LDRLB

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Regulators now worry that declining seed competition may lead to price increases on foods that every American family consumes. We create the seeds, the traits, and crop protection chemicals that help farmers produce more food using fewer resources.” Better Seed for a Brighter Future. How’s that for spin? Blah, blah, blah.

Strategy 74

Strategy Company Competitive Advantage Chemicals 74

Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Jim Kim (President of the World Bank), Peter Drucker (founder of modern management), Paul Hersey (noted author, teacher, and personal mentor of mine), and Warren Bennis (one of the world’s greatest leadership thinkers of his time). Has been recognized as the World’s #1 Leadership Thinker. Author of two best-selling leadership books.

Executive Coaching 70

Executive Coaching CEO Magazine Banking 70

The Recovering Engineer

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

He has degrees in Chemical Engineering and he served as a Nuclear Engineering officer in the U.S. He is an engineer by nature, by training, and experience. He has spent many years learning to connect and communicate with other people more effectively. That being the case, the argument you’re presenting here seems a bit specious.

Health Care 102

Health Care Engineering System Politics 102

The Recovering Engineer

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

He has degrees in Chemical Engineering and he served as a Nuclear Engineering officer in the U.S. He is an engineer by nature, by training, and experience. He has spent many years learning to connect and communicate with other people more effectively. That being the case, the argument you’re presenting here seems a bit specious.

Health Care 102

Health Care Engineering System Politics 102

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2016

Russia’s industrialization also means that the market offers substantial opportunities in diverse B2B sectors such as mining, oil and gas, metallurgy, chemicals, light industry, and consumer durables. The drastic drop in oil prices has obscured these issues, but they will continue to constrain growth even if oil prices recover.

Depreciation 8

Depreciation B2B Price Crisis 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 31, 2012

Consider the case of a chemicals company. For example, the chemicals company grouped its 70 micromarkets into four peer groups and outlined a strategy for each, such as "invest," in which it sought to capture an outsize share of growth, or "maintain," in which it sought to hold on to its market share while maximizing operating efficiencies.

B2B 13

B2B Chemicals Analysis B2C 13

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. Or the economic cycle may suddenly turn and thus make it impossible to divest an activity as planned at a fair price. Go for the occasional mega-acquisition.

Company 10

Company Chemicals Short-term How To 10

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2015

Consider three critical mega-trends: resource constraints and rising commodity prices; climate change and extreme weather; and radical, technology-driven transparency. The issues in each of these buckets require new leadership, or at least a rethinking of it in the highest ranks of companies, and deep operational changes.

Constraint 8

Constraint Supply Chain Resources Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 13, 2011

For example, most financial analysts would say that the drivers of share price in the U.S. For example, most financial analysts would say that the drivers of share price in the U.S. All told, this leaves very little room for measurements that aren't stock price-driven. How can that be "bad"? The objective? Blasphemy, I know.).

TSR 9

TSR CEO Incentives Long-term 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2014

One option is for multinational companies to go flat out for market leadership in China; that is, try to be either No. They have learnt to offer global quality at low prices, squeezing multinational companies’ margins and profits. Go for Broke. 2 in the market.

Supply Chain 9

Supply Chain Retail Chemicals Marketing 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 11, 2013

My father acted swiftly to replace the full leadership team, enraging my cousins and their father. My eldest uncle''s sons have also been unable to break into leadership positions. As the economy improved, the company expanded into machinery and chemicals imports. The businesses would have to be sold at rock-bottom prices.

Case Study 8

Case Study CEO Chief Operating Officer Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 21, 2017

But the ones who really understand the issue see gender balance as not just a numbers game but part of a broader, more strategic cultural shift that includes developing leadership teams representing geographically diffuse markets. The senior leadership team of 35 was dominated by Dutch men. How did he do it?

Diversity 8

Diversity CFO Globalization Video 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

Coca-Cola was not alone in facing increasing costs in 2011; one of my clients, Kimberly-Clark, took an earnings hit from record pulp prices. These companies are notable victims of a new reality: resources are constrained and input prices are fundamentally rising. Business as usual is no more. Climate change is here.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Apparel P&L Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2013

The Declaration itself is directional and not as specific as what Ceres and a subset of these signatories advocate for as part of BICEP’s work (like pricing carbon and aggressive energy efficiency programs). Executives at Unilever credit their ranking to the company’s known leadership on sustainability.

Supply Chain 10

Supply Chain McKinsey Apparel Energy 10

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2015

” In more recent times, a British chemical engineer named Paul Thomas pronounced a vision “that one day we will be able to detect a previously undetectable tumour metabolising inside a human lung simply by asking a patient to breathe into a device.” Of course, this type of quantification is essential for business success.

System 8

System Long-term Chemicals Benchmarking 8

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

In bond trading, there is no relationship, bond prices today have little to do with bond prices tomorrow, and I could completely change my positions overnight. Further, many problems are common across industries and a solution that works for, say, the chemicals industry may be surprisingly relevant in a financial services context.

Innovation 50

Innovation NPV Business Model Constraint 50

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

With the support of chemical companies , more than 170 countries also agreed to phase out HFCs , the high global-warming-potential chemicals used in air-conditioners and refrigerators everywhere. As prices dropped, companies noticed, and corporate purchases and commitments to clean energy grew.

Energy 8

Energy Banking Chemicals Globalization 8