Crises – come to stay ?
Crises have kept the world in turmoil since the beginning of 2020. Currently, there is no end in sight and the chemical industry is in crisis mode. Very high energy and raw-material costs slowed down global industrial production or significantly reduced it. In some...
Improvising in a crisis: an empirical study of NPD teams in the field of chemistry and chemical engineering
Abstract Organizational crises can ruin a firm’s reputation and threaten its survival. The field of chemistry and chemical engineering has experienced this from the classic example of the Tylenol scare to Deepwater Horizon. In most cases, the firm is focused on...How chemicals can serve people sustainably without polluting the planet: through common objectives, integration, and more effective cooperation
Introduction Humans have mastered quite some crises. And we will need to master global ones in the near and distant future. Common sense and lessons learned along the way consistently attest to the fact that proper and resolute cooperation, towards clear joint...