Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2014

The US-based company used to be a diversified industrial group, with activities in all types of glass, chemicals, paints, optical materials, and biomedical systems. Even more important, it takes management time to align all teams, including those of the acquired businesses, to the transformation initiative. Allow time and persevere.

Company 9

Company Chemicals Short-term How To 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2015

So marketers today have unprecedented “weapons” and “recon” in terms of technological tools and access to data. In 2014, Atrion — a privately owned Technology Services company based in Warwick, RI — had a problem. Still, as military experts will tell you, air campaigns don’t win wars.

Marketing 8

Marketing Competitive Intelligence Porter How To 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. Advances in manufacturing technology.

Supply Chain 9

Supply Chain Chemicals Uncertainty Policies 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 1, 2017

When a disaster strikes, federal, state, and local governments need a coordinated strategy, accessible data, and a skilled workforce to manage the response. Using the most current technology could help them more efficiently and safely address these costly disasters. filo/Getty Images. Since 1980 the U.S. Since 1980 the U.S.

Transportation 8

Transportation Tactics System Chemicals 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

In B2B, managers all too often treat such “co-creation” as an event rather than a process and therefore focus almost exclusively on the workshop. As an illustration of how to do this well, the experience of BASF is worth looking at. Recently, the German chemicals giant collaborated with another chemicals company.

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B2B Workshop Chemicals B2C 8

Modern Servant Leader

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Also consider how a company in an industry notoriously difficult to make money in, has managed to be wildly successful, where others have failed. And also The World’s Most Powerful Leadership Principle, How to Become a Servant Leader. So I convinced the plant manager they gotta bring this guy back.

Leadership 100

Leadership Servant Leader Airlines Learning-by-Doing 100

Modern Servant Leader

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Also consider how a company in an industry notoriously difficult to make money in, has managed to be wildly successful, where others have failed. And also The World’s Most Powerful Leadership Principle, How to Become a Servant Leader. So I convinced the plant manager they gotta bring this guy back.

Leadership 100

Leadership Servant Leader Airlines Learning-by-Doing 100

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. Yet sometimes technology that starts as an adaptation becomes maladaptive.

Chemicals 8

Chemicals Open-book Technology System 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2012

Starting in our biggest business — carpet tiles — our managers and staff have gone through the grinding process of identifying every single chemical in our products. We will phase out all chemicals deemed unacceptable according to Cradle-to-Cradle by 2020. Sounds pretty idealistic, doesn't it?

Strategy 11

Strategy McKinsey Chemicals Armstrong 11

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

In addition to knowing how to create a compelling narrative out of reams of data, there will be a premium paid to those who can paint vivid pictures of possible tomorrows. Scenario planning is as essential for strategy formulation as it is for the design of next generation technologies and industries. Cooking Science & Technology.

Class 8

Class Education Supply Chain Sports 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 11, 2014

After all, it was hardly a new technology; the first radial tire patents had been filed more than 40 years before. after chemicals). And so, even with the price premium, Michelin was the only company that had figured out how to produce radial tires profitably at scale. But how common is this phenomenon today? incumbents.

Disruptive Innovation 8

Disruptive Innovation Technology Industry Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2018

The existing management team had not addressed a range of issues, including required changes to store sizes, the product range, and which geographies the company focused on. He has accumulated a unique mix of deep knowledge of the organization, the industry, and how to work with Stefano Pessina, the company’s executive chairman.

Strategy 8

Strategy Chief Financial Officer Short-term Chief Information Officer 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 16, 2013

No one can say for sure how to get on a corporate board, but many people point to two routes: the first is to break into the "right" network and the second is to seek a progression of board seats that begins with, for example, a seat on a not-for-profit or community board and eventually results in appointment to a corporate board.

Telecommunications 8

Telecommunications Biotechnology Health Care Real Estate 8

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. The Indian firms we studied promote diversity in their R&D management by hiring external talent to build and oversee their global innovation network. facility in Cambridge Science Park.

Globalization 9

Globalization Innovation Decentralization Chemicals 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2016

While the middle class has been eroded by currency depreciation and recession, the Russian consumer remains technologically savvy, interested in quality Western brands, and able to spend. How to create growth in a stagnating market.

Depreciation 8

Depreciation B2B Price Crisis 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 6, 2016

I spoke with Cristin Lyon, the Partner and Practice Lead for Grid Transformation for management consulting firm Scott Madden. As citizens and policymakers consider how to limit global warming to the level agreed to in Paris, a whole range of aggressive policies will need to be on the table. We certainly can’t hold the world to 1.5

Energy 8

Energy Price Cooper Commitment 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 3, 2016

Distant collaborators often use meetings, email, chat, and other technology to talk about their work, but during site visits we saw constant, quick discussions, with colleagues asking and answering questions in the moment as they were engrossed in joint work. First, we saw that people discussed work more.

Globalization 8

Globalization Team Travel Budgeting 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2015

division of the Korean conglomerate Hanguk Industries, where Mark, a vice president of technology, reported to him. ” Hanguk was a large, fast-growing company with diversified interests spanning electronics, biotechnology, shipping, construction, and chemicals. David was the president of the U.S. “Good news?”

Case Study 8

Case Study Career Biotechnology Course 8