The Recovering Engineer

MARCH 12, 2010

He has degrees in Chemical Engineering and he served as a Nuclear Engineering officer in the U.S. Learn More… Comments 7 Responses to “The DISC Model of Human Behavior – A Quick Overview&# florian borromeo says: May 13, 2010 at 11:42 am I find this topic a very useful tool. Thanks again for contributing to the conversation.

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The Recovering Engineer

JANUARY 31, 2010

It could be a business direction decision – what product to launch ( or cancel), how to offer a service, or what market to enter ( or leave). He has degrees in Chemical Engineering and he served as a Nuclear Engineering officer in the U.S. It could be a college choice – which college to attend and what to study.

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Building Personal Strength

DECEMBER 27, 2010

Monday, December 27, 2010 How to Keep Your New Years Resolution Soon, millions of people will make New Years resolutions. So with each repetition, brain chemicals stimulate your brain cells to grow filaments that reach and connect to each other. Copyright 2010. Youd be exhausted by 9:30 AM. Post by Dennis E. Coates, Ph.D.,

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LDRLB

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

We create the seeds, the traits, and crop protection chemicals that help farmers produce more food using fewer resources.” billion in sales) provides huge economies of scale throughout the operation, especially in production, fixed overheads, distribution and marketing. “Better Seed for a Brighter Future. How’s that for spin?

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Building Personal Strength

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Tuesday, November 9, 2010 Many People Are Born Gays and Lesbians - Theyre Not That Way by Choice Should two people of the same sex be allowed to marry? If this chemical process is thrown out of balance, sexuality in the brain can easily fail to develop normally. Copyright 2010. November 10, 2010 5:28 PM Denny Coates said.

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In the CEO Afterlife

AUGUST 29, 2011

We create the seeds, the traits, and crop protection chemicals that help farmers produce more food using fewer resources.” billion in sales) provides huge economies of scale throughout the operation, especially in production, fixed overheads, distribution and marketing. “Better Seed for a Brighter Future. How’s that for spin?

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LDRLB

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

We create the seeds, the traits, and crop protection chemicals that help farmers produce more food using fewer resources.” billion in sales) provides huge economies of scale throughout the operation, especially in production, fixed overheads, distribution and marketing. “Better Seed for a Brighter Future. How’s that for spin?

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Strategy Company Competitive Advantage Chemicals 74

The Practical Leader

JANUARY 23, 2012

Some of the 20 companies in the “low” category included Berkshire Hathaway, Exxon Mobil, News Corp, Dow Chemical, and General Dynamics. Three companies in the “lowest” category were Philip Morris, Prudential Financial, and Sunoco.

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Building Personal Strength

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Of course, there's a difference between psychological depression, which passes when the loss or issues are worked out, and chronic depression, which is caused by an imbalance of neurotransmitters - brain chemicals. Being productive - getting a lot of things done in a day. Copyright 2010. Lying in my wife's arms. Coates, Ph.D.,

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 3, 2018

Meanwhile, plenty of other organic products, including vegetables, milk, and tea, have become widely consumed, at least by affluent, health-conscious city dwellers. The product was perceived as more prone to spoilage since it typically lacked added sulfites. Why the difference? Early Struggles.

Organization 9

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2012

It calls on manufacturers to design products that can be disassembled at the end of their product life and recycled at a high level. Through a closed loop system the products are returned and the materials either recycled to make new high value products or put back into the earth through the biosphere. 1] McKinsey & Co.,

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 11, 2011

Many of Dow chemical's products, such as its insulation and solar shingles , are energy intensive to make. But an explosion of IT tools is making it easier for companies to get an ultra-high-resolution (and high-altitude) picture of the upstream and downstream resource use associated with their products and operations.

Supply Chain 14

Supply Chain Chemicals Energy System 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

A 2010 meta-analysis detailed many of the different issues that make divestiture so hard to evaluate consistently. These preparatory steps are of particular importance for carve-outs that are not full-fledged business units with profit & loss responsibility, such as R&D centers or production units whose only customer is their parent.

Chemicals 8

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

The article shows how the Dutch firm AkzoNobel is growing in China, particularly through products that help customers reduce environmental footprint in the shipping and building sectors. Each major government ministry in China was pitching green products and services at the tradeshow. No selling of products or services.

NGO 14

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2012

You could argue that Cipla's formula is simply to piggyback on other companies' products, so it doesn't have to pay for R&D. You could also argue that since Cipla produces many of its products in India, they pay less for labor and don't have to worry about quality. laç Ticaret Anonim ?irketi irketi in 2011 provided expansion in Turkey.

Company 11

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 22, 2014

But in 2010 (at $13 million in revenue), management decided that to grow, the firm needed to buy other companies. After a first deal fell through in late 2010, EORM acquired a Southern California firm in 2011. What if the new products under development strike out? The San Jose, Calif.-based They created explicit criteria.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

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. After the 2005 explosion, the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board pushed BP to focus more on safety.

Organization 8

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

Of the 97 largest listed companies in the UK and the Eurozone in 2010, only 37 had a COO in their executive ranks. In several industries, such as consumer goods, financial services, industrial products, and logistics, COOs usually had backgrounds in either managing operations or information technology departments.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Disruptions in the supply chain may affect production processes that depend on unpriced natural capital assets such as biodiversity, groundwater, clean air, and climate. These unpriced natural capital costs are generally internalized until events like floods or droughts cause disruption to production processes or commodity price fluctuation.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

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. We strive to embrace customers of all ethnic backgrounds, ages, races, faith traditions, genders and lifestyles through the products we sell and the content of our marketing."

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2016

These conflicting pressures are especially present when the product provided by the asset is not very differentiating (think, for instance, of commodity steel products or container shipping services). The common idea behind these models is that the company does not have to be the (full) owner of the asset to be its (sole) operator.

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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

JULY 15, 2016

Maybe in 2010 it would have lured a young engineer from Google named Kevin Systrom to create a mobile version of the site. ” For Kodak, that’s the difference between framing itself as a chemical film company vs. an imaging company vs. a moment-sharing company. What new opportunities does the disruption open up?

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Technology Film Gilbert Business Model 8

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. Whereas we’ve been growing our manufacturing sector since the ’60s in terms of product volumes and dollar output, manufacturing employment hasn’t grown at all. The same is true in the broader economy.

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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 ). In June, the New York Times declared a warming world hostile to food production. for " every manufacturer, component, and process in apparel production." business continuity").

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Apparel P&L Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

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. 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.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 4, 2017

However, Section 1502 does not require firms to avoid DRC conflict minerals — it simply requires them to make a good faith effort to disclose the source of the minerals in their products. Firms could also admit that their products contained DRC conflict minerals, but thus far none have done so. We wanted to find out.

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