Harvard Business Review

MARCH 27, 2014

But paint is really not as simple as just paint; for example, coatings for automotive applications are very different from decorative finishes. Among AkzoNobel’s divisions are more and less conventional manufacturers of chemicals and polymers.

Diversity 8

Diversity Team Automotive Chemicals 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2014

The Open Automotive Alliance that Google launched this week is a reminder that twenty-first-century deals don’t always look like the M&A of old. Other major industries, like computers, media, autos, chemicals, oil, and financial services are not far behind. The telecom industry also seems close to its limit in large mergers.

Restructuring 8

Restructuring Trends Long-term Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Consider the automotive industry. automotive manufacturers owned rental car companies in the hopes of maintaining strong unit sales figures by captive fleet purchases (which were also to maintain volume to fulfill their onerous union obligations). When things change, outmoded metrics can threaten a firm’s survival.

Metrics 8

Metrics Business Model Retail Automotive 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2015

according to Graetz and Michaels, largely due to Germany’s robust automotive industry, which is by far the most robot-intensive industry (with over 10 times more robots per worker than the average industry). thanks to its highly technical metal and chemical industries. Sweden has 60% more robots per hours worked than the U.S.

Products 8

Products Productivity Cost GDP 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

” Jack Krol, chairman of Delphi Automotive and former chairman and CEO of DuPont, requires board members to visit at least one business site every 12 months. At the same time, directors should be mindful not to interfere with operational teams or to supplant managers.

McKinsey 8

McKinsey CEO Participative Automotive 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2014

At the hoary age of 128, it had already beat the odds twice over when it lost its place to chemical maker LyondellBasell at close of trading this year on September 4 th. Founded in 1886 as a mail-order watch retailer, Sears was already 71 when it became an original member of the S&P 500 in 1957.

Retail 9

Retail Quinn Real Estate Apparel 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2014

And the sheer complexity of building cars also plays a role — David Cole, the former head of the Center for Automotive Research (and son of a former GM president), insists that this is really what’s behind the ignition switch error and why it was so hard for the company to get to the bottom of the problem.

Root Cause Analysis 8

Root Cause Analysis Edmondson Industry CEO 8

Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 7, 2016

Fact 6: The lowest number of women in leadership roles are in the consumer products, transportation services, computer software, technology, chemicals, energy and utilities, construction, industrial manufacturing and automotive and transport industries (15 to 30 percent of leaders are women).

Diversity 120

Diversity Globalization Transportation Industry 120

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2017

The remix of this sector, too, started early on, with automotive and airline mergers in the late 1990s and then again around the great recession. But what happened this year in chemicals is real, not speculation. Yes, the mighty tech gods are fighting for control of the machines that run our world. How we move.

Automotive 8

Automotive Retail Restructuring Chemicals 8