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Case Study: Culture Clash in the Boardroom

Harvard Business Review

Editors' Note: This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. The two went way back: Both had been with their German parent company, Almond Chemical, since 1999, when it first established operations in China. That was fast, Liu thought.

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Case Study: The Expat Dilemma

Harvard Business Review

Editors' Note: This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. 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.

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2020 Top CHRO List – The People Leaders To Watch

N2Growth Blog

Whited previously served as chief marketing officer for UP, led the Chemicals business, and also previously ran the railroad’s National Customer Service Center. Jeff has written case studies at Harvard Business School and INSEAD and taught leadership at Yale Law School.

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The Importance of Honesty and Integrity in Business

Brian Tracy's Leadership Success

is a multibillionaire who started a chemical company from scratch and grew it into a $12 billion enterprise. Except that Enron’s success was built on lies, and the “winners” who headed the company are case studies in lack of integrity. Leaders know that honesty and integrity are the foundations of leadership.

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Case Study: A Founder Steps Back from Her Start-Up

Harvard Business Review

Existing products had touted their cleaning power, but their ingredient lists were long and full of nasty-sounding chemicals that irritated the dogs’ skin. The business was her third baby: She’d launched it when the pups were a year old simply because she couldn’t find any high-quality shampoos for them on the market.

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Case Study: Should an Emerging-Market Incubator Help U.S. Businesses?

Harvard Business Review

This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. He’d found a receptive chemical-company owner who was providing lab space and even some financial support. Editor’s Note.

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Case Study: The Ex-CEO Contemplates a Coup

Harvard Business Review

Editor''s Note: This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. As the economy improved, the company expanded into machinery and chemicals imports. He says the family is obliged to follow the governance rules it created.