April 9, 2004
Disruptive Innovations In the Chemical Industry:
Lessons from History about
the Future of the Industry
W. Christopher Hollinsed, Ph.D.
Sr. Research Associate
DuPont Central Research and Development
TITLE:
The Educational Adjustment of Youth from Immigrant Families
ABSTRACT:
Abstract
The modern chemical industry suffers
from dependence on an asset based
business model in which cost competition is causing profitability
to be
almost completely squeezed out of the picture. As a result the
industry is
undergoing a series of responses e.g. consolidation, divestitures
and
shifts to higher value related businesses such as life sciences.
Chemicals
and materials however continue to be a significant part of
commerce and
daily life. Why is the perceived value of materials and chemicals
as low as
it has become and how can materials providers get an appropriate
share of
the profits anticipated in the economy of the future? Was
life in this
industry always like this? What happened in the past that
can help us
understand the present and plan for the future?
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