Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2012

In an era of intense globalization, rapid demographic change and accelerating technological progress, the best companies for leadership recognize the value of innovation, putting it at the heart of their corporate culture and using this targeted, focused innovation to drive shareholder value and improve efficiency.

Innovation 15

Innovation First-mover Advantage Chemicals Agility 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Just look at Uber to understand the importance of diversity and product safety or at car manufacturers scrambling to develop a competitive advantage in electric cars as countries seek to decarbonize their economics and fight pollution. Technology has put pressure on management fees, and this will only continue.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Asset Management Chemicals Long-term 8

Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 7, 2016

New DDI research explores leadership differences between men and women and makes the case for gender diversity in the workplace. The research also provides a snapshot view and analysis of gender diversity across countries and industries. The disparity in gender diversity has little to do with competence levels.”

Diversity 120

Diversity Globalization Transportation Industry 120

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. Polycentric innovation won't work in organizations that promote groupthink. facility in Cambridge Science Park.

Globalization 9

Globalization Innovation Decentralization Chemicals 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2014

Baseline financial skills are still essential, but international experience, industry knowledge, investor relations acumen, technology expertise, and strategic prowess are now just as much part of the package. Success demands a far more diverse set of experiences and skills. And HR’s credibility deficit doesn’t help the matter.

CFO 11

CFO Charan Intangible Assets Human Resources 11

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2013

In one of the most comprehensive global surveys of corporate directors to date, we found that they were very worried about developing and enacting strategic plans that will enable their organizations to succeed. Not innovation, risk management, technology, debt, or the regulatory environment. Not competitive threats. Not rising costs.

Talent Management 8

Talent Management Company Telecommunications Management 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2012

Conglomerates are defended for their synergies, and for the benefits of diversity as a hedge against failure in one sector (though this argument is often oversold by management, since shareholders can diversify and thus hedge risk for themselves). But conglomerates are inherently more vulnerable than other companies.

Welch 8

Welch Diversity Hedge Chemicals 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2016

And consider that although government support has been instrumental in both medical breakthroughs and technological developments, such as the internet and GPS, the vast majority of innovators have to stumble ahead on their own when it comes to innovation’s final step: figuring out the business model. government.

Innovation 8

Innovation Business Model Competitive Advantage Chemicals 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2016

Currently, impact can mean anything from venture investments in new health technologies to microfinance loans in Peru; from affordable housing in the US to renewable energy in India; from social impact bonds to private equity funds that create jobs.

Class 8

Class Microfinance Supply Chain Education 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 4, 2014

The web did not invent community-driven brands – just think of Harley Davidson — but technology has surely made the strategy more popular. OK, you might say, it’s not fair to compare a large, for-profit enterprise with a mission-driven organization. Every community must find a healthy balance between cohesion and diversity.

Media 8

Media Marketing Strategy Groupthink Kaplan 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2014

A key point: in a world that will spend $90 trillion on infrastructure over the next 15 years anyway, the additional costs to shift that build-out to a low-carbon path, with technologies we already have, will be minimal. That might not be so bad if we used it all, but the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization estimates that we waste 1.3

Chemicals 13

Chemicals Short-term Energy Report 13

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

With the support of chemical companies , more than 170 countries also agreed to phase out HFCs , the high global-warming-potential chemicals used in air-conditioners and refrigerators everywhere. Renewables have been trouncing fossil fuels for a few years as the costs of the newer technologies have dropped remarkably fast.

Energy 8

Energy Banking Chemicals Globalization 8