Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

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. A third signal is that health care financing is testing these pathways too.

Health Care 15

Health Care Levitt Film Chemicals 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2012

The economic buyer focuses on price and value, is brutal about the buying process, browbeats the supplier, and puts the salesperson through head games. The rabbit is included in the bidding process for the sole purpose of driving down another vendor's — the preferred vendor's — price. The alternative is soft bluffing.

Price 14

Price Chemicals Tactics CFO 14

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. 2 Chemical Company, were very active.

Case Study 11

Case Study Chemicals Ethics Finance 11

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 3, 2016

Unlike the first example, the data and analytics function here relies on corporate IT and follows established IT processes. The captive financing division of a global manufacturer has a team of 30 or so analytics modelers, several of which are PhD holders. Data and analytics embedded in IT.

Operations 8

Operations Agility Chemicals Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2016

Ageas contributes its expertise in insurance product design, marketing, finance, and risk management, while the partner, often a well-embedded local financial institution, contributes its customer portfolio, distribution channel, brand, and relationships. Another risk is the opportunity cost of not benefiting from lower investment costs.

Co-Opetition 8

Co-Opetition Operations Cost Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

In November 2015 Geisinger Health System launched its ProvenExperience program – a wide-ranging cultural and process reengineering initiative whose long-term goal is not just to assure the best customer experience in healthcare, but to offer the best customer experience of any industry. Underlying Principles.

System 8

System Quality Long-term Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

For most governments, financing the global goals campaigns will be a stretch; governments have already reneged in the past on commitments for similar targets. But innovating for sustainable development is actually quite close to the processes of “traditional” innovation.

Goal 8

Goal Supply Chain Development Globalization 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. Mere words and policies are not sufficient.

Team 12

Team Diversity CFO TSR 12

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2016

Process : Investments that pay careful attention to business practices, such as “fair trade” coffee, equitable labor practices in a supply chain, or buy-one-give-one models that provide access to goods and services to those in need. place, process, planet) across the top. cash, fixed income, private equity, etc.)

Class 8

Class Microfinance Supply Chain Education 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2014

All the major players in the personal care product value chain — the giants of consumer products, chemicals, and fragrances — were there (as was I). Financing the clean economy. Walmart and Target demonstrated how this works by convening a Personal Care Products Sustainability Summit. Business, taxes, and society.

Chemicals 13

Chemicals Short-term Energy Report 13

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

In short, then, shareholder lawsuits amount to a weirdly circular process in which presumably blameless outside investors hand over money to other outside investors (and sometimes to themselves), with the executives accused of wrongdoing left untouched and the lawyers for both sides taking a big cut. Economy Finance Risk management'

Training 8

Training Efficiency Class Price 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 4, 2017

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. Apple implemented a third-party auditing system and has parted ways with dozens of smelters and refiners.

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

Both Republicans and Democrats say the most effective board committee is audit/finance. ” Directors of both political views rate their boards similarly on processes, dynamics, and effectiveness as a whole, but differ on the question of compensation. chemicals, metals & mining, paper & forest products).

Politics 8

Politics Committee Telecommunications Diversity 8