Value Creation
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Value Creation

Strategies for the Chemical Industry

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eBook - PDF

Value Creation

Strategies for the Chemical Industry

About this book

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.
Drawing on extensive first-hand management experience, several hundred consulting engagements, and in-depth research projects, the authors outline the key ingredients for managing chemical companies successfully. The book addresses in detail key issues of strategy and industry structure, describes best practice in the core functions of the chemical business system, looks at the state of the art in organization and post-merger management, and covers a selection of the most important current topics such as industrial biotechnology, the role of private equity, and the chemical landscape in China.
Although mainly directed at executives and managers in the chemical industry, the knowledge contained in this comprehensive overview will also benefit scientists, engineers, investors, students, and anyone else dealing with management issues in this sector.

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Yes, you can access Value Creation by Florian Budde,Utz-Hellmuth Felcht,Heiner Frankemölle in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Physical Sciences & Industrial & Technical Chemistry. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Wiley-VCH
Year
2008
Print ISBN
9783527312665
eBook ISBN
9783527612253
Edition
2
Topic
Physical Sciences
Subtopic
Industrial & Technical Chemistry

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-Title Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Contents
  6. Preface
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. List of Contributors
  9. 1. Today’s Chemical Industry: Which Way Is Up?
  10. 2. Shareholder Value Orientation: Not a Question of Whether, but How
  11. 3. Structural Drivers of Value Creation in the Chemical Industry
  12. 4. Chemicals – Driving Innovation in Other Industries
  13. 5. Today’s Challenges and Strategic Choices
  14. 6. An Approach to Determining the Long-term Attractiveness of Commodity Chemical Businesses
  15. 7. Middle East: Opportunities and Challenges from the Rapid Emergence of a Global Petrochemical Hub
  16. 8. Survival when It’s Hard to be Special: A Perspective on Specialty Chemicals
  17. 9. Creating the World’s Leading Specialty Chemicals Company
  18. 10. Prospects for Agribusiness: an Essential Contribution to Global Food Demand
  19. 11. Industrial Gases – Growth by Continued Self-Renewal
  20. 12. Perspectives of Chemical Distributors as Partners of Industry
  21. 13. Systematically Revitalizing Innovation in the Chemical Industry
  22. 14. Innovation for Growth
  23. 15. The Four Pillars of Sustainable Purchasing Transformations
  24. 16. Feedstock Price Volatility and How to Deal with It
  25. 17. Taking a Leap in Purchasing
  26. 18. Excellence in Operations – the Never-ending Journey Continues
  27. 19. State-of-the-art Production Concepts in the Chemical Industry
  28. 20. The Role of Site Services and Infrastructure for Productivity Management
  29. 21. Creating a Revenue Advantage through Sales and Marketing Excellence
  30. 22. Achieving Top Performance in Supply Chain Management
  31. 23. Right Second Time – Unlocking Value with IT
  32. 24. Managing Organizational Performance
  33. 25. Post-Merger Management: it’s All in the Design
  34. 26. M&A – the UCB Case
  35. 27. The Chemical Industry and Public Perception
  36. 28. Industrial Biotech: From Promise to Profit
  37. 29. Industrial Biotech at DSM: From Concept to Customer
  38. 30. Leveraged Buyout Transactions – Challenges and Learnings
  39. 31. What Attracts Private Equity Firms to the Chemical Industry?
  40. 32. Facing China
  41. 33. China – Key for Success in Asia
  42. Index
  43. EULA