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. Cambridge, U.K.

Globalization 9

Globalization Innovation Decentralization Chemicals 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 14, 2014

I’ve been watching the global economy for decades, and it seems to me that growth in the United States is about to speed up, while growth in the emerging markets is slowing down. A new wave of it began before the crash in 2008, stopped while the world caught its breath, and is now resuming. But overtake the United States?

Chemicals 8

Chemicals Pharmaceuticals Energy Creativity 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

Over the last fifteen years Apple has made a series of successful market-creating—or blue ocean—moves (think the iMac, iPod, iTunes, the iPhone, the App Store, and the iPad). From the 2001 launch of the iPod to the fiscal year end of 2014, Apple’s market cap surged more than 75-fold as its sales and profits exploded.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Blue Ocean Strategy Price 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 17, 2015

In consumer packaged goods, SC Johnson has sourced raw materials from farmers in Rwanda, partnered with local providers to improve hygiene and sanitation in low-income urban communities in Kenya, and chosen to eliminate harmful chemicals from its production processes in spite of the negative consequences for its market share.

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Supply Chain Open-book 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Today’s executives are dealing with a complex and unprecedented brew of social, environmental, market, and technological trends. “Stranded assets” are investments that become obsolete due to regulatory, environmental, or market constraints. These require sophisticated, sustainability-based management.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2014

.” Keller notes that root-cause analysis has gotten better, but the lack of it illuminates the industry’s mentality that you “build a car to the specifications that have been accepted for that segment of the market, make sure your bill of materials equals a certain cost, and whatever happens after that is extraneous.”

Root Cause Analysis 8

Root Cause Analysis Edmondson Industry CEO 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 11, 2013

As the economy improved, the company expanded into machinery and chemicals imports. It was only in 2008, when the worldwide recession started, that my uncles, and then their sons, started complaining. Our markets have taken a beating. Dramatic growth followed. My father won the Star of Mahaputera for service to Indonesia.

Case Study 8

Case Study CEO Chief Operating Officer Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2017

Prior to this, only 2007-2008 saw this many annual deals, and before that the single-year peak of 2000 saw “just” over 40,000 deals. But what happened this year in chemicals is real, not speculation. They have forced firms to reshuffle the cards they hold and remix the ownership of assets in the economy.

Automotive 8

Automotive Retail Restructuring Chemicals 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

And with their reluctance to take dangerous financial risks, something that led to the 2008 collapse, Wall Street probably needs them more than ever (as does the global economy). Why would an industry beat a hasty retreat from a market that continues to boom?" Missing the "How" and "Why". The Psychiatric Drug Crisis The New Yorker.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Company Crisis Crisis Management 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2018

When China was admitted to the World Trade Organization in 2001, the Western hope was China would move toward a market-driven economy. Instead, particularly after the 2008 financial crisis, China has expanded central planning ; 100,000 SOEs have been the principal engine of that expansion. The growth of SOEs. In recent years, U.S.

GDP 8

GDP Policies Supply Chain Cooper 8