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How Organic Wine Finally Caught On

Harvard Business

Meanwhile, plenty of other organic products, including vegetables, milk, and tea, have become widely consumed, at least by affluent, health-conscious city dwellers. The product was perceived as more prone to spoilage since it typically lacked added sulfites. Why the difference? Early Struggles.

Chemicals 134
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IBM Consulting Interviews: Navigating the IBM GBS Maze

Management Consulted

They were a management consulting firm whose clients were chemical and petroleum companies. Finance Risk. Chemicals and Petroleum. Consumer Products. Areas like finance, accounting, communications, HR and marketing. In 1998, IBM acquired The Chem Systems Group Inc. Information Technology. Organization and People.

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Can Index Funds Be a Force for Sustainable Capitalism?

Harvard Business

Among other things, there is growing demand from both retail and institutional investors to align their capital with better environmental and social outcomes, and more resources going into index fund or quasi-indexing products. Index funds can be a force for sustainable capitalism.

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Organizational Fitness for Growth: Five Insights for CEOs

Kates Kesler

Royal Dutch Philips is a $20B diversified consumer electronics, healthcare, and lighting products company. He reset collaborative P&L metrics and business review processes, shared by the region leaders and the global product leaders, to form tight “business handshakes,” that he regards as the center of a granular set of growth strategies.

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Figuring Out How IT, Analytics, and Operations Should Work Together

Harvard Business

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.

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Joint Ventures Reduce the Risk of Major Capital Investments

Harvard Business

These conflicting pressures are especially present when the product provided by the asset is not very differentiating (think, for instance, of commodity steel products or container shipping services). 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.

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The Impact of Carbon Taxation on Supply Chains in China

Comatch

Green finance is becoming increasingly dominant, as long-term investors see environmental risk management as a fundamental success factor in securing long-term returns. Moreover, this tax rate is projected to increase to 100 EUR per metric ton by 2030, with more products being continuously added to be taxed.