edu Managing Social Responsibility and Growth at Ben & Jerry’s INTRODUCTION Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield opened their first ice cream shop on May 5‚ 1978‚ in a converted gas station in Burlington‚ Vermont‚ investing $12‚000 in secondhand equipment. Their business credentials consisted of much enthusiasm and a $5 Pennsylvania State University correspondence course in ice cream making. Driven by Cohen and Greenfield’s 1960s ideals‚ Ben & Jerry’s Homemade‚ Inc.‚ has grown to be a very successful
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“Ben & Jerry’s – Japan” Assignment 2 1. Which way would you recommend B&J enter Japan: with Mr. Yamada or with 7-11? Support your answer with rationale. Let’s see the advantages and disadvantages for Ben and Jerry’s to enter the Japanese market with Mr. Yamada or with 7-Eleven Japan; Entering Japanese market with Mr. Yamada: Advantages: * Ken Yamada was a third generation Japanese American from Hawaii‚ with his excellent marketing skills and knowledge of the Japanese market and
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Ben and Jerry’s was founded in 1978 by childhood friends Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield. They had a dream of starting a company together but they didn’t have any experience in business. Due to their love for food‚ they came up with the idea of making bagels or ice cream‚ but the cost of the equipment for bagels was much higher so they chose to produce homemade ice cream (citation). They learned only from small business pamphlets and a correspondence course from Penn State University (citation).
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Ben & Jerry’s omemade Inc.: Y’o! I’m Y’our CEO!" This case was prepared by Katherine A. Auer of (he lndlOno University and Alan N. Hoffman of Bentley College. Ben & Jerry’s Grows Up -Boston Globe Ben‚ Jerry Losing Their Values ’ -Washington TImes Ben & Jerry’s Melting Social Charter -Washington Post The headlines said i( all. Ben & Jerry’s‚ the company that had built its success as much on its down-home image and folksy idealism as on its superrich ice cream‚ was at a crossroads
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business – Level Strategy? The business level strategy that Ben and Jerry’s Inc. adopted was one of entering the Superpremiuim ice cream market‚ by creating a product that was targeted and had a high perceived value. Ben and Jerry’s Inc entered the industry in 1978‚ their not straddlers nor where they an organization that had to reposition itself. There strategy was to introduce a product that was both unique and high quality‚ Ben and Jerry’s Inc was an organization that conducted and had a good mix
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Ben & Jerry’s Joy Gang History: The Ben & Jerry’s Joy Gang was started in 1987 in response to the increasing demands upon our employees. Our first Joy activities included pizza and 15 minute massages for our manufacturing employees who were working 12 hour marathon shifts. Jerry suggested that we should try to make fun an official part of our company culture. The Joy Committee changed its name to the "Joy Gang" due to the fact that we felt the word "committee" was too official. Mission:
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creation of a relationship that allows the client to perceive‚ understand‚ and act on the process events that occur within an organization in order to improve the situation as defined by the client (Cummings & Worley‚ pg. 253). In the case involving Ben and Jerry’s a consultant was brought in to work with the founders‚ board of directors‚ managers‚ and employees in order to undertake organizational development and also to bring the people‚ functions‚ aspirations‚ and directions together (Cummings
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Ben and Jerry’s Case Study What makes a company great? Is it constant financial growth year after year? Is it producing a product that is known and recognized in millions of households around the world? Or is it being socially conscience while still providing a cost effective product? With Ben and Jerry’s ice cream company‚ it’s not enough to just be financially successful; they also strive to be socially successful. Ben and Jerry’s want more from their alliances with wholesalers‚ franchisees
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1. If I were to design Ben & Jerry’s data warehouse I would use several dimensions of information. The first dimension would consist of the company’s products; ice cream‚ frozen yogurt or merchandise. The marketing department has to know which products are selling‚ if Ben & Jerry’s didn’t know that their T-shirts are selling out as soon as they hit the stores‚ then they wouldn’t be able to take advantage of the opportunity to sell the shirts. The second dimension would consist of the different areas
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Ben and Jerry ’s Ben and Jerry ’s ice cream and the amazing success the company has experience over the years could be loosely summed up as a story that began with two friends coming together with a vision to create a company that did not adhere to the traditional corporate rules of running a business. They both had certain ideals and a socially and economic responsible opinion on how a capitalist business should be run. There are a lot of similarities in the way this company is run and operated
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