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

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Research by my co-authors and myself has found that firms improving their performance on industry-specific, material ESG issues outperform their competitors , and firms disclosing more information on industry-specific material ESG issues exhibit more informative stock prices and as a result more efficient pricing of risks and opportunities.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Asset Management Chemicals Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

The first category is exogenous factors over which the business has little control: the growth of the markets into which it sells; the competitive intensity and thus the average profitability of the industry in which it operates; or the fragmentation of its industry and thus the scope for a growth-by-acquisition approach.

Chemicals 8

Chemicals How To Kahneman Reputation 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 31, 2012

Consider the case of a chemicals company. Another might be made up of markets with similar operating cost structures. The play usually encompasses guidance on the offer, pricing, and communications and may include tailored collateral materials. Companies usually find that a set of four to 10 peer groups is a manageable number.

B2B 13

B2B Chemicals Analysis B2C 13

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

And across many product segments, price/value is a relevant attribute. In a study of tires that we conducted, where the attributes were size, brand, and mileage warranty, the lowest-priced brand had only a 10% share of the retailer's sales but the retailer only offered it in a limited number of sizes (nine). The result: a 5.8%

Planning 12

Planning Retail Chemicals Fashion 12

Harvard Business Review

MAY 6, 2015

Continuous light interface production , or CLIP, uses chemical reactions to better control the transformation of liquids into solids. This technology starts with a plastic or metal powder, but instead of solidifying the powder with a laser, it uses chemicals sprayed from 30,000 tiny nozzles at a rate of 350 million dots per second.

Chemicals 8

Chemicals Technology Industry Film 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2016

The latest nuclear reactor designs, promising higher safety, longer operating life, and lower operating costs, cost up to $25 billion after factoring in the huge budget overruns. 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

MAY 20, 2014

In chemicals, energy, technology, beer and more, you can see a multi-decade trend toward the consolidation of behemoths. New, small entrants into the market will be at pains to form relationships with such firms, and the power imbalance is effectively a monopsony — sell to us at our price, on our invoice terms, or get lost.

Pharmaceuticals 11

Pharmaceuticals Banking Chemicals Trends 11

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

This can disrupt a firm’s ability to operate on schedule and budget. Of the respondents, 72% said that climate change presents risks that could significantly impact their operations, revenue, or expenditures. ” Improving risk management. households spend 3% of annual electricity budgets on heating water to wash clothes.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 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. Water and energy are not typically priced to reflect their true scarcity, value, or costs. Find ways to value water and price carbon in all future investments.

Energy 8

Energy Price Telecommunications Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 13, 2011

If CEOs are going to operate for stakeholder value — rather than just for shareholder value — then their pay ought to be structured in a way that supports them doing so. For example, most financial analysts would say that the drivers of share price in the U.S. How can that be "bad"? bonus plans, according to our research.

TSR 9

TSR CEO Incentives Long-term 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 20, 2012

While companies are increasingly using detailed analytics to fine-tune pricing, packaging, and product performance, analytics have their limits when it comes to finding the next big idea. However, the chemical formulations weren't intended for hand washing and could cause abrasions or burns. Can the idea be reliably delivered at scale?

Innovation 15

Innovation Chemicals Price Learning-by-Doing 15

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

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

In contrast, when Samsung and Sony were deciding whether to launch LED TVs, which offered better picture quality than plasma TVs at a slightly higher price, there was lower uncertainty about demand because customers were already buying TVs. As the overall rate of invention across industries increases, so does technological uncertainty.

Uncertainty 22

Uncertainty Industry Bottom-up Technology 22

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2014

First one and then two companies took aim at each unit’s market, aggressively selling products at lower prices. But rather than illustrating a simple revenue model, the diagrams showed that over time he had adjusted his pricing policies to address customer demands, internal accounting guidelines, and competitive threats.

Case Study 10

Case Study Price Chemicals Strategy 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 30, 2013

It was just lousy timing if you happened to be in one of these industries, which were all in the bottom quartile of total shareholder returns (share price change plus dividends paid) in the 10 years through 2012. Second, top-quartile companies operate more profitably than other companies.

TSR 8

TSR Industry Company Airlines 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2014

Both in response and pre-emptively, the world’s leading companies continued to aggressively pivot their businesses toward more sustainable and innovative ways of operating. All the major players in the personal care product value chain — the giants of consumer products, chemicals, and fragrances — were there (as was I).

Chemicals 13

Chemicals Short-term Energy Report 13

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2014

In our opinion, which of the two is the more successful depends on the context in which the business operates. the conglomerate share price is less than the sum of the values of its constituent businesses), we would argue that the economies from leveraging personal relations with external parties are non-existent in these firms.

Social Capital 8

Social Capital Chemicals Industry Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

The price tag for accomplishing these global goals is estimated to be up to $3 trillion a year for 15 years. Olam , an agri-business with seed-to-shelf operations across 65 countries, has already organized its efforts around two of the global goals. Third, the goals cannot be realized without business participation. of the time.

Goal 8

Goal Supply Chain Development Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2013

Attacking "other" greenhouse gases , those that can be much more powerful warming agents than CO2, such as methane (which comes from animals/farms, natural gas leaks, and landfills) and HFCs (the class of chemicals used in refrigerants). Talk about the need to price carbon so our markets can function correctly.

Payback Period 8

Payback Period Energy Politics Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2012

For example, Tesco uses vast data sets culled from decades of customers' Clubcard use to make pricing decisions, influence shoppers to buy specific items, and build loyalty. Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute have created a system of electronic noses that can smell explosives or other chemical substances.

Retail 12

Retail Wireless Loyalty Chemicals 12

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

These lawsuits have been enabled in part by the efficient-market teaching that “in an open and developed securities market, the price of a company’s stock is determined by the available material information regarding the company and its business.” This debate is happening because in Halliburton Co. John Fund, Inc. , Basic, Inc.,

Training 8

Training Efficiency Class Price 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

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Dow Chemical has reduced energy costs $9 billion since 1994. A large consumer products company — which tells me it will be going public with this story very soon — has already cut carbon in its own operations by 80%. We will need strong global policies and a price on carbon. The early leaders have a good start.

McKinsey 8

McKinsey GDP Cost-Benefit Analysis Constraint 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

But our 14 million workers, thanks to the machines they operate and the smart, disciplined way in which they work, produce about the same amount of stuff, measured in dollar terms, as China’s 100-plus million factory workers, according to a 2009 study by the BLS. So who exactly is eating whose lunch? What each country makes is different, too.

Intellectual Capital 8

Intellectual Capital Magazine Pharmaceuticals Creativity 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 11, 2013

But my youngest uncle worked behind the scenes to make sure that his sons, Fred, Roy, and Bill, were given executive positions in the operating units despite their obvious shortcomings. Fred, Roy, and Bill never rose as high in the company as Ricky, who is now the chief operating officer. As for me, I''m happily uninvolved!

Case Study 8

Case Study CEO Chief Operating Officer Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 15, 2016

However, you’ve made the point that even though there are fewer intermediaries between supplier and restaurant, its operations can actually end up being more complex and fragmented, and therefore harder to control for safety. Operations in a Connected World. How can this be? Insight Center. Sponsored by Accenture.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Globalization Outsourcing 8

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

Companies that will eventually be wrecked by others’ innovations are operating on autopilot. 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. That’s a more powerful model than something that is purely transactional.

Innovation 50

Innovation NPV Business Model Constraint 50

Harvard Business Review

JULY 6, 2016

A deep shift in energy markets, including the agreement’s goals on making the grid more flexible and resilient, will change how utilities and energy companies need to operate. The three countries individually, or the continent as a whole, will have to put a price on carbon. We certainly can’t hold the world to 1.5

Energy 8

Energy Price Cooper Commitment 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2017

In doing research on multinational operations in the Middle East and Africa, we’ve learned that companies are well aware of how President Trump’s foreign and trade policies could affect their businesses there. more competitive prices, more localized products) and improve their risk management and operational efficiency.

Depreciation 9

Depreciation Contingency Plans Policies Marketing 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2018

billion in subsidies included solar panels, chemicals, pipe, steel wire, wheels, wind towers, and kitchen appliances. That would be a devastating price to pay. .” These subsidies build on years of Chinese state support for foundational industries like banks, oil, utilities, telecom, and construction. In recent years, U.S.

GDP 8

GDP Policies Supply Chain Cooper 8

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. Nine big brands with operations in Ohio publicly pressed the state to reinstate energy efficiency and renewable energy portfolio standards.

Energy 8

Energy Banking Chemicals Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 4, 2017

First, the more global the company (in terms of the range of countries it operated in and the proportion of its sales made outside the U.S.), One sign of progress is that prices of verified conflict-free minerals are now substantially higher than those of untraceable minerals. Two things stood out to us.

Supply Chain 9

Supply Chain Productivity Products Company 9