“Piggy-back problems”: problems that are ‘stowaways’ on other problems like toxins and pollutants related to pesticides. International Inequalities - “the proletariat of the global risk society settles beneath the smokestacks‚ next to refineries and chemical factories” - Hazardous industries have been transferred to low-wage countries of third world status. - There is no coincidence
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Now? 7 4.3 What Should Gupta Do Now? 7 1 Financial Math – Pre Crisis The case presents an American company Dow‚ producer of commodity chemicals‚ who is in the final stages of acquiring another company Rohm & Haas. Rohm & Haas is a perfect match for Dow in respect of the strategic and financial perspective. Dow is also pursuing another key deal with Kuwait’s Petrochemical Industries Company (PIC)
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Strategic Management Chapter 6 – Questions 1. Plot the position of the following companies on figure 6.3 and justify your answer: * Procter & Gamble: P&G sells more that 300 brands to consumers in more that 150 countries and therefore faces strong pressures for local responsiveness as different countries and cultures prefer different cleaning materials for example. P&G also faces pressures for cost reduction due to the large number of competitors in that sphere of the market
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"Propionic Acid & Derivatives Market By Applications (Animal Feed & Grain Preservatives‚ Food Preservatives‚ Herbicides‚ Cellulose Acetate Propionate) & Geography – Global Trends & Forecasts To 2018”‚ defines and segments the global propionic acid market with an analysis and forecasting of the global consumption volume. Browse 90 market data tables and 30 figures spread through 228 pages and in-depth TOC on "Propionic Acid & Derivatives Market By Applications (Animal Feed & Grain Preservatives
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Wal-Mart is company No. 1 in the world. It has the most revenue over any other company ($421 Billion). But its riches equal its controversies. This story is probably the most apt at describing the unethical treatment of its workers‚ because of the sheer senselessness of it. In 2000‚ a collision with a semi-trailer left 52-year-old Deborah Shank with permanent brain damage and in a wheelchair. Her husband and three sons were fortunate for a $700‚000 accident settlement from the trucking company. After
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DOW CORNING CORPORATION Material Safety Data Sheet Page: 1 of 7 Version: 1.3 Revision Date: 2006/01/23 DOW CORNING(R) 732 MULTI -PURPOSE SEALANT CLEAR 1. IDENTIFICATION OF THE SUBSTANCE AND OF THE COMPANY Dow Corning Corporation South Saginaw Road Midland‚ Michigan 48686 24 Hour Emergency Telephone: Customer Service: Product Disposal Information: CHEMTREC: (989) 496-5900 (989) 496-6000 (989) 496-6315 (800) 424-9300 MSDS No.: 01890573 Generic Description: Physical Form: Color: Odor: Silicone
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instantly killed more than 3‚000 people and left thousands injured and affected for life‚ occurred when water entered Methyl Isocyanate (MIC) storage tank No. 610 of the plant on December 3‚ 1984. MIC is one of the deadliest gases produced in the chemical industry and is known to react violently when it comes into contact with water or metal dust. Though the plant was closed down soon‚ the after-effects of the accident left an estimated 25‚000 people dead and around 600‚000 people affected due to
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American company Dow‚ producer of commodity chemicals‚ who is in the final stages of acquiring another company Rohm and Haas. Dow’s CEO has been working for four years to transform Dow from a producer of low-value‚ highly cyclical commodity chemicals to a producer of high-value‚ specialty chemicals and advanced materials. Rohm is a perfect match for Dow in respect of the strategic and financial perspective. Dow is also pursuing another key deal with Kuwait’s Petrochemical Industries Company (PIC) that
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industrial catastrophes. It occurred on the night of the last year of 1984 at the Bhopal Union Carbide Corporation (Union Carbide India Limited – UCIL) pesticide plant in Bhopal‚ Madhya Pradesh‚ India. A leak of methyl isocyanides gas and other chemicals from the plant resulted in the exposure of hundreds of thousands of people. It also causes environmental issues such as pollution of soil and water. The gas leak in India was caused by bad maintenance and failure of several safety systems to cut
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channels‚ and designing the advertising and promotional materials for industrial companies that have developed ”off-shoot” consumer products. You obviously serve a very specific niche. Your clients are industrial companies- that is‚ they sell primarily to other manufacturing firms and government agencies- that have developed- as unintended outcomes of their R&D programs- products for the retail trade. Dow Chemical Company‚ while not a client of your agency‚ is an almost ideal example of this type
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