Association of Business Executives International Business Case Study Unilever Afternoon‚ 4 December 2012 This is an open-book examination and you may consult any previously prepared written material or texts during the examination. Only answers that are written during the examination in the answer book supplied by the examination centre will be marked. 6IBCS1212 © ABE 2012 Notes l As in real life‚ anomalies may be found in this Case Study. Please simply state your assumptions where necessary
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International Business Unilever Student information: Rutger Vis 1006834 Leroy Chin-A-Loi IBMS 1F Teacher: Mr. Imeson Summary Unilever is one the World’s oldest multinational corporations with extensive product offerings in food‚ detergent‚ and personal care businesses. Unilever was organized on decentralized bases‚ maintaining subsidiaries in each major national market. Only in Europe it maintained 17 subsidiaries accountable for its performance in the
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Unilever in Brazil (1997-2007): Marketing Strategies for Low-Income Consumers Overall winner of the 2008 European Case Clearing House Awards Winner of a 2007 European Case Clearing House Award in the category “Marketing” Winner of the European Foundation for Management Development Case of the Year Award 2004 in the category “Marketing” 04/2008-5188 This case was prepared by Pedro Pacheco Guimaraes‚ INSEAD MBA 2003‚ and Pierre Chandon‚ Associate Professor of Marketing at INSEAD‚ as the basis
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Multi-Regional Continuity: The Fossil Evidence With regards to the multi-regional continuity model of human evolution‚ there is without a doubt a preponderance of fossil data that supports the diverse origins of Homo sapiens in different regions of the globe. Skulls displaying a wide variety of mixed modern and archaic features have been found in every corner of the world. The mere existence of these fossils is evidence enough to prove that human evolution was far less cut-and-dried a process
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The Global-Local Dilemma: Foundations of International Strategic Management‚ Ethics and Social Responsibility What is meant by Globalization? Form 5 Groups‚ discuss the questions below for 30 Minutes in your group; each group presents its findings to the class. What is Globalization? What is being “globalized”? Establish a ranking of degree of globalization. Develop a definition and discuss your definition in terms of the factors below Advantages‚ Disadvantages‚ Opportunities‚ Threats For participating
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Unilever: Leadership Knows No Boundaries Leadership is a complex subject that has been defined by numerous experts and theorists in nearly every industry around the world. There are as many definitions for leadership as there are companies that profess to be focused on leading their firms effectively. But merely talking about leadership and its application to the business world is no match for the application of leadership principles used to guide a firm’s decision-making and strategy. According
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and with costs that are at the very low end of the global average. All major consumer companies of India have sophisticated marketing and product development plans. Moreover‚ the multinationals that are operating in India have business models that are tailor-made to local markets and customs. After the economic liberalization of 1991‚ many MNCs have entered India. Today‚ global companies having subsidiaries in India include Unilever‚ Nestle‚ BATA‚ Colgate Palmolive‚ Procter & Gamble
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As one of the largest and oldest multinational corporations in the world‚ Unilever’s products include foot‚ detergent‚ and personal care items. Overall revenues total an excess of $50 billion with its food products leading the way in total sales. Food products account for 60% of sales‚ while detergent accounts for 25% and personal care products for 15%. With sales of Unilever’s food products account for the highest percentage of sales‚ their main focus was on sales of margarine‚ tea‚ ice cream
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Change at Unilever What did Unilever’s decentralized organizational structure make sense from the 1950s through the 1970s? Why did this structure start to create problems for the company in the 1980s. Discussion Question # 1 What was Unilever trying to do when it introduced a new structure based on business groups in the mid-1990s? Why do you think that this structure failed to cure Unilever’s ills? Discussion Question #2 In the 2000s Unilever has switched to a structure based on global product divisions
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Introduction: Unilever is an Anglo-Dutch company‚ with a history of colonial exploitation‚ on which it has gradually built its capital. Today it owns most of the world’s consumer product brands in food‚ beverages‚ cleaning agents and personal care products. Unilever employs more than 247‚000 people and had worldwide revenue of €48 760 million in 2002. Unilever has two parent companies: Unilever NV in Rotterdam‚ Netherlands‚ and Unilever PLC in London‚ United Kingdom. Both Unilever companies have
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