Harvard Business Review
MAY 31, 2013
acreage treated with insecticide fell from 25% in 2005 to just 9% in 2010. Insects resistant to the Monsanto corn appeared in 2011 and are now scattered across the Midwest. With more and more farmers using genetically modified corn from Monsanto Company that resists plant-killing rootworm, the share of U.S.
Harvard Business Review
MAY 20, 2014
The rate of business formation in 2011 was almost half of what it was in 1978, with the rate of dissolution somewhat higher than the past couple decades. This paper by the Richmond Fed shows how from 1960 to 2005, the U.S. Much of this is driven by the needs of the financial sector, which itself has consolidated massively.
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Harvard Business Review
FEBRUARY 24, 2015
For example, after its spin-off from International Paper, Arizona Chemical drastically changed its market approach from a drive for volume to margin optimization. We are not saying that rapid ownership change is a requirement for business success—quite to the contrary, it is often a corollary.
Terry Starbucker
JULY 4, 2010
I’m just glad my laboratory is an office, and I don’t have to wear those white coats, or mix chemicals, or put anything under a flame. Scientists collect data, conduct experiments, observe behavior, calibrate measuring devices, and make and test hypothesis, among many other things. ( Popularity: 1% [ ?
Harvard Business Review
APRIL 22, 2014
After a first deal fell through in late 2010, EORM acquired a Southern California firm in 2011. When Lyndon Faulkner joined as CEO in 2005, he felt the then-$80 million firm had to make acquisitions to grow. It has since doubled revenue to $26 million. They have long-term, experienced M&A staff on board.
Harvard Business Review
SEPTEMBER 14, 2011
In 2008, Dr Reddy's acquired Chirotech, Dow Chemical's R&D unit, for $32 million, and in April 2011 relocated it to a new 33,000 sq. TMETC, which was established in 2005, got a big talent boost when Tata Motors acquired Jaguar and Land Rover in 2008. facility in Cambridge Science Park.
Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 21, 2016
Flooding in 2011 in Thailand, harmed 160 companies in the textile industry and halted nearly a quarter of the country’s garment production, increasing global prices by 28%. In 2005, they launched a U.S. By the end of 2014, they had improved fuel efficiency approximately 87% compared to the 2005 baseline.
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