Products' Pursuit of Airgas (A)
By: Charles C.Y. Wang, Paul M. Healy, Penelope Rossano and Kyle Thomas
This case centers around the Air Products' hostile takeover attempt of Airgas in 2010. Air Products argued that its offer of a 38% premium is generous given Airgas' poor performance, which Air Products attributed to underperforming and entrenched managers at Airgas. On... View Details
Keywords: Acquisition; Business and Shareholder Relations; Chemical Industry; Chemical Industry; Chemical Industry
Wang, Charles C.Y., Paul M. Healy, Penelope Rossano, and Kyle Thomas. "Air Products' Pursuit of Airgas (A)." Harvard Business School Case 116-024, November 2015. (Revised March 2018.)
- November 1987 (Revised March 1990)
- Case
Ethyl Corp. in 1979
Describes the competitive situation facing the market leader in antiknock additives, the Ethyl Corp. Demand is declining rapidly and Ethyl has to decide whether to close capacity, and if so, how. Raises issues of corporate as well as SBU strategy because antiknock... View Details
Keywords: Business Units; Corporate Strategy; Performance Capacity; Chemical Industry; Chemical Industry
Ghemawat, Pankaj. "Ethyl Corp. in 1979." Harvard Business School Case 388-075, November 1987. (Revised March 1990.)
- 02 Nov 2020
- Blog Post
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... View Details
- 09 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 9
social and business goals, the company had articulated a stakeholder-centric model that benefited consumers through high-quality, fashionable, and affordable eyewear: the global community by donating,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 5, 2008
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
- 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 View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
A Match Made in Heaven
Back in the 1980s, while working as a high-priced management consultant, Jim Koch (MBA ’74) decided what this country really needed was an exceptional glass of beer. He drained his savings, maxed out his credit cards, View Details
- 15 Sep 2020
- Blog Post
One Month into the New MS/MBA Biotech
Harvard’s new MS/MBA Biotechnology: Life Sciences joint degree program confers an MBA from Harvard Business School and a Master of Science from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences View Details
- 18 Jul 2018
- Research & Ideas
No More General Tso's? A Threat to 'Knowledge Recombination'
Cohly was skilled in Ayurveda, the ancient Indian practice of herbal medicine, and suggested they try using turmeric to heal the wound instead. The spice worked, and Das and... View Details
- 09 Aug 2010
- Research & Ideas
How to Speed Up Energy Innovation
Is there a special sauce for stimulating innovation in the energy sector, a concoction to spur cost-effective developments toward solving the climate change problem? HBS professor Rebecca Henderson doesn't claim to know all the ingredients for that special sauce. But... View Details
- 25 Aug 2014
- News
Wendell P. Weeks, MBA 1987
Corning 2007 Named Chairman, Corning 2007 Corning markets Gorilla Glass 2013 Fast Company names Corning one of World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies Chairman and CEO, Corning Incorporated As CEO of Corning... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 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
- 02 Apr 2019
- Research Event
Women Pay a Higher Career Price in Today's Always-On Work Culture
Even so, the executives brought the issue to Harvard Business School Professor Robin J. Ely. Eighteen months and more than 100 employee interviews later, Ely’s research team reached a conclusion that challenged steadfast beliefs about the... View Details
- 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
- 10 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 10
https://archive.harvardbusiness.org/cla/web/pl/product.seam?c=33313&i=33315&cs=0fce70d96a0fde28d25d9feec060c2e7 August 2013 Business History Making 'Green Giants': Environment Sustainability in the German Chemical Industry,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne