Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

Does your company have a COO today? That's what we found when we studied the top management teams of companies in Europe over the past three years. Few European companies have COOs, although their numbers appear to be growing. Few European companies have COOs, although their numbers appear to be growing.

COO 12

COO Sample Telecommunications Automotive 12

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

There is little consensus as to whether firms that find themselves spun off from other companies – either as new, standalone companies, or under the stewardship of new parent companies – perform better or worse than they did before. Does the business have a complete, balanced, and cohesive management team?

Chemicals 8

Chemicals How To Kahneman Reputation 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 11, 2011

Earlier this week I visited the Palo Alto headquarters of Better Place , the up-start e-mobility services company, to talk about their novel and risky strategy to put an electric car in every garage. Many of Dow chemical's products, such as its insulation and solar shingles , are energy intensive to make.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Chemicals Energy System 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2016

The latest nuclear reactor designs, promising higher safety, longer operating life, and lower operating costs, cost up to $25 billion after factoring in the huge budget overruns. But on the other hand, in order to safeguard the company’s future competitiveness, CEOs may have no other choice than to invest now.

Co-Opetition 8

Co-Opetition Operations Cost Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

From Chick-fil-A to Apple , more and more major companies are taking policy positions on gay marriage. A 2010 Mercer survey of about 3,000 companies found that same-sex benefits were offered by 72 percent of companies employing more than 20,000 people. Arguably, there's a business case for supporting it.

Advertising 17

Advertising Market Segmentation Diversity Chemicals 17

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Yet executives are often reluctant to place sustainability core to their company’s business strategy in the mistaken belief that the costs outweigh the benefits. We exclude companies with a traditional CSR program that supports employee volunteering in the community – this does not by itself qualify as sustainability.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2017

The company focuses on building environmentally friendly work sites and data centers and improving access to clean energy for all. And as a company with over 2 billion users, and with 80% of our community outside the U.S., Before 2010, most of the energy powering these data centers was coming from coal. Future Economy.

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Project Energy Policies Efficiency 8

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

Analysis 14

Analysis Report Operations Document 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

First, the global goals campaign represents a significant new opportunity for companies that view emerging and frontier markets as their source of long-term growth. According to estimates from McKinsey, consumers in these markets could be worth $30 trillion by 2025 — a significant step up from the 2010 value of $12 trillion.

Goal 8

Goal Supply Chain Development Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2016

The company filed for bankruptcy protection in 2012, exited legacy businesses and sold off its patents before re-emerging as a sharply smaller company in 2013. Once one of the most powerful companies in the world, today the company has a market capitalization of less than $1 billion. Why did this happen? .”

Technology 8

Technology Film Gilbert Business Model 8

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.

Crisis Management 15

Crisis Management Crisis Management Chemicals 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

For example, it increased both the number and status of safety personnel, and it strengthened safety operating procedures. Then there’s the explosion of BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, an accident that killed 11 workers, injured 16 others, and caused an oil spill of epic proportions.

Organization 8

Organization McCombs Pharmaceuticals Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 22, 2016

First, she was head-hunted to join Dutch DSM, a global science-based company, one of the few women on their executive team. A few years later, she joined a start-up called BioAmber, producing chemical intermediates using sugars instead of fossil fuels. The 50s saw a big change. New mental skills emerge.

Career 8

Career Real Estate Learning Curve Education 8

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 ). Here's the rest of my top 10 stories, with callouts for companies and examples that typify the trend. What can one say about the failure of solar company Solyndra ?

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Apparel P&L Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

Yet, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, around 4 million people earned their living working with computers in 2010. With companies like SpaceX, Orbital Sciences, United Launch Alliance, and others, there are few signs America’s creativity is on the wane. If it were up to me, I’d put more resources into space exploration.)

Intellectual Capital 8

Intellectual Capital Magazine Pharmaceuticals Creativity 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 4, 2017

Eligible companies had more than three years to investigate their supply chains; the first disclosure reports were due in May 2014. Filing companies were primarily based in the U.S. Only about 1% of the companies were able to declare that their products were conflict-free beyond a reasonable doubt. We wanted to find out.

Supply Chain 9

Supply Chain Productivity Products Company 9