Harvard Business Review

MARCH 11, 2011

Many of Dow chemical's products, such as its insulation and solar shingles , are energy intensive to make. Lifecycle analysis isn't new, of course. Increasingly they are looking at the ecosystems in which they are embedded and making operations and strategy changes that ripple across them.

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Supply Chain Chemicals Energy System 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

A 2010 meta-analysis detailed many of the different issues that make divestiture so hard to evaluate consistently. For example, after its spin-off from International Paper, Arizona Chemical drastically changed its market approach from a drive for volume to margin optimization.

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Chemicals How To Kahneman Reputation 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2014

The US-based company used to be a diversified industrial group, with activities in all types of glass, chemicals, paints, optical materials, and biomedical systems. From our analysis of a number of core shifts and conversations with the CEOs who have undertaken them, we have drawn five keys to success: 1. Allow time and persevere.

Company 10

Company Chemicals Short-term How To 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2011

Instead, the Commission's focus in the report is on the immediate causes of the explosion and on the individual and collective failures of BP (owner), Transocean (rig operator) and Haliburton (construction services) to assess and mitigate immediate risks — and to have effective crisis response plans. (It

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Analysis Report Operations Document 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

Ok, this one is cheating a bit, but on a fundamental level, the top themes in green business haven't actually changed too much ( see the 2010 list ). The best analysis of the resource scarcity mega-trend came from asset manager Jeremy Grantham. In January, China "seized" its rare earth metals (meaning it wouldn't export them anymore).

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Supply Chain Apparel P&L Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2011

But, it also describes what happened after the April 20, 2010 explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. It is of even greater importance if a major act of terrorism involving nuclear, chemical, biological or cyber weapons occurs, either in private sector facilities or public spaces that impact private employers.

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Crisis Management Crisis Management Chemicals 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 4, 2017

We now have three years’ worth of reports in hand, and our analysis , published in the Academy of Management Journal, shows that giant multinational corporations often have little idea where their raw materials come from. It’s no wonder so many consumers have no idea where their favorite brands come from. We wanted to find out.

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Supply Chain Productivity Products Company 9