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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Information

Publisher

Wiley-VCH

Year

2008

ISBN

9783527612253

Edition

Topic

Physical Sciences

Subtopic

Industrial & Technical Chemistry

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