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. Dr Reddy's plan is to leverage Chirotech's scientific capabilities to optimize drug development processes, thus lowering manufacturing costs and speeding time-to-market.

Globalization 10

Globalization Innovation Decentralization Chemicals 10

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. Getting the operating team into the M&A process early on helps them build good relationships with their counterparts.

Company 8

Company Due Diligence CEO Consultative 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

Since 2011, as emerging markets have suffered from slower growth and fresh social unrest, that $30 trillion prize seems more distant. But innovating for sustainable development is actually quite close to the processes of “traditional” innovation. But awareness of the challenges is the first step toward managing them.

Goal 8

Goal Supply Chain Development Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

These require sophisticated, sustainability-based management. ” Improving risk management. Managing risks therefore requires making investment decisions today for longer-term capacity building and developing adaptive strategies. Investing in sustainability is not only a risk management tool; it can also drive innovation.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

These drivers underpin a number of stories from 2011, but a few new themes came out as well. Coca-Cola was not alone in facing increasing costs in 2011; one of my clients, Kimberly-Clark, took an earnings hit from record pulp prices. The best analysis of the resource scarcity mega-trend came from asset manager Jeremy Grantham.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Apparel P&L Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2011

These two unprecedented events are stark reminders that effective crisis management involving complex science and technology is wholly dependent on well-thought-out — and actively practiced — crisis response plans. The possibility of a well blow-out was explicitly addressed by systems, processes and technology.

Crisis Management 15

Crisis Management Crisis Management Chemicals 15

Building Personal Strength

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

If this chemical process is thrown out of balance, sexuality in the brain can easily fail to develop normally. When the chromosomes instruct the fetus to develop sex organs, the organs then produce female or male hormones. Male hormones turn the initial female brain into a male brain. Jesus didn't die for perfect people.

Video 105

Video Insurance Blog Learning-by-Doing 105

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2012

Starting in our biggest business — carpet tiles — our managers and staff have gone through the grinding process of identifying every single chemical in our products. We will phase out all chemicals deemed unacceptable according to Cradle-to-Cradle by 2020. Sounds pretty idealistic, doesn't it?

Strategy 11

Strategy McKinsey Chemicals Armstrong 11

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 15, 2016

Chan School of Public Health, about the major challenges of local sourcing, how companies can manage them, and what food supply chains will look like in the future. McDonald’s or KFC might have their own inspectors on-site at the largest chicken farms and processing centers. Insight Center. Operations in a Connected World.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Globalization Outsourcing 8

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

Discovery-Driven Growth : A Breakthrough Process to Reduce Risk and Seize Opportunity by Rita McGrath. Yet for the small handful of companies that have managed to drive growth consistently – even through tough times – the payoff is great. How do they do it? Japan, Infosys, and Sagentia in the UK.

Innovation 50

Innovation NPV Business Model Constraint 50

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

For example, a wide variety of clean technologies (including wind, solar, and hydrogen) are vying to power vehicles and cities at the same time that a wide variety of medical technologies (chemical, biotechnological, genomic, and robotic) are being developed to treat diseases. How much uncertainty does your industry you face?

Uncertainty 22

Uncertainty Industry Bottom-up Technology 22

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

In short, then, shareholder lawsuits amount to a weirdly circular process in which presumably blameless outside investors hand over money to other outside investors (and sometimes to themselves), with the executives accused of wrongdoing left untouched and the lawyers for both sides taking a big cut. Economy Finance Risk management'

Training 8

Training Efficiency Class Price 8