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McKinsey on Chemicals, Autumn 2009 Welcome to the second issue of McKinsey on Chemicals. The severe conditions that the chemical industry has been navigating over the past year have not been due just to the financial crisis and consequent broader economic downturn. They also result from the chemical industry's unique dynamics—in particular the way the rapid buildup of investment in hydrocarbon-rich regions and emerging markets has supercharged the industry's traditional investment cycle and triggered an extended profitability trough for important sectors of the industry. These events have underlined once again the imperative for senior chemical industry managers to combine a long- and short-term outlook and a broad geographic lens as they lead their enterprises forward. The articles in this issue aim to support that endeavor.
Value Creation: Strategies for the Chemical Industry
2005 edition: Wiley-VCH Written by a global team of top managers and senior McKinsey experts, this expanded and completely revised second edition provides a wide-ranging manual on the subject of value creation in the chemical industry.
