Entries from Chemicals & The Economy tagged with 'shared value'
The blog's Christmas Quiz
Its now 3 years since the Great Recession began. US GDP is still below previous peaks, despite $5trn of stimulus spending and quantitative easing. The position in the Eurozone is even worse. China's economy will be lucky to escape with...
USA's PE exports decline despite shale gas
As promised, the blog looks today at the USA's trade position in polyethylene (based on data for the January-August period from Global Trade Information Services, the leading global supplier). The chart shows US net trade (exports less imports). This peaked...
Political, Social concerns drive non-Western companies
Last week's New Normal seminar in Houston continued the success of the Singapore and Frankfurt events. It sparked lively debate about the major opportunities for future growth in the New Normal. These include: • The over-55 age group in the...
Politics, beliefs return to dominate economics
The 10000 readers who downloaded the blog's first Budget White Paper in December 2009, 'Budgeting for a New Normal', will remember the issues highlighted in the triangle above. At the time, they were being widely ignored, as policymakers assumed that...
Dow Corning launches Shared Value initiative
100 million children in developing countries can't to see the blackboard in school, because of poor eyesight. They need self-adjusting glasses, because of the shortage of optometrists. So the blog was delighted to learn about Dow Corning's work with...
US households cut debt to 6 year low
The US economy is worth $15trn, 24% of the global economy. Domestic consumption, accounts for 70% of the US total. This means the US consumer represents 17% of the global economy. China's economy, although the 2nd largest in the world,...
Housing markets remain uncertain
The blog's special series this week has focused on housing in 3 key markets - the USA, UK and China. Housing is a core sector for chemical and polymer demand, and it has been particularly important over the past 30...
Shared Value can unleash next wave of global growth
GE's then CEO, Jack Welch, launched the Shareholder Value concept in 1981. It has since led many investors to adopt a purely short-term focus on financial metrics, rather than longer-term opportunities. The only problem is that, as Welch admitted 2...
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