From Coal to Biotech

About this book

Documents the remarkable transformation of DSM, first from a coal mining company to a commodity chemicals producer, and then in the last two decades to the life sciences & materials sciences company it is today, with its strong focus on biotechnology. The book gives an inside view of the strategic learning cycles that have driven this evolutionary transformation. It also discusses the company traits that have contributed to DSM's ability to adapt, grow and prosper and draws lessons for long-term collaboration between companies and the business school world.