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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.
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Global Chemicals: China Remakes an Industry
The McKinsey Quarterly, 2004 Special edition: China today
Move to China? Export to China? The time to decide is now.
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Multiple Choice for the Chemical Industry
The McKinsey Quarterly, 2003 Number 3
Although a new study shows that the basic financial performance of chemical companies correlates only with their product portfolios, they have many opportunities to create shareholder value.
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The Alchemy of LBOs
The McKinsey Quarterly, 2001 Number 2
How can investment bankers achieve better results at chemicals companies than engineers and chemists do? No, it isn't black magic.
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Transforming Production
European Chemical News, April 5, 2004
Effective operating systems rely on many factors, not least the passing on of expert knowledge. McKinsey looks at the latest approaches.
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White Biotechnology: Gateway to a More Sustainable Future
EuropaBio, April 10, 2003
White biotechnology, the application of nature's "toolset" to industrial production, has the potential to have a substantial impact on production. A study shows that economic progress can go hand in hand with social and environmental benefits.
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The Chemistry of Knowledge
The McKinsey Quarterly, 2000 Number 4
The usefulness of asset-based strategies is waning. A new era based on the exploitation of knowledge is starting to dawn.
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