ADMS 3900 Study Guide - Synthetic Fiber, Canadian Cancer Society, Herbicide

• School: York University
• Department: Administrative Studies
• Course: ADMS 3900
• Professor: Randy Hoffman

Document Summary

You are russell s. bell, an executive at stringer company incorporated (sci), a leading canadian chemical production company. You are tasked with determining the future direction of the company, as the company is trying to situate itself for future profit generation, in the highly competitive chemical and agricultural biotechnology market. Sci is the pioneering force behind agricultural biotechnology, and herbicide based glyphosates. You are to write a brief to help guide the board"s decision on that extent, all things considered, they should pursue international production and distribution of seed and herbicides. Sci began as stringer and sons, a company that was instrumental in creating the synthetic fibres industry. Nylon, the first synthetic fibre, was created by the soa chemical company in the 1930"s. Sons engineers, working side by side with soa, were quick to realize the market based potential of mass produced synthetic fibres, and alerted the board to invest heavily in the industry.