Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 3, 2016

A new set of relationships is being formed within companies around how people working in data, analytics, IT, and operations teams work together. Data and analytics represent a blurring of the traditional lines of demarcation between the scope of IT and the responsibilities of operating divisions. Data and analytics embedded in IT.

Operations 8

Operations Agility Chemicals Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Corporate directors and executives alike recognize that today’s pace of change continues to accelerate and that firms need to innovate to stay ahead. But are boards doing enough to support innovation, as they should? We found that, overall, innovation does not rank as a top strategic challenge for the majority of boards.

Innovation 10

Innovation Short-term Telecommunications Long-term 10

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.

Globalization 9

Globalization Innovation Decentralization Chemicals 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

Innovation success stories are all strikingly similar: a bright idea, supported by a zealot-innovator who sees it through. This is especially true for business model innovations — when the new idea is not a product, service, or technology but a different way of engaging with the customers and earning revenue from them.

Business Model 8

Business Model Innovation Company Chemicals 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

Some companies could get a jumpstart in their industry in organizing partnerships and even positioning themselves as leaders in sustainable development using the goals as a branding anchor. Realizing the Sustainable Development Goals will improve the environment for doing business and building markets. The case is clear. of the time.

Goal 8

Goal Supply Chain Development Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 10, 2018

From targeted online advertising to more precise recommendation engines, consumer markets are bursting with innovation around machine learning and advanced analytics. The service offers the possibility of enhancing an engineer’s marketability and growth and development.

B2B 8

B2B Chemicals Venture Funding Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 4, 2015

I’ve been in contact with Heiny and her team at Target over the last year about the program she helped build to drive product innovation and more sales. The list of no-no ingredients is long — 1,600 chemicals tracked or regulated by NGOs and governments around the world. So why are sustainable products surging now?

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Chemicals Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 17, 2018

Sarah Williamson is the CEO of FCLTGlobal (formerly Focusing Capital on the Long Term), an organization cofounded in 2016 by BlackRock, CPPIB, Dow Chemical, McKinsey, and Tata Sons to encourage a longer-term focus in business and investment decision making. Small Firms Are Not More Innovative.

Long-term 10

Long-term Innovation Technology Stage-Gate 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Tactics include, for example, labeling claims and how to be clear about what standards we might want to develop, and also about disclosure, when he mentions materiality. But I think the interesting part comes when they start to see it as an opportunity for innovations that are financially beneficial as well as socially beneficial.

Project 8

Project Advice Henderson Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 26, 2016

Operating margins for firms publicly listed in the US show a substantial and sustained rise. Firms engage in political “rent seeking”—lobbying for regulations that provide them sheltered markets—rather than competing on innovation. Profits are up. Corporate valuations are up as well.

Pharmaceuticals 11

Pharmaceuticals Politics Price Chemicals 11

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 11, 2011

Many of Dow chemical's products, such as its insulation and solar shingles , are energy intensive to make. But an explosion of IT tools is making it easier for companies to get an ultra-high-resolution (and high-altitude) picture of the upstream and downstream resource use associated with their products and operations.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Chemicals Energy System 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2011

Consider Diagnostics for All , a Boston-area startup developing paper-based diagnostic tests the size of a postage stamp. Miniature wells patterned onto the paper contain chemicals that react with samples of blood, urine, saliva, or sweat, which causes the paper to display a reading with a change of color. market last in some cases.

Marketing 11

Marketing Chemicals Resistance Guidelines 11

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2015

The issues in each of these buckets require new leadership, or at least a rethinking of it in the highest ranks of companies, and deep operational changes. We’re starting to recognize that this relatively new situation has important ramifications for how businesses operate, and we’re making some progress. Insight Center.

Constraint 8

Constraint Supply Chain Resources Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Some innovative and determined professionals working in world's largest and most complex corporations are choosing to stay put and use their corporate platforms to lead change. James is using his expertise as a chemical engineer to develop new business models for base-of-the-pyramid consumers. Some are recent graduates.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Constraint Entrepreneur Restructuring 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2017

“He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator,” stated Francis Bacon. As with many clusters, a university sits at its center: founded in AD 1088, the Studium of Bologna was the major educational innovation of Europe’s second millennium. How did the city make the leap?

Education 8

Education Pharmaceuticals Innovation Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 6, 2015

Since I prepared that article, new developments have only strengthened the case for a 3-D future – and heightened the urgency for management teams to adjust their strategies. Many of the new developments have to do with broadening the science underpinning additive manufacturing. Another promising development is multi-jet fusion.

Chemicals 8

Chemicals Technology Industry Film 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2016

Its goals are extremely ambitious; it is not just a pioneer in developing new fabrics for active wear, but in developing wearable electronics. Starbucks, for example, has a strong presence because CEO Howard Schultz, deliberately developed a growth plan grounded in its capabilities.

Company 8

Company Engineering Apparel Survey 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

This can disrupt a firm’s ability to operate on schedule and budget. Of the respondents, 72% said that climate change presents risks that could significantly impact their operations, revenue, or expenditures. Fostering innovation. Investing in sustainability is not only a risk management tool; it can also drive innovation.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

For example, it increased both the number and status of safety personnel, and it strengthened safety operating procedures. After the 2005 explosion, the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board pushed BP to focus more on safety. But learning waned as avoiding launch delays became increasingly important.

Organization 8

Organization McCombs Pharmaceuticals Learning-by-Doing 8

The Horizons Tracker

JULY 23, 2020

A good example comes from the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) at MIT, who have developed a robot to try and ensure spaces are kept as clean as possible. We are focused on remote operation to minimize human supervision, and therefore, the additional risk of spreading Covid-19, while running our system.”.

Banking 84

Banking Environment Chemicals System 84

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 21, 2011

Nevertheless, companies that live and die on operational excellence — such as Amazon.com, FedEx, Southwest Airlines, and Wal-Mart — must continually improve their key processes. Select process owners with strong leadership skills and develop those skills even further.

Process 15

Process Supply Chain Balanced Scorecard Engineering 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2016

Automobile manufacturers, for example, create products that rely on metals, chemicals, oil, and gas, which are among the most energy- and water-intensive industries. In developing countries, women spend 25% of their day collecting water and 40 hours per month collecting fuel for their families.

Energy 8

Energy Price Telecommunications Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

I talked with Rita McGrath, a professor at Columbia Business School, who together with Ian MacMillan, of the University of Pennsylvania’s business school, developed this classic methodology for planning innovation. It’s a technique that any manager can use when developing and launching a new venture.

Planning 9

Planning Benchmarking Project Competitive Advantage 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 22, 2016

A few years later, she joined a start-up called BioAmber, producing chemical intermediates using sugars instead of fossil fuels. Most companies focus on thirty-somethings as high-potential talent to be developed and accelerated with job mobility and stretch assignments – acting as if careers are made (or not) before the age of 40.

Career 8

Career Real Estate Learning Curve Education 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

For example, while we were one of the early companies to develop an ‘order online, pick up in store’ service capability, it took us years to launch because of the fear we’d slow down store operations. I understood the concern of our store operators, but customers were asking for the service.”

Metrics 8

Metrics Business Model Retail Automotive 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2016

Today, the term increasingly serves as a corporate bogeyman that warns executives of the need to stand up and respond when disruptive developments encroach on their market. In fact, Kodak invested billions to develop a range of digital cameras. ” A good line, but not completely accurate. The right lessons from Kodak are subtle.

Technology 8

Technology Film Gilbert Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

What do you think causes millions of people to miss work and school in developing economies? Beyond the humiliating difficulties for millions of impoverished individual women trying to improve themselves and support their families, this is a global issue with significant consequences for the economies of developing countries.

Franchising 13

Franchising CEO GDP Entrepreneur 13

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

OCTOBER 28, 2015

Most innovation teams inside large companies are set up to operate like well-oiled machines. The problem is that while this approach enables large-scale production, it doesn’t seem to work for innovation. The problem is that while this approach enables large-scale production, it doesn’t seem to work for innovation.

Innovation 8

Innovation Team Chemicals Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2017

How about by meeting the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals? In the process, we have developed what we call “the Breakthrough Compass” to map the emerging landscape of risk and opportunity. It has developed sophisticated tools to help companies build and test the business case for action, or inaction.

Chemicals 12

Chemicals Long-term Business Model Bottom-up 12

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 31, 2012

R&D and product development launch products that receive tepid responses. In doing research for my book , I found that companies who are attracting buyers in today's hyper-connected world are developing new approaches and competencies that focus on one thing: customers. Find your customer product developers. out of 5 to 4.5.

CEO 8

CEO Airlines Marketing Software 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2013

Tapping into biology''s security database — which was developed by millions of species in response to extremely complex natural security problems — gives us first a wakeup call, then some practical guidance on how to keep our information secure. So how do we operate in an effectively open-source world without barriers?

Chemicals 8

Chemicals Open-book Technology System 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. See 15 cool biomimicry stories.). They will create an advantage through superior execution.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain NGO Short-term Competitive Advantage 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

Increased demand for transparency and its close partners, (a) the quest to define and develop useful sustainability metrics and (b) the growing sustainability data explosion. The near future will hold more questions about how businesses can and should operate in a resource-constrained, hotter, drier (or wetter) world.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Apparel P&L Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 18, 2013

Starting at zero (or negative) every time, whether acquiring a new customer, supplier, or trading partner will drive operating costs ever higher. As we reciprocate, we build trust and relationships, flooding our brain with oxytocin that is essential not only to collaboration, but to innovation," says fellow HBR blogger Judith E.

Career 9

Career Short-term Chemicals Long-term 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

For years, the creative side of the company was the top priority, leaving things like finance, IT, and HR to suffer (yes, they tried to run their operations on spreadsheets). Holding roles ranging from chairman to chief innovation and branding officer, he "tended to zoom in and out, creating confusion about who was in charge."

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Company Crisis Crisis Management 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2011

They also believe in building a BPM "Book of Knowledge" (a codification of process improvement "best practices") and a BPM "Center of Excellence" (a central organization where process experts reside and develop guidelines and procedures for documenting and analyzing business processes).

Six Sigma 14

Six Sigma BPM Process Hammer 14