Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

The first category is exogenous factors over which the business has little control: the growth of the markets into which it sells; the competitive intensity and thus the average profitability of the industry in which it operates; or the fragmentation of its industry and thus the scope for a growth-by-acquisition approach.

Chemicals 8

Chemicals How To Kahneman Reputation 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

COOs are relatively common in service industries such as financial services, energy, information technology and telecommunications, but in manufacturing sectors — such as automotive, chemical, and pharmaceutical companies — they are relatively rare. What do you think?

COO 12

COO Sample Telecommunications Automotive 12

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2016

In many industries, the capital required to build an asset of minimum efficient scale is growing. The latest nuclear reactor designs, promising higher safety, longer operating life, and lower operating costs, cost up to $25 billion after factoring in the huge budget overruns. Model 1: Virtual operator.

Co-Opetition 8

Co-Opetition Operations Cost Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2014

Those conditions elevated the work of the finance function to the point that, today, the CFO helps to set the course of business, advancing an organization’s growth and improving its competitive position by identifying and resolving key financial constraints. Finance Human resources'

CFO 11

CFO Charan Intangible Assets Human Resources 11

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

On January 19, 2012, after 131 years of operation, the Eastman Kodak Company filed for Chapter 11 protection in U.S. Kodak had built a successful enterprise producing cameras, film, and photographic paper and chemicals, but what people wanted was images, and so when a better way to get those images was found, its customers followed.

Health Care 15

Health Care Levitt Film Chemicals 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2011

The two went way back: Both had been with their German parent company, Almond Chemical, since 1999, when it first established operations in China. Since then Almond China had set up two joint ventures with local partners — the only way foreigners could do chemical business in the country. Ho looked flustered. Are you okay?"

Case Study 11

Case Study Chemicals Ethics Finance 11

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. Others, including technology and telecommunications companies, are major customers of — and suppliers to — those industries.

Energy 8

Energy Price Telecommunications Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 25, 2014

The leading executive recruitment firm Egon Zender, as part of talent evaluation at the time of Dow Chemical’s merger with Rohm and Haas in the Spring of 2009, described us as the “best CEO university” they had ever seen. But Rohm and Haas wasn’t always like that.

Team 12

Team Diversity CFO TSR 12

Harvard Business Review

MAY 10, 2016

The company provides services in a myriad of industries, such as health care, water treatment, aviation, and financing. A potential barrier at the board level is that it is often considered improper for directors to become too involved in checking the day-to-day operations of a firm, even if they have the time and will to do so.

Company 8

Company Committee CEO Chemicals 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

The men and women who choose this path have diverse expertise and job responsibilities: marketing, leadership development, communications, operations, new business development, purchasing. Some have decades of experience in their industry. Some are recent graduates. What all have in common is a vision about possibilities.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Constraint Entrepreneur Restructuring 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. Olam , an agri-business with seed-to-shelf operations across 65 countries, has already organized its efforts around two of the global goals.

Goal 8

Goal Supply Chain Development Globalization 8

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). Keller, a top auto analyst, "never rested," working the phones and gathering industry data constantly. Missing the "How" and "Why". Sorry for Your Loss.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Company Crisis Crisis Management 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2017

Such a policy alone could have a major impact on companies operating in the United States. With all of the changes and uncertainty, companies in a wide range of industries – from autos and chemicals to electronics and appliances – are moving quickly to rethink supply chains and make them more resilient.

Supply Chain 10

Supply Chain Chemicals Uncertainty Policies 10

Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2018

jobs, industry, and consumers, this conflict will jeopardize essential allied collaboration to confront Chinese state capitalism, the underlying cause of much of the current trade conflict. SOEs receive preferential access to land, finance, telecom, hydrocarbons, and electricity. auto industry would fall 4% and that 5% of the U.S.

GDP 8

GDP Policies Supply Chain Cooper 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2014

Both in response and pre-emptively, the world’s leading companies continued to aggressively pivot their businesses toward more sustainable and innovative ways of operating. org, has been the campaign to divest university and institutional funds from the fossil fuel industry. Financing the clean economy.

Chemicals 12

Chemicals Short-term Energy Report 12

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

a “maker of chemical refractories for the steel industry” (Harry Blackmun’s words), got a raw deal. Economy Finance Risk management' As a result, the Court’s four-man liberal minority of Blackmun, William Brennan, Thurgood Marshall, and John Paul Stevens found itself in the majority — and provided the votes for the decision.

Training 8

Training Efficiency Class Price 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 4, 2017

There are similar stories in the electronics industry, pet food, pharmaceuticals, and even national security. This regulation came as a result of concerns that the exploitation and trade of conflict minerals by armed groups was helping to finance conflict in the DRC region and contributing to its emergency humanitarian crisis.

Supply Chain 9

Supply Chain Productivity Products Company 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2015

Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens wrote in the Citizens United campaign finance decision that “Business corporations must engage the political process in instrumental terms if they are to maximize shareholder value.” 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 23, 2016

We also found that industry matters. Boards of companies operating in the consumer discretionary industry have a disproportionately high representation of Democrats, while boards operating in the industrials and energy and utilities industries skew more Republican.

Politics 8

Politics Committee Telecommunications Diversity 8