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What follows after the Eureka Moment: Consulting for Innovation Start-ups

Tom Spencer

The following article will demonstrate the pitfalls of turning an innovation into a market reality with a case study from the plastics industry. Turning Innovation into a Market Reality. When it comes to the plastics industry, the chemical recycling company Carbios is an instructive example of this delayed patenting strategy.

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How to Solve Your Talent Challenge (Creatively)

Organizational Talent Consulting

BASF is a German multinational chemical company and the largest chemical producer in the world. Like me, you may have first learned about this company from their marketing campaign: "We don't make a lot of the products you buy. What if you developed a verbund talent strategy?

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Sustainable Aviation: Emerging Trends and Opportunities

Tom Spencer

Aerospace is one of the fastest growing markets. While both the size of the market and its growth rate are both large, so is its carbon footprint. The Aviation Market. Ever since the Wright Brother’s famous first flight in 1903, the aviation market has gone nowhere but up. Chemical Innovations.

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Can Index Funds Be a Force for Sustainable Capitalism?

Harvard Business

Just look at Uber to understand the importance of diversity and product safety or at car manufacturers scrambling to develop a competitive advantage in electric cars as countries seek to decarbonize their economics and fight pollution. In both cases, social and environmental metrics matter for the business’s financial success.

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Consumer Warning Labels Aren’t Working

Harvard Business

But designing an efficient warning system is more complicated than it might appear. A label may read, for example : “WARNING: This product contains a chemical known to the state of California to cause cancer.” For context, there are more than 800 different hazardous chemicals listed in California at present.

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A.T. Kearney Interview & Culture

Management Consulted

Kearney’s digital business service aims to help these companies stay at the top of their game in the digital world – separating hype from potential digital disruptors & developing specific digital strategies designed around the company’s capabilities. Marketing & Sales. Innovation. Strategic IT. Automotive.

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The Future Economy Project: Advice from Sustainability Experts

Harvard Business

Tactics include, for example, labeling claims and how to be clear about what standards we might want to develop, and also about disclosure, when he mentions materiality. Chairman and CEO, the Dow Chemical Company , and Executive Chairman, DowDuPont. We need tools to assess progress for external stakeholders, consumers, and managers.