Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Learn about the future economy project. Levine talked with HBR about her firm’s sustainability efforts as part of the Future Economy Project, an HBR initiative that shares real-world lessons on sustainability leadership. Chairman and CEO, the Dow Chemical Company , and Executive Chairman, DowDuPont. Andrew Liveris.

Project 8

Project Energy Policies Efficiency 8

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

The logic of NPV is to project cash flows into the future and then discount those flows back into today’s dollars at a given cost of capital. Time after time, new initiatives and projects are rolled out with great fanfare only to end up abandoned and dubbed expensive flops. Net present value [NPV] is a case in point.

Innovation 50

Innovation NPV Business Model Constraint 50

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

The men and women who choose this path have diverse expertise and job responsibilities: marketing, leadership development, communications, operations, new business development, purchasing. James is using his expertise as a chemical engineer to develop new business models for base-of-the-pyramid consumers.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Constraint Entrepreneur Restructuring 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2018

But Anderson, who had served as an independent director on the company’s board for several years, did this through having “tremendous relationships and credibility with the operating executives.” the danger that the newcomer will clash for political or personality reasons with members of the leadership team).

Strategy 8

Strategy Chief Financial Officer Short-term Chief Information Officer 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2014

Put the most strategic pieces into the hands of up-and-comers passing through the leadership-development revolving door? At the same time, alternative approaches to accessing capital and funding projects proliferated, forcing financial decision-making to become increasingly sophisticated.

CFO 10

CFO Charan Intangible Assets Human Resources 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

As the senior HR executive in charge of managing overseas assignments, Anton Danois made a point of spending time with Streuvels Chemicals' expatriate employees and their families. Then Oswald's project was folded into another, leaving him feeling useless. But our French operations are so minimal that we don't have openings for them.

Case Study 11

Case Study Chemicals ROI Engineering 11

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

You attract talent, and people are more likely to devote their discretionary time to your projects. In one case, two operational leaders at Kelly Services, a workforce solutions firm, created a Business Resource Group to promote leadership development and increase employee engagement. The opposite is also true.

Energy 8

Energy Health Care Leadership Pipeline Quality 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

CEO Peter Loscher declared Germany's plans to move aggressively toward renewables "the project of the century.". So it's no wonder that business started to wake up to the serious danger that storms and shortages present to their operations, both from direct damage to property and from massive production interruptions (i.e.,

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Apparel P&L Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2015

.” Hanguk was a large, fast-growing company with diversified interests spanning electronics, biotechnology, shipping, construction, and chemicals. Hanguk’s leadership would be watching the project closely, because expansion to the Arab world was one of its top strategic objectives. “That’s great news!”

Case Study 8

Case Study Career Biotechnology Course 8

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. Nine big brands with operations in Ohio publicly pressed the state to reinstate energy efficiency and renewable energy portfolio standards.

Energy 8

Energy Banking Chemicals Globalization 8