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- 18 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, July 18, 2017
School Case 517-133 Kjell and Company: Motivating Salespeople Through the Sales-Force Compensation Plan (B) No abstract available. Purchase this case:https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/517133-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 317-127 Battle for the Soul of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Basics of Consumer Marketing in Asia
2002 he was CEO of Philips China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. He pointed to Unilever's early experience in China as a cautionary tale. Unilever had done well selling high-end soap products elsewhere, but in China it had a difficult time... View Details
Keywords: by Julie Jette
- Web
Europe - Global Activities 2021
their understanding of systems change.” Podcast Explores Unilever’s Digital Transformation In an HBS podcast, Professor William Kerr and Nick Dalton, executive vice president of business transformation at Unilever, discuss the company-wide plan View Details
- 08 Oct 2010
- What Do You Think?
Will Transparency in CEO Compensation Have Unintended Consequences?
Unilever that actually set low limits on the ratio) that in turn accounts for some amount of added performance. So the resulting questions are: Will moral suasion through such measures as the Dodd-Frank bill affect CEO compensation? Does... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 06 May 2019
- Research & Ideas
Consumers Blame Business for Global Health Problems. Can Business Become the Solution?
Every public health crisis—whether it’s the availability of highly addictive opioids or junk food marketing to children—prompts consumers to question how far companies will go for profit. It’s not an unwarranted concern. After all, cigarette makers once used... View Details
- 16 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: October 16, 2007
Fernandes can resolve the conflicts, the integration of the acquisitions is in jeopardy. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=408001 Unilever as a "Multi-local Multinational"... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 28
states, thereby helping increase the incomes of 80–100 million farmer families across the country. However, despite its success, Amul is beginning to come under increasing pressure. Multinationals like Nestlé and Unilever are increasing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jun 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Transparency Revolution in Corporate Reporting
companies encouraging and funding ESG innovation. Dow Chemical has enormous energy consumption in their operations, but they've managed to save more than $10 billion through efficiency programs and are moving the world toward the adoption of renewable energy sources... View Details
Keywords: Re: George Serafeim
- 13 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
3 Ways Firms Can Profit From Environmental Investments
2014. BCG recommended that conventional brands would do well to enter the environmentally friendly product market, as Clorox did by launching its Green Works line of cleaning products, or as Unilever did by acquiring Ben &... View Details
- 01 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 1, 2008
performance. Learning to Live with Governments: Unilever in India and Turkey, 1950-1980 Authors:Geoffrey G. Jones Publication:Entreprises et Histoire 49 (December 2007) Abstract A noteworthy characteristic of the contemporary global... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 May 2019
- Research & Ideas
Activist CEOs Are Rising Up—and Their Customers Are Listening
Duke’s Fuqua School of Business. Toffel is the Senator John Heinz Professor of Environmental Management at HBS. “ some CEOs believe they can’t be silent when a proposed government policy might lead some of their employees to be subjected to inequality or harassment.”... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 14 Nov 2007
- First Look
First Look: November 14, 2007
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=808040 Dove: Evolution of a Brand Harvard Business School Case 508-047 Examines the evolution of Dove from functional brand to a brand with a point of view after Unilever... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Feb 2025
- Blog Post
IFC India 2025: HBS Visits Jindal Steel Works (JSW) Steel Dolvi Plant
public and private sectors alike. In Mumbai, we visited big conglomerates like Tata Power, JSW Steel, and Hindustan Unilever - companies that are deeply embedded in the Indian economy and have a large role to play in leading the green... View Details
- 09 Sep 2013
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching Climate Change to Skeptics
included plans to release a new line of sustainable merino wool socks. On a larger scale, Henderson says that Unilever has garnered good press with its plans to use only sustainably sourced agricultural raw materials by 2020 (see her case... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 08 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 8
reverse merger. Purchase this supplement:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/111018-PDF-ENG Back to the Future: Redeveloping Unilever House A. Eugene Kohn, Arthur I Segel, and Andrew TerrisHarvard Business School Case 211-038 Steve... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Dec 2006
- First Look
First Look: December 12, 2006
must be willing to re-earn credibility by proving their value and winning their new colleagues' trust. Purchase this article: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=R0612J L'innovazione nella grande impresa: l'esperienza della View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Feb 2007
- Research & Ideas
Business and the Global Poor
supply-chain investments to make it possible for the small farmer to produce good-quality milk, transport it, and sell it to the company. This makes sense for the company because it needs fresh, locally produced milk, and for the small farmer, an assured steady source... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
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Global Activities 2020-2021 - Global Activities 2021
executive vice president of business transformation at Unilever, discuss the company-wide plan Unilever launched to accelerate the speed of change throughout the organization and prepare its global workforce for a digitalized and highly... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
The Little Ice-Cream Company That Could
companies,” says Rogers. The Anglo-Dutch packaged-goods conglomerate Unilever had already bought Breyers. (It would buy Ben & Jerry’s in 2000.) Simultaneously, the Swiss food conglomerate Nestlé began to make friendly overtures to... View Details
- 12 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Entrepreneurship and Multinationals Drive Globalization
Unilever is instructive. In India, Turkey and other developing countries, the firm was an early mover in appointing nationals to senior management positions, and in making broad social investments. It was still almost regulated out of... View Details