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2015
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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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20 Mar 2012
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CDB's financing of a major project between Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras), Brazil's state-owned oil and gas producer, and China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec), one of China's largest oil companies. Signed two years... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 Jan 2001
Research & Ideas

Can Japan Compete? [Part One]

in the economy in order to conserve foreign exchange, and to allocate the limited resources available at the time to a few sectors that could provide critical basic commodities, such as chemicals and steel. The early intervention, under... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Hilah Geer

01 Dec 2010
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Innovation Takes Center Stage

“business is an extraordinary force for good.” While Nohria earned a chemical engineering degree from prestigious IIT Bombay, he harbored a dream of becoming an entrepreneur even as he applied to a doctoral program at MIT. At MIT, he... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson

20 Jul 2010
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this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/710408-PDF-ENG C.K. Claridge, Inc James K. SebeniusHarvard Business School Case 910-045 Sued for patent infringement, chemical manufacturer C.K. Claridge (CKC) tries to design a settlement... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

02 Feb 2023
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Can We Really Engineer a Climate Fix?

Point-source capture or direct-air capture, both of which use filters or sorbent materials that can chemically bind to the CO2 to isolate it. Point-source capture means collecting carbon right at its production source. JM: whether it's an... View Details

23 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

Partnering and the Balanced Scorecard

theme in the internal perspective. (See Figure 2-2.) For example, Mobil, in its Balanced Scorecard, included measures on environmental and safety performance, stressing the importance of being a good employer and a good citizen in every community in which it conducted... View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton

04 Dec 2018
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New Research and Ideas, December 4, 2018

on income and deforestation, but diverged on chemicals and legality, leading to low uptake. The Alliance responded by launching a second sustainability standard called the CRAFT Code in 2018. Whereas certification rewards the use of best... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

02 Jun 2021
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On the Road Less Traveled

commitment to academics would see him earn a degree in chemical engineering from the University of Rochester and eventually HBS. After HBS, Ed would begin a storied investment career, eventually becoming CEO of Ferman Selz. And it was... View Details

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

28 Feb 2012
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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

01 Feb 2001
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Drilling Down

a "pig." Horizontal Drilling: A recently developed drilling technique whereby the drill bit is directed horizontally through the earth, allowing for a faster oil recovery rate. Mud: A lubricating mixture of clays, water, and chemicals... View Details

Keywords: Hanna, Julia; Matthew R. Simmons; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining; Natural Gas Distribution; Utilities

04 Sep 2019
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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

19 Apr 2011
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First Look: April 19

explosive growth in working capital. At the end of 2009, the company was awarded the United States distributorship for the specialty chemical di-isononyl phthalate (DINP) from a large Taiwanese producer and had almost tripled its sales in... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

March 2019
Article

Economics of Converting Renewable Power to Hydrogen

By: Gunther Glenk and Stefan Reichelstein

The recent sharp decline in the cost of renewable energy suggests that the production of hydrogen from renewable power through a power-to-gas process might become more economical. Here we examine this alternative from the perspective of an investor who considers a... View Details

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14 Jan 2014
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chemical company, is in the midst of the first use of a new zero-base budgeting system. The general manager of the division leading the process is experiencing disagreement and conflict among the members of the senior management team.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

20 Sep 2012
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US Competitiveness at Risk

whole energy situation. The US suddenly has a potential surplus of energy through the production of oil and especially natural gas trapped in shale. This development is a potentially transformational asset, and major activities in View Details

Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter & Jan W. Rivkin

02 Mar 2016
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The New Space Race

cofounder Laetitia Garriott de Cayeux (MBA 2004). In fact, if Earth were 50 percent larger, with a correspondingly stronger gravitational pull, no form of chemical propulsion would contain enough energy to launch a spacecraft into orbit.... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley

May 25, 2016
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How Consumers and Businesses are Reshaping Public Health

By: John A. Quelch

Healthcare and education are two issues in which citizens around the world, rich and poor, are passionately interested. It has long been appreciated that the way that a society treats its youngest and oldest members says much about its moral maturity. Economic... View Details

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

First Look: March 20

Can Japan Compete? [Part One]

Innovation Takes Center Stage

First Look: July 20

Can We Really Engineer a Climate Fix?

Partnering and the Balanced Scorecard

New Research and Ideas, December 4, 2018

On the Road Less Traveled

New Research and Ideas, December 19, 2017

October 20, 2015

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Drilling Down

Deep Dive

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Economics of Converting Renewable Power to Hydrogen

First Look: January 14

US Competitiveness at Risk

The New Space Race

How Consumers and Businesses are Reshaping Public Health