Harvard Business Review

JUNE 4, 2014

The media has been full of reports lately about a renaissance in U.S. The cheerleaders cite an array of heartening examples, including a $4 billion investment by Dow Chemical to boost its ethylene and propylene capacity on the U.S. Clear winners are chemicals and petrochemicals (e.g., manufacturing. manufacturing sector.

Chemicals 8

Chemicals Automotive Supply Chain Offshoring 8

Building Personal Strength

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

If this chemical process is thrown out of balance, sexuality in the brain can easily fail to develop normally. I’ve been in the learning and development business for over 35 years, and CEO of Performance Support Systems, Inc., Male hormones turn the initial female brain into a male brain. since 1987.

Video 105

Video Insurance Blog Learning-by-Doing 105

Harvard Business Review

MAY 13, 2013

If someone hears that the CEO is being selfish, the thought that is likely to come to mind is, "The leader is maximizing personal financial rewards even at the cost of the company''s interests." Anger releases neurotransmitter chemicals known as catecholamines that give us a burst of energy. Take anger, for example.

Chemicals 8

Chemicals Morale Positioning Stress 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 3, 2013

People will continue to debate Procter & Gamble''s move to replace CEO Bob McDonald with his immediate predecessor A.G. In fact, the number of boards in each sector and region who said they did not discuss CEO succession regularly astonished us. chemicals, metals & mining, paper & forest products). Succession planning'

Succession 8

Succession Telecommunications Biotechnology Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2013

chemicals, metals and mining, paper and forest products), made out worst, scoring poorly on "firing" and "leveraging diversity," and not much better on "assessing talent" and "developing talent.". consumer durables & apparel, retailing, education, media, hotels, restaurants & leisure); Consumer Staples (e.g., Talent management'

Talent Management 8

Talent Management Company Telecommunications Management 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Except when it''s not, which is becoming increasingly common — see the sheer pants crisis , the abrupt resignation of a CEO , a poorly-received job ad to replace said CEO, and a bit of media heat over a 2011 murder that occurred in a Bethesda store. That''s OK, says Someecards CEO Duncan Mitchell.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Company Crisis Crisis Management 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2014

Other major industries, like computers, media, autos, chemicals, oil, and financial services are not far behind. The share of CEOs who expected to use partnerships for innovation rose from 55% in 2008 to 69% in 2012. 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 21, 2018

apparel, automobiles, retailing, media, hotels, restaurants & leisure); Consumer Staples (e.g., chemicals, metals & mining, paper & forest products). apparel, automobiles, retailing, media, hotels, restaurants & leisure); Consumer Staples (e.g., chemicals, metals & mining, paper & forest products).

Innovation 8

Innovation Short-term Telecommunications Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

For example, a wide variety of clean technologies (including wind, solar, and hydrogen) are vying to power vehicles and cities at the same time that a wide variety of medical technologies (chemical, biotechnological, genomic, and robotic) are being developed to treat diseases. Today, AdSense generates $10 billion in annual revenue for Google.

Uncertainty 19

Uncertainty Industry Bottom-up Technology 19

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

The Dow Chemical Company, for example, needs to assess costs and risks every time it considers a site for a new manufacturing facility. Conversations and exposure via social media hold companies accountable for their impacts. It’s why I chose the subtitle of my new book: A Better World, Inc.:

Chemicals 8

Chemicals Health Care Resources Education 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2014

Retailers such as America’s Best Buy and Germany’s Media Markt also quit China last year while after nine years, Britain’s Tesco concluded that it was unlikely to make a dent on its own in China and entered into a joint venture with a state-owned enterprise, China Resources Enterprise. Go for Broke. 2 in the market.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Retail Chemicals Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2013

In nature, barriers — between organic and inorganic chemicals, between land and sea, between species, between everything — have been built, tested, overcome, rebuilt, and overcome again with almost endless repetition. Does Your CEO Really Get Data Security? Hack-Proof Your Company''s Social Media. IT management'

Chemicals 8

Chemicals Open-book Technology System 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2014

And citizens, using new social media tools and old-fashioned marches, rose up to drive change. In another move to fight immediate pressure, Apple’s CEO Tim Cook told anti-environment investors to get out of the stock if they didn’t like the company’s green and/or longer-term investments (all of which are in fact profitable).

Chemicals 9

Chemicals Short-term Energy Report 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2016

Interestingly, Republican directors think the compensation level of the CEO of their company is “too high.” apparel, automobiles, retailing, media, hotels, restaurants & leisure); Consumer Staples (e.g., chemicals, metals & mining, paper & forest products).

Politics 8

Politics Committee Telecommunications Diversity 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Joe Nigro, CEO of energy company Constellation, told me, “Everyone needs to know how each metric fits into the big picture…why and how we’re measuring something, and how it’s relevant to performance.” Know your metrics and the behaviors they drive. Power by the hour aligns customers and suppliers.

Metrics 8

Metrics Business Model Retail Automotive 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2016

This all presents CEOs with a tough dilemma. But on the other hand, in order to safeguard the company’s future competitiveness, CEOs may have no other choice than to invest now. In the meantime, the JV has also started doing contract printing for third parties. Distributed power generation is a well-known example.

Co-Opetition 8

Co-Opetition Operations Cost Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

We correctly suspected that the media would find a degree of fascination with the story. In addition, we have hired one employee whose job is to address just those concerns brought to the office of the CEO. We did a review and the care was adequate.”)

System 8

System Quality Long-term Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2015

Directors in a range of industries have been stung by media reports that political intermediaries used corporate money to help fund causes or candidates adverse to a firm’s business interests or its espoused values and positions. Too typical, however, is the situation described by a senior executive at a chemical company.

Politics 8

Politics Committee CPA Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2012

As has been documented in Fortune , former directors of Lehman Brothers, Bear Stearns, Washington Mutual, and Wachovia Bank resurfaced in no time on other corporate boards like Verizon, Dow Chemical, Hewlett Packard, and Nike. Certainly we do not see a man worrying about his future livelihood.

Ethics 10

Ethics Chemicals Short-term Report 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

It certainly has become a media darling for clean tech skeptics. CEO Peter Loscher declared Germany's plans to move aggressively toward renewables "the project of the century.". It's probably wishful thinking, but I believe the climate debate is actually over (and a solid majority of Americans agree ). The total: 145 million euros.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Apparel P&L Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2015

Because the defining vision had been Helena’s, she became the CEO. He’d found a receptive chemical-company owner who was providing lab space and even some financial support. A local media mogul had already offered $3 million to get an Unamano affiliate going. Miami certainly qualified.

Case Study 8

Case Study Incubator Marketing Real Estate 8