Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2014

In chemicals, energy, technology, beer and more, you can see a multi-decade trend toward the consolidation of behemoths. Also, consider the need for new products and services in a country full of concentrated industries. Economy Entrepreneurship Finance' In the guitar business , too.

Pharmaceuticals 11

Pharmaceuticals Banking Chemicals Trends 11

Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2014

As growth became a competitive imperative, business leaders began seeing the firm as a system of investment rather than a system of production. What Kunkle is particularly known for is bringing a cross-functional perspective to talent strategy at the consumer products companies she serves. Finance Human resources'

CFO 11

CFO Charan Intangible Assets Human Resources 11

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 16

Health Care Levitt Film Chemicals 16

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2012

The potential customer's VP of finance contacted Bill and asked him to prepare a proposal for a multimillion-dollar initiative. She had a good relationship with the CEO of a medium-sized chemical company and had done a lot of work with the customer over the years. Bill and a team spent several months preparing the bid.

Price 14

Price Chemicals Tactics CFO 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

These preparatory steps are of particular importance for carve-outs that are not full-fledged business units with profit & loss responsibility, such as R&D centers or production units whose only customer is their parent. The outsiders provide new blood in support functions such as finance, legal, or administration.

Chemicals 8

Chemicals How To Kahneman Reputation 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

The article shows how the Dutch firm AkzoNobel is growing in China, particularly through products that help customers reduce environmental footprint in the shipping and building sectors. Each major government ministry in China was pitching green products and services at the tradeshow. No selling of products or services.

NGO 15

NGO Chemicals Guidelines Telecommunications 15

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.

COO 12

COO Sample Telecommunications Automotive 12

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 3, 2016

At a global chemical manufacturer, the IT function has a highly educated team of fewer than 20 statisticians, operations research professionals, and PhDs to develop advanced demand forecasting models, supply chain operational optimization, and raw materials for purchasing-decision support. Data and analytics embedded in IT.

Operations 8

Operations Agility Chemicals Supply Chain 8

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. Investing in a supply-side solution such as seawater desalination can be as much as four times as costly as water reuse or other resource productivity options.

Energy 8

Energy Price Telecommunications Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2016

These conflicting pressures are especially present when the product provided by the asset is not very differentiating (think, for instance, of commodity steel products or container shipping services). The common idea behind these models is that the company does not have to be the (full) owner of the asset to be its (sole) operator.

Co-Opetition 8

Co-Opetition Operations Cost Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

James is using his expertise as a chemical engineer to develop new business models for base-of-the-pyramid consumers. Matt Ellis at CBRE, a global leader in real estate services, is designing financing structures that will provide capital for clients' energy efficiency initiatives. Take James Inglesby at Unilever, for example.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Constraint Entrepreneur Restructuring 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

But an awful lot of these jobs command very high-wages in law, finance, accounting, consulting, advertising, engineering, design, software, healthcare, scientific research, architecture, entertainment, hospitality, and many other areas. Since then, America’s productivity lead has been growing sharply, not falling behind.

Intellectual Capital 8

Intellectual Capital Magazine Pharmaceuticals Creativity 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. Third, the goals cannot be realized without business participation. The price tag for accomplishing these global goals is estimated to be up to $3 trillion a year for 15 years.

Goal 8

Goal Supply Chain Development Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2014

Concerns that it wouldn’t have enough cash to finance its holiday stock has apparently led to the company to sell real estate, spin off its Lands’ End brand, and raise $625 million in unsecured loans and equity warrants. But perhaps its current woes are just a blip in a long, long history of facing and rising to challenges.

Retail 9

Retail Quinn Real Estate Apparel 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). A company spokesperson told The Verge that its analog products are doing great — who doesn''t need ornaments, crayons, or, er, the Hallmark Channel?

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Company Crisis Crisis Management 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2016

For instance, Triodos Sustainable Trade Fund provides finance to farmers whose cultivation practices are more sustainable in places like the Palestine Territories, Thailand, and the Dominican Republic, avoiding traditional chemically-intensive fertilizer in delicate ecosystems.

Class 8

Class Microfinance Supply Chain Education 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2017

They include years of 15% to 20% annual increases in labor costs without compensating productivity growth in manufacturing titans such as China, cheap energy in North America unlocked by hydraulic fracturing, and the increasing complexity and cost of managing global supply chains. made products. Advances in manufacturing technology.

Supply Chain 10

Supply Chain Chemicals Uncertainty Policies 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2014

Walmart and Target demonstrated how this works by convening a Personal Care Products Sustainability Summit. 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.

Chemicals 13

Chemicals Short-term Energy Report 13

Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2018

SOEs receive preferential access to land, finance, telecom, hydrocarbons, and electricity. billion in subsidies included solar panels, chemicals, pipe, steel wire, wheels, wind towers, and kitchen appliances. They enjoy lower taxes and selective anti-trust enforcement to shield them from private competitors. In recent years, U.S.

GDP 8

GDP Policies Supply Chain Cooper 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. Firms could also admit that their products contained DRC conflict minerals, but thus far none have done so.

Supply Chain 9

Supply Chain Productivity Products Company 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2016

Both Republicans and Democrats say the most effective board committee is audit/finance. food, beverage & tobacco, household and personal products); Energy & Utilities (e.g., chemicals, metals & mining, paper & forest products). chemicals, metals & mining, paper & forest products).

Politics 8

Politics Committee Telecommunications Diversity 8