Article Archive - Business Chemistry

Balancing Competitiveness, Innovation and Resilience in the Chemical Industry

by | Oct 2026

The October 2026 issue of the Journal of Business Chemistry brings together three contributions that approach some of the most pressing strategic questions facing the chemical industry today: how industrial structures can combine scale with capital discipline, how...

Value Levers in the Chemicals Industry: Capital-market-driven unbundling in Germany/Europe versus state- supported scaling and integrated value-chain control in China

by | Oct 2026

Since around 1990, the chemicals industries of Germany/Europe and China have diverged. In Europe, integrated groups were broken up to remove conglomerate discounts and maximise enterprise value. This created shareholder value but sacrificed scale, integration and...

Assessing the Potential of Bio-Based Battery Material Innovations: Evidence from an Expert Survey

by | Oct 2026

Bio-based materials could reduce the environmental and supply-chain burdens of batteries, but their technical and economic consequences remain uncertain. This paper addresses these uncertainties by eliciting judgments from 35 experts who evaluated six bio-based...

Robustness Maps: A Scenario-Based Framework for Strategic Feedstock Sourcing under Uncertainty

by | Oct 2026

Manufacturers sourcing bio-based, synthetic, and mineral feedstocks face growing uncertainty from regulatory change, climate impacts, and market volatility. Existing approaches, including scenario planning and quantitative optimization, remain loosely coupled and...

Reshaping Industrial Value Chains in an Era of Technological Change

by | Jun 2026

The second issue of the Journal of Business Chemistry of 2026 brings together three contributions that address different industrial contexts and analytical perspectives, while sharing a common underlying theme: the restructuring of industrial value creation under...

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