Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2012

Our study clearly shows that great leadership is a strong competitive advantage, with the top 20 BCL firms far outperforming the S&P 500 benchmark on shareholder returns. At Dow Chemicals (#19), risk-taking is not only accepted, it is encouraged, which helps the company to stay agile and innovative.

Innovation 15

Innovation First-mover Advantage Chemicals Agility 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Just look at Uber to understand the importance of diversity and product safety or at car manufacturers scrambling to develop a competitive advantage in electric cars as countries seek to decarbonize their economics and fight pollution. In both cases, social and environmental metrics matter for the business’s financial success.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Asset Management Chemicals Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2016

As Rita Gunther McGrath describes in her compelling book The End of Competitive Advantage , in the 1980s Fuji was a distant second in the film business to Kodak. ” For Kodak, that’s the difference between framing itself as a chemical film company vs. an imaging company vs. a moment-sharing company.

Technology 8

Technology Film Gilbert Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

Furthermore, if membership of this club develops significant cache, then it becomes a powerful branding tool and a lever for competitive advantage. A public commitment to such an effort creates an incentive to follow through.

Goal 8

Goal Supply Chain Development Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2016

Therefore, creating a wide sense of belonging can become the competitive advantage for any company. These chemicals trigger our human ability to connect, empathize, and make meaning. Walton also found that the sense of not belonging is widespread, yet few people openly express that feeling.

Diversity 8

Diversity Storytelling Competitive Advantage Chemicals 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2016

But just four months into his new job, as a business unit leader at a large specialty chemicals and plastics manufacturer, he was struggling with the challenges of handling a global business with more than 3000 employees. Adrian had been working steadily toward this promotion for years.

Learning Curve 8

Learning Curve Execution Competitive Advantage Chemicals 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

They’ve also written about it in their coauthored book, Discovery-Driven Growth , and in McGrath’s latest book, The End of Competitive Advantage. McGrath recalls the painful experience of working with a big chemical company that wanted to diversify its business. What Is Discovery Driven-Planning?

Planning 9

Planning Benchmarking Project Competitive Advantage 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2014

But from the average consumer’s point of view, it can be hard to see Sears’ competitive advantage right now. 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.

Retail 9

Retail Quinn Real Estate Apparel 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Driving competitive advantage through stakeholder engagement. Facing strict regulation on chemical release and competition from flowers from Africa, the Dutch flower industry developed a closed-loop system that grows flowers hydroponically in greenhouses, lowering risk of infestation and reducing the use of fertilizers and pesticides.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 25, 2013

My client (a different chemical company) later had a similar explosion. EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage. Trees with thicker bases and deeper roots will sprout greener (be profitable), shed less often (fewer corporate flaws) and live longer (dominate its industry).

Crisis Management 82

Crisis Management Crisis Risk Management Budgeting 82

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.". chemicals, metals & mining, paper & forest products). Among the industrial sectors, materials (e.g., Talent management'

Talent Management 8

Talent Management Company Telecommunications Management 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

Companies are increasingly seeing the obvious benefits of slashing energy use, and beginning to include in their calculations the considerable risk reduction from managing water well or limiting the use of toxic chemicals.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain NGO Short-term Competitive Advantage 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2016

When his wife got tired of the explosions he made mixing chemicals in the kitchen, he moved his work to a second-floor room in a house his mother-in-law owned. After more than a decade, he teamed up with the Haloid Company, whose product was superior but cost nearly 10 times what competitive machines did.

Innovation 8

Innovation Business Model Competitive Advantage Chemicals 8