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25 Jun 2014
Lessons from the Classroom

FIELD Trip: Conquering the Gap Between Knowing and Doing

of the back of her house, selling chemical products on the side," laughs Mayo. "To their credit, students were excited to help with the business despite the tiny revenues, but we decided to pull the plug and found a more... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Education

28 Apr 2010
Research & Ideas

Earth Day Reflections

opportunity to engage in a virtual dialogue on these matters. Some major corporations are starting to take the lead in this effort, including United Technologies Corporation, Philips (the Dutch electronics and health care giant), the German View Details

Keywords: by Staff

03 Oct 2019
News

Skydeck Live: Galactic Returns

continue mitigating those risks and advancing the technology?” The government is in the best place. They have all the testing. And while it will take much longer done by government, we’re still riding down that cost curve with chemical... View Details

Keywords: Space Research and Technology; Government

01 Jun 2007
News

Profiles from the class of 2007

has shown a similar ease when it comes to changing course. Although she studied chemical engineering at University College Dublin, she went to work for McKinsey & Co. in 2001. Stints in private equity and commercial banking followed, as... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Lewis I. Rice

14 Mar 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research, March 14

Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/817083-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 117-029 'Golden Leash' Pay for Directors at The Dow Chemical Company In November 2014, The Dow View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

11 Dec 2018
Research & Ideas

Free Trade Needs Nurturing—and Other Lessons from History

Question: What patterns emerge from history that can help us better understand where we are today? Sophus Reinert: To many people, globalization is teleological, something that necessarily becomes stronger over time and leads to an ever-more economically interconnected... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Chemical; Chemical; Chemical; Chemical; Chemical; Chemical; Chemical; Chemical; Chemical; Chemical

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21st Century Energy — Dr Crawford teaches this EC course, which exposes students to business models and management diilemmas, all along the energy value chain — from oil sands and pipelines, to coal and natural gas, hydro and nuclear, wind and solar, to biofuels. The... View Details

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Dr. Crawford conducts research on innovation in the energy industry, with a special focus on emerging business models. She is developing several cases for the EC course, "21st Century Energy," that specifically examine innovations at the interface of IT and Energy — ... View Details

25 Mar 2025
Blog Post

ClimateCAP 2025 & ClimateCAP Fellowship

ClimateCAP is an initiative manage by Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business whose mission is to prepare business leaders to understand and respond to the climate challenge. They provide learning resources for MBA students interested in the intersection of business... View Details

26 Jun 2007
First Look

First Look: June 26, 2007

Materials Harvard Business School Case 107-018 Explores the process and inputs behind financial and operational forecasting in the Electronic Specialty Materials unit at Air Products and Chemicals, a global chemical company. The... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Apr 1996
News

Stewards of the Seventh Generation

lowers the risk of infestation, thereby reducing the need for fertilizers and pesticides. Chemicals that are required are delivered in water that circulates and is recycled. The system also minimizes variation in growing conditions, thus... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso, Garry Emmons, Linda Goodspeed, and Elaine Gottlieb

28 Feb 2012
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First Look: Feb. 28

Based on surveys gathered from 140 employees in a division of a global chemical company, we found that direct knowledge and reflected knowledge enhanced trust differentially. While both enhanced feelings of closeness with others, results... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

23 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 23

Supplement 411-002 The Dow board made a bid for Rohm and Haas Company in order to transition its portfolio away from commodity chemicals towards specialty chemicals. Purchase this... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 Apr 2007
First Look

First Look: April 10, 2007

Kerr-McGee. They demand two board seats and ask the company to make several operational and financial changes, including the repurchase of equity and divestiture of their chemicals business. The case protagonist, Luke Corbett, CEO,... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

08 Mar 2012
Research & Ideas

Unplugged: What Happened to the Smart Grid?

Kodak. If you were Kodak [several years ago], you were selling to consumers, your suppliers were chemical companies, and there was no substitute for high-quality film. Kodak was among the most profitable firms." Many companies decide... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Energy; Utilities

23 Sep 2024
Blog Post

2024 Summer Internships in Business & Environment

joining HBS. Brett Atkinson (MBA 2025, Section H), Summer Internship: Business Development Intern, Lithios, Inc Lithios is a venture-backed start-up commercializing a new electrochemical platform for producing sustainable, low-cost lithium from vast untapped resources.... View Details

04 Sep 2019
News

Deep Dive

among many other things. For Vescovo, it’s about the possibilities. The deeps could hold the answers to pressing questions on dry land: “We’re collecting biological samples and genetically sequencing them. We may find things that have View Details

Keywords: April White; photo by Jeff Wilson; Scientific Research and Development Services

2015
Book

The Impact of Globalization on Argentina and Chile: Business Enterprises and Entrepreneurship

By: Geoffrey Jones and Andrea Lluch

This book compares the effects of globalization on two Latin American countries, Argentina and Chile, over time. The chapters examine the impact of multinationals, the growth of business groups, and the conflicted relations between business and government. The book... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurs; Business Groups; Entrepreneurship; Business History; Globalization; Growth and Development; Chemical Industry; Chemical Industry; Chemical Industry; Chemical Industry; Chemical Industry; Chemical Industry; Latin America; Argentina; Chile

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19 Dec 2017
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New Research and Ideas, December 19, 2017

wines. Making matters more difficult, organic winemaking required a sophisticated understanding of complex environmental and chemical processes in the vineyard and winery, and organic wines typically did not command a premium in the... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

20 Oct 2015
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October 20, 2015

board. The fund had previously published a public letter addressed to shareholders outlining its proposal to break the company into three areas: agriculture and nutrition, industrial materials, and performance chemicals and criticizing... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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FIELD Trip: Conquering the Gap Between Knowing and Doing

Earth Day Reflections

Skydeck Live: Galactic Returns

Profiles from the class of 2007

First Look at New Research, March 14

Free Trade Needs Nurturing—and Other Lessons from History

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ClimateCAP 2025 & ClimateCAP Fellowship

First Look: June 26, 2007

Stewards of the Seventh Generation

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First Look: April 10, 2007

Unplugged: What Happened to the Smart Grid?

2024 Summer Internships in Business & Environment

Deep Dive

The Impact of Globalization on Argentina and Chile: Business Enterprises and Entrepreneurship

New Research and Ideas, December 19, 2017

October 20, 2015