Management Instructor From: Craig Norcross Date: November 28‚ 2012 Subject: Corning Summary Corning was founded in 1851 and quickly became known as an innovator. One of Corning’s first orders came from Thomas Edison for his light bulbs. Over the next 20 years‚ Corning was able to produce glassware that would be used for railroad signals and specialty glassware used for semaphore lenses and lantern globes. Corning also was able to produce glassware that was used for medical supplies such as
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Question E Strategic Options I would make as CEO Excerpts from Case i. Limit the number of attendees at GSC meetings. Corning should only permit key decision makers‚ employees who have had a long history with the company‚ and those with expertise on the business model being presented‚ to attend. Implementing this would help facilitate open discussion at the meetings as less people would be involved. While a large number of people attend GSC meetings‚ only a few engage in making the decisions. This
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UVA-F-1339 Version 2.6 CORNING‚ INC.: ZERO COUPON CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURES DUE NOVEMBER 8‚ 2015 (A) On November 8‚ 2000‚ Corning announced that it would issue $2.7 billion in zero-coupon convertible debentures priced at $741.923 per $1‚000 principal amount. The initial public offering (IPO) price yielded 2% per annum to maturity‚ compounded semiannually. A summary of terms is given in Exhibit 1. Concurrent with the offering‚ Corning also conducted a separate public offering of 30 million shares of
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Case Studies Corning Glass Background Corning Glass is a large‚ multinational organization involved in glass and related products with an increasing emphasis on high-value‚ technologically-specialized products‚ many of which are now part of joint-venture programmes and developments. Innovation ‘Claim to Fame’ This firm is another of the ‘100 club’‚ having been founded back in the mid-nineteenth century. It was a pioneer in process innovation enabling high-volume manufacture of glass‚
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How has innovation been used for driving growth at Corning? What is the role of Houghton family? What are the financial results? Right from the days when Corning developed the bulbs for the electric lights designed by Thomas Edison‚ the firms had maintained a strong dedication to technology and innovation. About 4-6 percent of the annual revenue was set aside for research‚ development and engineering. In the 1990s‚ this figure became 10 percent. There was constant emphasis on R&D efforts. Even during
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Faculty of Business Administration Academic Year 2014-2015 MBA 6503 Organizational Studies Case Report: DOW CHEMICAL: INNOVATING FOR SUSTAINABILITY By Vi Nguyen Student # 3503832 Instructor: Prof. Doug Flint October‚ 2014 Background on Dow Chemical Company (Dow) Dow‚ a multinational corporation based in Midland of Michigan in the United State‚ was R&D-intensive and diversified-industry leader in chemistries‚ advanced materials‚ and agro-sciences with technology-based products and
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Dow Chemical By Kai Draaisma Laurens de Blij Diedrik Oost Eva Sloff Lesley Flohil 13-11-2012 Duisenberg School of Finance Executive summary 1. Summary of Facts. With an annual revenue of $20.2 billion Dow held the leading market position worldwide in ethylene and polyethylene (exhibit 1b). To consolidate all of Bahia Blanca’s polyethylene activity under Dow’s control a three-stage plan was developed. The first stage involved taking control of PBB‚ the second stage involved
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Internal entrepreneurship at the Dow Chemical Company Dow Chemical Company Description Dow Chemical is a multi-national chemical manufacturing company‚ specifically serving various consumer markets with innovative chemicals and plastics products. With net profit margins dropping over a period of time‚ the firm had prioritized growth initiatives in the early 2000s. The emergence of the internet had empowered start-ups to disrupt the chemical
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DISCRIPTION DISCRIPTION: Corning is leading glass and ceramic manufacturer. Different types of glass they produce are used in high-technologies such as Display Technologies‚ Environmental Technologies‚ Life Sciences‚ Telecommunications and Specialty Materials. COMPETITORS: Corning competes across all of its product lines with a lot of large and different manufacturers‚ either domestic or foreign. In Display Technologies Segment the main competitors of Corning are Asahi Glass‚ Nippon Electric
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2013/3/2 OBH Day4 “Corning Glass Works（CGW）: The Electronic Products Divisions （A）” 1 Conduct a situational analysis of EPD using the information presented in the case. Why has there been such a strong tension among functional department? 1-1 Summery EPD is struggling to face a transformation of business model. They should change their business from product oriented to customer oriented because the key success factor of the component market is not technological advantage anymore.
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