Grameen Danone Foods Muhama Yunus reinvented the world by giving the poor a way out of poverty through micro financing with Grameen Bank and improving the health of children with Grameen Foods. With the help of Grameen Group’s establishment‚ he was turned towards Danone‚ where he continued his venture of social entrepreneurship. The partnership between Grameen and Danone was crucial to the organization that was built. Just as Homeless World Cup and Nike partnered to give each other benefits
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Grameen Danone Grameen Danone Foods‚ popularly known as "Grameen Danone" is a social business enterprise which‚ launched in 2006‚ has been designed to provide children with many of the key nutrients that are typically missing from their diet in rural Bangladesh. This is run on ’No loss‚ No dividend basis. During his visit to Paris‚ France‚ in 2005‚ Professor Muhammad Yunus‚ the founder of Grameen Bank was invited by Franck Riboud‚ the chief executive officer of Groupe Danone (known as Dannon
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Assignment Grameen Danone Review reading from Bridge International class: "Disruptive Innovation for Social Change" Latitude Responsable Danone Communities - Projet Grameen Danone URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pUd7eCf7Sg Note: Please watch this short (8-minute) video as part of class preparation. 1. Evaluate the Grameen Danone business model. What are its attractive features? What are its weaknesses? 2. Prof. Yunus’s Social Business Model is explained on pages 1 and 2 of the
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9-608-107 REV : APRIL 1 6 ‚ 2 0 0 8 ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ANE DAMGAARD JEN SEN Global Knowledge Management at Danone At Danone we don’t talk about strategy‚ we react to the context around us. For me‚ it’s like a Lego box that you buy for your children. They start to play‚ trying to find a way to build the image on the Lego box. At the end of the day‚ they give up‚ throw out the box‚ and put the pieces
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ETHICAL LEADERSHIP – FRANCK RIBOUD‚ DANONE Professional Ethics & Corporate Responsability Tamara Abusara‚ Xin Luo and Hicham Bounjou Bibliography - Introduction - The life of Franck Riboud - Major Achievements of Franck Riboud - Ethical Leadership and Franck Riboud - Business Organizations Culture - Society and Community Context - Conclusion - Sources Introduction It is estimated that humans have been living on this planet for approximately 200‚000 years‚ evidently in all those years many
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Group: Caterpillars Semester: Summer 2012 Northsouth University Executive Summary Following the social business concept‚ French based food and beverage company Danone started its operation by making an agreement with Grameen group which is named as Grameen Danone. Grameen Danone launched in 2006 and they officially launched their 1st package of product named Shakti+ Doi. The main concern of Shokti Doi is to provide nutrition to the poor children of Bangladesh which
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BBOP COURSE SCHEDULE SESSION 1 – INTRODUCTION Module: Social Enterprise Session 2 Grupo Elektra Materials Grupo Elektra (CASE) "Serving the World’s Poor‚ Profitably" (READING) Materials Ancora: A Private University in the Health Care of the Poor (CASE) Module: Social Enterprise Session 3 Ancora: A Private University in the Health Care of the Poor Session 4 Narayana Hrudayalaya Heart Hospital: Cardiac Care for the Poor Module: Social Enterprise Materials Narayana Hrudayalaya Heart Hospital
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SWOT Analysis Strengths: 1. Creator of service himself has a personal experience and feel of being with the customers. Muhammad Yunus himself being a resident of the Jobra village knew exactly the problem that the community was facing and hence he could very well cater to the needs of the destitute by providing them tailor-made lending services which can maintain a balance between their earnings and repayment rates. 2. The biggest strength of Grameen Bank lies in bringing financial services
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Groupe Danone is the world market leader for fresh dairy products‚ and‚ in volume terms‚ a worldwide co-leader in the bottled water market. It is also ranked second in biscuits and cereal products. Main brands include Danone‚ Actimel‚ Activia‚ Danonino and Vitalinea in fresh dairy products‚ Evian‚ Volvic‚ Wahaha and Aqua in bottled waters‚ and LU in biscuits and cereal products. The three leading brands Danone‚ Evian and LU account for around 48% of sales. Up to 1996 Groupe Danone’s growth strategy
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expertise from Danone‚ whereas Danone did get a its place in the Chinese market‚ which they hoped for. From Danone’s view‚ however‚ there was managerial expertise offered to the Wahaha Group personnel in R&D and marketing for the Joint ventures‚ but Zong kicked them out. Because of this‚ there might have been a learning asymmetry when taking Danone’s perspective into account. Question 5 Has Danone been able to access the location-bound FSAs of the Wahaha Group? Should Danone have rejected the
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