The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 2, 2020

Sectors such as chemicals, food and drink, and textiles were among the most enthusiastic shifters. The very act of diversifying trade patterns itself does not come without any risk, as transport costs are likely to grow, and companies are forced to operate in unfamiliar markets with unfamiliar bureaucracy. Tariff barriers.

Supply Chain 83

Supply Chain Hedge Credit Risk Bureaucracy 83

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 11, 2011

Many of Dow chemical's products, such as its insulation and solar shingles , are energy intensive to make. Encouraging sweeping innovation, Andrew Winston noted at the meeting, requires asking " heretical questions," questions that demand non-obvious answers. David Struhs, of C3, similarly highlighted this holistic perspective.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Chemicals Energy System 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 26, 2016

While a dynamic, competitive economy rewards innovative firms with high profits and punishes poor performers with low profits, sustained aggregate profits suggest, instead, that firms are able to get away with higher prices because competition is limited. If so, then high profits portend diminished productivity growth.

Pharmaceuticals 10

Pharmaceuticals Politics Price Chemicals 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

In 1960, the editor of the Harvard Business Review, Theodore Levitt, wrote that the failure of railroads could be explained in part by the myopic view that they were in the railroad business and not the transportation business, which left them vulnerable to competition from cars, trucks, and planes.

Health Care 15

Health Care Levitt Film Chemicals 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 6, 2011

Anyway, during my travels, I've kept a running list of observations, travel tips for those of you coming to Asia for either a short trip or an extended stay, and thoughts on innovation, all gleaned from my first year based here. If you ask Filipinos to do a skit as part of an innovation workshop, stand back; there is some real local talent.

Airlines 15

Airlines Hotels Travel Chemicals 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 17, 2011

They faced difficult choices: Wait somewhere until the transportation systems started working again although no one knew when that might happen; walk on jammed roads for tens of miles to get home; or find a roof for the night. Then students in college, they started talking about the need to create a society with a new value system.

Crisis 14

Crisis COO Chemicals Transportation 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

DuPont was forced to dissolve its patent-pooling arrangements with foreign chemical firms and disgorge its cross-holdings in GM stock, devastating both its top and bottom lines. Business law Regulation Disruptive innovation Growth strategy Transportation'

Reputation 8

Reputation Disruptive Innovation Letter Transportation 8