The Dow Chemical Company Leads in Turbulent Times, Outperforms S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average
Midland, MI (PRWEB) November 18, 2013 -- As we approach the five-year anniversary of the “Great Recession”, Dr. Timothy G. Nash, vice president for Strategic and Corporate Alliances and the David E. Fry Endowed Professor in Free Market Economics at Northwood University, examines actions taken by The Dow Chemical Company to survive the turbulent economic climate of at that time and emerge as an industry leader, outperforming the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average for the five-year period. Dr. Nash’s detailed analysis and opinion highlights four key elements crucial to Dow’s ability to avoid bankruptcy or closures during a tumultuous economic period that nearly plunged the United States and world economies into a second Great Depression.
In early 2009, Dow’s leadership team and board of directors found itself in the middle of an “economic perfect storm” -- a storm no one had predicted, according to Dr. Nash.
“Upon careful reflection, I am not sure any of us truly realize the level of courage, vision and leadership it took to steer Dow through the turbulent times leading to its current position as a world leader--not only in the chemical industry--but in manufacturing, in general,” Dr. Nash stated in his analysis.
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