Harvard Business

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. In 2016, that gap was down to about 1 percentage point.

Chemicals 30

Chemicals Policies Productivity Trends 30

Kates Kesler

JUNE 11, 2014

The organizational barriers to profitable growth are foreseeable and can be managed. A decade of centralizing global product and brand management in Amsterdam had largely denigrated the field-based commercial organizations around the world into order-takers, while the global business units migrated further away from customers and consumers.

Apparel 82

Apparel Healthcare Enterprise Chemicals 82

Management Consulted

JANUARY 18, 2015

Headquarters: Chicago, IL Employees: 3,200 Locations: 58 offices, 40 countries Chief Executive: Johan Aurik, Managing Partner and Chairman of the Board Revenue: $1B Consulting Engagement Cost: $400K. 1935 – Tom Kearney becomes managing partner. Named fifth-largest broad-based multidisciplined management consultancy in the U.S.;

Interviews 100

Interviews Culture Case Interview McKinsey 100

Harvard Business

AUGUST 3, 2016

At a global chemical manufacturer, the IT function has a highly educated team of fewer than 20 statisticians, operations research professionals, and PhDs to develop advanced demand forecasting models, supply chain operational optimization, and raw materials for purchasing-decision support. Data and analytics embedded in IT.

Operations 28

Operations Chemicals Data Agile 28

Harvard Business

MAY 10, 2016

Such rules rest on the premise that if we can just structure the board properly, management misconduct can largely be prevented. GE states, “The primary role of GE’s Board of Directors is to oversee how management serves the interests of shareowners and other stakeholders.”

Company 28

Company Chemicals Industry Meeting 28

Harvard Business

JANUARY 4, 2017

This regulation came as a result of concerns that the exploitation and trade of conflict minerals by armed groups was helping to finance conflict in the DRC region and contributing to its emergency humanitarian crisis.

Productivity 29

Productivity Company Pharmaceuticals Survey 29

MishTalk

OCTOBER 18, 2015

Cots, portable housing containers and chemical toilets are largely sold out. Meanwhile, Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble, the strong man in Merkel's cabinet, also expressed his own dissatisfaction, in distant Peru, by cracking jokes about border controls in the former East Germany.

Policies 28

Policies Chemicals Government Report 28

Harvard Business

AUGUST 23, 2016

Both Republicans and Democrats say the most effective board committee is audit/finance. Meanwhile, Democrats place greater importance on technology expertise and risk management. chemicals, metals & mining, paper & forest products). banking & financial services, insurance, real estate); Healthcare (e.g.,

Telecommunications 28

Telecommunications Biotechnology Survey Healthcare 28

MishTalk

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

In mid-August government forces bombed the souk in nearby Douma, killing 250 people – almost two years to the day since a chemical weapons attack killed 1,300 in the same area. They sell their houses, or land, or their cars to finance the trip. In government-controlled Damascus, rebel mortar bombs kill a few civilians every week.

Chemicals 28

Chemicals Government Hotels Travel 28

Harvard Business

APRIL 6, 2016

Two companies transfer selected similar assets into a joint venture in order to support the orderly management of capacity in their industry and reduce the risk of prices spiraling downward. Model 3: Joint venture of similar assets. Distributed power generation is a well-known example.

Operations 28

Operations Examples Insurance Insurance 28

MishTalk

JANUARY 30, 2015

I was at Chase when Chase and Chemical merged. It can be ten ideas on anything about healthcare, industry, education, finance, anything medical. That’s the moral dilemma for investment managers. I said they’d fall, and so did Lacy Hunt at Van Hoisington, manager of a $4 billion dollar US treasury fund.

Financial 28

Financial Banking Case Interview Interviews 28

The Crazy Lives of Consultants

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

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Travel 45

Travel Consulting Fashion Hotels 45