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14 Mar 2023
Blog Post

How I Spent My 2+2 Deferral: Dyllan Muller

learn about new cultures, and discover more about myself and what I valued in life. By early 2022 I realized that, while my job at Unilever was incredibly interesting and intellectually stimulating, I saw a career for myself more on the... View Details

04 Jun 2012
Research & Ideas

The Business of Life

importance of allocating resources in such a way that they match the strategy, starting with tales of woe from giants like Unilever and Apple and segueing into stories of friends whose marriages fell apart due to neglect. "Watch where... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

17 Nov 2020
Research & Ideas

Why a Blended Workforce May Be Key to Lasting Competitive Advantage

In recent years, companies have been anxious about the lack of skilled workers to fill pivotal jobs. But then came COVID-19 and a subsequent recession. The ensuing business turmoil and record-high unemployment may have temporarily distracted companies from their... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller

08 Aug 2024
Blog Post

Alumni in Climate Networking Series: London

chat between Professor Peter Tufano, Baker Foundation Professor and Senior Advisor to the Harvard Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability as well as former Dean of the Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford, and Paul Polman, the former CEO of View Details

30 Jun 2020
Book

Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever

The book Capitalism at Risk first appeared in 2011. The problems it identified with social inequality, global trade strife, and environmental degradation have only accelerated by 2020. The new edition of Capitalism at Risk, subtitled How Business Can Lead, is expanded... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

14 Aug 2019
News

Leading from Within

Leng Lim (left) and Arjan Overwater Leng Lim (MBA 2001)—a partner at Mindkind Institute, Episcopal priest, and practitioner of Vipassana meditation—considers himself an oddity among HBS alumni. So when he met Arjan Overwater (AMP 164, 2003)—a former senior VP for... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

01 Jun 2017
News

Better Hiring Through Brain Science

activities than scanning a résumé for six seconds—which is what the average recruiter does,” she says. But just as important as efficiency to companies like Unilever is the diversity of applicants that Pymetrics delivers—a trait unique to... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

13 Apr 2021
News

Face Value

skincare products initially deemed too “niche” and “exotic” by retailers; in 2019 Unilever acquired the company for a reported $500 million. Tsai stepped down as CEO after being asked to do so, but was recently asked to return; that... View Details

Rob Gierkink

data and technology-driven solutions for leading retailers to dramatically improve the targeting and measurement of their digital advertising efforts. Datalogix clients included companies like Kroger, Walmart, P&G, Unilever and Facebook.... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital;#1;#Advertising;#16;#Consumer Products & Packaged Goods

06 Mar 2025
Blog Post

IFC India 2025: Sustainability in Action: Inside Hindustan Unilever’s Public Sanitation and Plastic Recycling Facilities

our visit to Hindustan Unilever (HUL), a subsidiary of Unilever. We visited a community sanitation facility in Dharavi, one of the world’s largest slums, and a plastic recycling facility (Material Recovery Facility, or MRF). These sites... View Details

02 Sep 2002
Research & Ideas

Foreign Multinationals in the U.S.: A Rocky Road

this volume of essays come about? What surprised you most in the array of research and insights you were able to assemble from your colleagues? Jones: The origins of the project lay with my current research on the worldwide evolution of the Anglo-Dutch consumer goods... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston & Martha Lagace

01 Mar 2006
News

Faculty Books

globalization in the transition from socialism to capitalism. Renewing Unilever Transformation and Tradition by Geoffrey Jones (Oxford University Press) Professor Jones, a business historian, looks at Unilever’s decades-old transformation... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

28 Jun 2016
First Look

June 28, 2016

Harvard Business School Case 316-124 Gotong Royong: Toward Sustainable Palm Oil In late 2015, Jeff Seabright, chief sustainability officer at Unilever, had to report to Unilever CEO Paul Polman on the effort to transform palm oil... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 Dec 2015
First Look

December 15, 2015

and arts and culture management. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/515701-HTM-ENG Harvard Business School Case 615-040 Unilever: Combatting Global Food Waste The global consumer goods company Unilever was on... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

27 Jul 2022
News

Alumna-Led Reproductive Health Startup Raises $4.7 Million

Victoria Thain Gioia (MBA 2015) Photo courtesy Perelel A recent article in Forbes reports that reproductive health startup Perelel, cofounded by Victoria Thain Gioia (MBA 2015), has raised a $4.7 million seed round led by Unilever... View Details

17 Feb 2010
First Look

First Look: Feb. 17

Business School Supplement 308-080 Denouement of the issues discussed in "Fortis Healthcare (A)." Purchase this supplement:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/308080-PDF-ENG Hindustan Unilever Limited Thomas J. DeLong and Mona... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

Profile

Suchita Prasad

that I came to HBS was to discover how to make an impact on people and organizations. To be able to achieve my goals, I needed to complement my human capital background with thorough business knowledge. Prior to HBS, I had worked with View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Manufacturing

Blog

Tech Power at HBS: Faculty Boost Technology Ecosystem

range of companies inside and outside technology sectors, including many startups. She also serves on several boards, including Unilever and Warby Parker. To explore some of her work, check out: Book: Different: Escaping the Competitive... View Details

06 Sep 2011
Research & Ideas

The Power of Leadership Groups for Staying on Track

Unilever CEO Paul Polman, we can see the effect these groups have had on more senior executives. Polman has asked his top 500 executives worldwide to experience these groups. He notes, "Forming True North Groups is an integral part of the... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

21 May 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: From Trash to Treasure: Inside a Waste Management Site in Mumbai

right in the face. From overflowing landfills to choked waterways, the consequences of mounting landfills are impossible to ignore. This is why visiting Dalmia Polypro’s Dry Waste Facility in Mumbai during our IFC course was a revelation. A partnership initiative with... View Details

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