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- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Books
chemicals and pharmaceuticals; and computers, Silicon Valley, and the Internet. From the past eighty years of "relentless change," McCraw offers colorful illustrations of how business transformed the country's economic and cultural... View Details
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Hisano’s research addresses the social and cultural implications of technological development and economic changes mainly in the twentieth-century United States. By analyzing the regulation, manipulation, and presentation of food color, her current book project links... View Details
Keywords: Business History; Consumer Behavior; Agribusiness; Food And Environment; Business Strategy; Commercialization; Business And Government; Advertising; Goods and Commodities; Food; History; Government and Politics; Marketing; Business and Government Relations; Chemical Industry; Chemical Industry; Chemical Industry; United States
- 08 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
Who Is the Chief Sustainability Officer?
move on, become more ambitious." Nike and Dow Chemical are examples of companies that have made it to the innovation stage. After Nike faced accusations about violations of human rights by subcontractors, it made drastic changes to... View Details
- 18 May 2017
- News
Pioneer Spirit
engaged, which led him to exploring government contracts. First came several contracts with the US Postal Service to produce lobby desks, which were followed by several deals to build waterproof plywood shipping containers for gas masks for the Pine Bluff View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 21 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 21
Business School Case 112-064 Dow Chemical is one of the few major American industrial corporations founded in the late 19th century that is still in existence. From its origins producing bromine out of the brine underneath Midland,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Ready for Takeoff
offers: one from an oil and gas company and another from the consulting firm Bain, which had just set up an office in the country in 1997. She turned to longtime friend and chemical engineering classmate Rodrigo Osmo (MBA 2003) for... View Details
- 16 May 2016
- HBS Case
Food Safety Economics: The Cost of a Sick Customer
parasites, or chemicals to consumers. In 2010, 582 million cases of 22 different foodborne diseases resulted in 351,000 deaths worldwide, with salmonella, E.coli, and norovirus resulting in the greatest number of fatalities, according to... View Details
- 20 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 20
late 19th century, chemical companies, realizing the commercial potential of science, created the first industrial research laboratories. During much of the 20th century, large-scale business enterprises like DuPont, GE, Westinghouse,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
Going Green Makes Good Business Sense
costs even further, said Reinhardt. While this method is "anecdotally successful," raising your own costs and those of others around you is not easy. The forest products and chemical industries have attempted this strategy by... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
A Vibrant Brand
officer at Chemical Bank in New York, he began to notice a disturbing phenomenon among the media: a lack of balanced journalism relating to African Americans. The idea of starting a magazine dedicated to issues affecting young African... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
A Better World, One Idea at a Time
A dozen budding social entrepreneurs pitched their ideas for innovative products and services during the annual Social Enterprise Conference in February, and four came away with top honors. The sold-out event marked the 13th year of the conference, which is jointly... View Details
- 15 Aug 2015
- News
Victoria Tsai: Skin Secrets of a Geisha
- 22 Jul 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #7: Turning Waste Heat to Power
She explained, “We are purely focused on execution of our projects and growing our business.” Closing deals with refineries and companies in the cement, natural gas, iron and steel, biomass, hydrogen, glass, fertilizer and chemicals... View Details
- 11 May 2010
- First Look
First Look: May 11
that pursuing both chemicals and fuels added even more complexity to a business that was already executing multiple development steps in parallel. The case looks at the various strategic and operational decisions facing Melo as he planned... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Aug 2018
- News
Getting Life Back in Balance
living suite with a Brazilian stock broker, a Japanese television producer, a Botswanan chemical engineer, and a Danish medical trials manager. The cohort, eight in total, were able to share their unique experiences, thoughts, fears, and... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Rural Renewal
She hired some local help to cultivate the land when she first moved in, but soon decided that she needed to do the job herself. The decision to be an organic farm — one that avoided herbicides, pesticides, and chemical fertilizers —... View Details
- 02 Jul 2024
- Blog Post
Climate Story #19: Nicole Neeman Brady (MBA 2008): The Critical Role of Business in Tackling Water Challenges
municipal water systems remove six synthetic chemicals linked to cancer and other health problems from tap water. PFAS (Per- and Polyfluorinated Substances) are better known as “forever chemicals” and at a minimum, the EPA’s cost of... View Details
- 25 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Harvard Climate Leaders Program
climate-related issues grew, particularly from an agricultural perspective. Daniel Tong: I am Brazilian, grew up in São Paulo, and majored in Chemical Engineering, even though I never worked in the space. I started my career at J.P.... View Details
- 04 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 4
was pondering the challenges of shifting DSM’s global organization from the constant transformations of the past 100 years to creating organic growth. When Sijbesma took the helm as CEO in 2007, he further pushed and completed the company’s final moves away from... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Faculty & Advisors | MBA
management and agile product development. He is also a Venture Partner at the early-stage venture firm Accomplice. Ann Dewitt MBA ’09, Harvard University; PhD ’01, Chemical Engineering, Systems Biology, Massachusetts Institute of... View Details