bankers, financial meltdown, pantomime, hedging, feeble demand
Asian Chemical Connections
The “Minsky moment” for petrochemicals
The Minsky moment, Paul Hodges, APIC, giant bubbles, the death of cycles
Obama’s impact on Asian petchems
The new energy New Deal, death of the Asian export model, new types of growth, bankers,
Inspired leaders needed – apply here
Great leaders, financial meltdown, global recession, managing inventories, free alcohol
I will wait for this Lego truck to hit S$100
LyondellBasell, Volker Trautz, Lego, recycling, deflation, financial meltdown
Buy small and local to survive
logistics, credit crisis, financial meltdown, inventory management, plastic packaging
Heading for extinction
Unbelievable, incredible – what prehistoric planet do these people live on? Please see below for a rant from a-soon-to-be-extinct species of business leader – the US chemicals executive against Barack Obama. I have my doubts about Obama, but at least he has a brain bigger than a shrivelled pea (unlike certain other holders of the […]
Uncle Karl is back in fashion
Karl Marx, The Miner’s Strike, Margaret Thatcher, Thatcherism, capitalism, financial meltdown
Even Middle East budgets are being cut
Middle East budget cuts, margin slide, financial meltdown, China demand, rising capital costs
Is your company truly globalised?
Globalisation is an attitude of mind as what might now be a slightly descredited economic doctrine. Many companies are international but few – from talking to friends and contacts – are truly global in the sense that they recruit senior managers from all regions (not just the country in which their head office is located) […]