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- 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...
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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
- 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...
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Martha Lagace
- 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...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 06 May 2019
- Research & Ideas
Consumers Blame Business for Global Health Problems. Can Business Become the Solution?
representing more than 200 of the world’s largest companies, has recently launched investor forums dedicated to the culture of health, often featuring prominent CEOs like Paul Polman of Unilever and Alex Gorsky of Johnson & Johnson....
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- 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...
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by Bill George
- 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...
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by Julie Jette
- 13 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
3 Ways Firms Can Profit From Environmental Investments
In the course of her work, Rebecca Henderson meets business executives who don't address the threat of climate change because they don't believe that it exists. Her recommendation: They should consider investments in environmental sustainability anyway, assuming that...
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- 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...
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Martha Lagace
- Web
Research - Managing the Future of Work
Leena Nair, Nick Dalton, Patrick Hull and William Kerr Is keeping pace with the future of work incompatible with using purpose to guide the organization? Unilever is stretching its well-known commitment to purpose for a new and daunting...
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- 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"...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 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...
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by Jim Heskett
- 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...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 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...
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Martha Lagace
- 09 Sep 2013
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching Climate Change to Skeptics
A few years ago, Joseph B. Lassiter traveled to San Francisco, Houston, and New York to hold discussions with Harvard alumni on the topic of business and the environment. Each time, he surveyed the audience about the touchy subject of climate change and how society...
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by Carmen Nobel
- 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...
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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...
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- 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...
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- 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
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Martha Lagace
- 09 Dec 2021
- News
Higher Returns
stick needs to be emphasized a little bit more. Unilever announced that they're going to spend a billion euros attempting to align their products with their customer's values. They're spending that money on ways to cut fossil fuels from...
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