Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2013

Employees at semiconductor-chip-maker Intel recently devised a new chemistry process that reduced chemical waste by 900,000 gallons, saving $45 million annually. Statoil , a Scandinavian energy company, launched a climate and energy program in 2011 that nominates 10 senior executives to take part in a year-long program.

Metrics 9

Metrics Chemicals Simon Energy 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 17, 2011

Japan is in a state of crisis at present , but its future may be in safe hands judging by the manner in which the country's young people have rallied in the aftermath of the earthquake, the tsunami, and the nuclear power crisis that struck on March 11, 2011.

Crisis 14

Crisis COO Chemicals Transportation 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 22, 2014

General Electric’s corporate business development group (about a dozen professionals) is bigger than the entire executive team in many midsized companies. After a first deal fell through in late 2010, EORM acquired a Southern California firm in 2011. It has since doubled revenue to $26 million.

Company 8

Company Due Diligence CEO Consultative 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2015

He told me about the days, decades ago, when he first ran into a new breed of executive and thought, “What the heck is a CIO?” McKinsey, for example, recently outlined the “new organizational capabilities” that chemical companies should develop to deal with frequent oil price shocks.

Constraint 8

Constraint Supply Chain Resources Operations 8

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. Suzlon's head of technology is John O'Halloran, a former Cummins Engine executive who now leads Suzlon's 500-strong global R&D team out of Hamburg. facility in Cambridge Science Park.

Globalization 9

Globalization Innovation Decentralization Chemicals 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Today’s executives are dealing with a complex and unprecedented brew of social, environmental, market, and technological trends. 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. In 2005, they launched a U.S.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2011

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. Neither the Gulf spill nor the problems at the Japan nuclear plants were unthinkable. A similar set of problems bedevils Japan.

Crisis Management 15

Crisis Management Crisis Management Chemicals 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Except when it''s not, which is becoming increasingly common — see the sheer pants crisis , the abrupt resignation of a CEO , a poorly-received job ad to replace said CEO, and a bit of media heat over a 2011 murder that occurred in a Bethesda store. Thus, "it makes no sense for the industry to stay in the psychiatric-drug business.".

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Company Crisis Crisis Management 8

In the CEO Afterlife

MARCH 21, 2011

by John • March 21, 2011 • Branding , Leadership , Marketing • 1 Comment. We create the seeds, the traits, and crop protection chemicals that help farmers produce more food using fewer resources.” March 21, 2011 at 4:16 pm. >Hi December 2011. November 2011. October 2011. September 2011.

Brand 140

Brand CEO Long-term Crisis 140

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

The authors then show how to best execute specific initiatives, test major project assumptions, and develop a culture that values disciplined experimentation and learning over meeting mindless and unrealistic goals. Fifteen years ago, what was a news executive thinking about? Copyright 2011. Take newspapers. Be prepared.

Innovation 50

Innovation NPV Business Model Constraint 50

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

That made it relatively easy to assemble a big group of plaintiffs, since all you had to do was find those who had bought or sold a company’s stock over a particular time period — whether or not they’d been paying any attention to the misleading statements of its executives. As a result, University of Pennsylvania law professors William W.

Training 8

Training Efficiency Class Price 8