How and Why Multinational Corporations Pursue CSR Strategies: the Case of Nestle in China Anna Chou A thesis in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the Interdisciplinary Honors Thesis Written under the direction of Professor Kathe Newman Bloustein School and Professor Michael Santoro Rutgers Business School School of Arts and Sciences‚ Rutgers University 2013-2014 Electronic copy available at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2420273 Table of Contents Abstract
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Nestlé was founded in 1866 by Henri Nestlé and is today theworld’s biggest food and beverage company. Sales at the end of 2005 were CHF 91 bn‚ with a net profit of CHF 8 bn. Nestléemploy around 250‚000 people from more than 70 countries andhave factories or operations in almost every country in the world.The history of Nestlé began in Switzerland in 1867 when Henri Nestlé‚ the pharmacist‚launched his product Farine Lactée Nestlé‚ a nutritious gruel for children. Henri used hissurname‚ which means
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Boycotting the ‘baby killers’? Nestlé and the ongoing infant formula controversy This case discusses the controversy surrounding Nestlé’s marketing of infant formula‚ and in particular looks at how the campaign against Nestlé has been sustained over 30 years despite attempts by the company to appease its critics. The case provides the opportunity to examine the ethics of marketing practices‚ as well as to discuss the role of ethical consumption in curbing perceived ethical violations. The ‘Baby
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1.1 BACKGROUND & RATIONALE OF THE STUDY: Nestlé Bangladesh Limited is a leading food company with lots of global strategic brands operating in Bangladesh. NIDO is one of the strategic brands of Nestlé Bangladesh Limited. In Bangladesh‚ NIDO is one of the largest profit-making categories of Nestlé Bangladesh Ltd. To reach to more consumers and to better satisfy the needs‚ NIDO is trying to implement some of the exceptional promotional programs such as ‘Ashun NIDO Pushti Jagate’ and ‘NIDO Growth
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2.1 History of Nestlé Nestlé Group was established by a Swiss chemist‚ Henri Nestlé in 1867. During 1867‚ there was high infant mortality in Europe due to malnutrition. Therefore‚ this dedicated man began experimenting with nutritious food supplements to overcome the problem. In the same year‚ he was approached to help an ailing premature infant who was unable to accept his mother’s milk or any of the conventional substitutes. A life was saved after the infant began to take the milk food supplement
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Table of contents: Introduction of Nestle_______________________ 4 Nestle Brands_____________________________ 4 Brands___________________________________ 5 Nestle Vission_____________________________ 6 Nestle Mission_____________________________ 6 Nestle Goals & Objectives___________________ 7 Nestle Today______________________________ 7 HRM at Nestle_____________________________8 Joining Nestle______________________________8
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Nestlé is a multinational packaged food and beverage company founded and headquartered in Vesey‚ Switzerland. Nestlé Company is the world ’s first company to make infant cereal. Henri Nestlé is the chemist who starts to do research on baby food in year 1867. His products soon became known worldwide after introducing a baby drink‚ which is his new product. In 1905‚ Nestlé Company merged with Angle-Swiss Condensed Milk Company and after that Nestlé Company produced milk chocolate. Nestlé has a wide
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it be enough to cover high R&D costs or will Nestle need to pass on costs to consumers thereby breaking its goal to keep products affordable? -Is it possible to find a universal blockbuster product given the differences between food/nutrition and drugs/diseases? -Competitors may be able to develop products faster and or outspend on R&D (arms race?) -No info on Danone’s R&D budget given similarities in product groups However‚ Nestle has proven that growth can be driven by new innovation
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