Journal of Business Chemistry
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Two years ago, we described that the pandemic has added an additional element of chaos to an already volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous world and we have asked, among other things, the questions: What about the highly globalized value chains – will we try to move the supply chains back to Europe and is it […]
Abstract Innovative firms evolve, positions shift, and markets realign due to the dynamics of innovation. The role of innovations in reconfiguring markets and economies is well understood. The schools of thought that guided this understanding in erstwhile literature are based on ecological principles, institutionalism, and industrial economics. Whatever the side of human ecology, population ecology […]
Abstract In the era of environmental sustainability, firms are put under pressure from the political and customers’ sides to act, particularly those in high feedstock and energy consuming sectors, like the chemical industry. A trend towards greener products is inevitably reaching intermediate sectors, so that sustainability reporting at product level arises as a necessity. Profound […]
If the world’s dependence on pharmaceutical technology wasn’t already obvious, COVID-19 brought a dramatic reminder as companies like Moderna, Pfizer, BioNTech, and Johnson & Johnson delivered needed vaccines. Now, pharma executives are seeing the success tempered by reality as significant new risks challenge the global supply chain and the industry. While recent, pandemic-induced disruptions have […]
The Journal of Business Chemistry is publishing its 19th volume with the first issue of the year 2022. Since 2004, 52 issues with over 200 contributions have been published and the Journal of Business Chemistry has developed continuously. We are pleased to announce that a special issue is planned in the context of the 4th […]
Abstract Rare earths, classified as critical elements by the European Commission, are of high importance to the automotive, chemical, and pharmaceutical industries. They are produced simultaneously and therefore can be referred to as joint products. In this paper, an approach is presented to analyze the drivers behind supply and demand changes of joint products to […]