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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Nestle USA was founded in 1991 to unify and regorganize the independely operated brands of the Swiss parent company‚ Nestle‚ to introduce ecoonomies of scale and common practices . Unfortunally‚ years of autonomy of various Nestle brands made that nearly impossible. Though the brands now reported directely to Nestle USA‚ but the various divsions had geogrpahically dispeared headquarters and were free to make there on decisions (Worthen 1-2). Six years later‚ Nestle USA Chairmen and CEO
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challenge. If not properly and timely addressed‚ this may result to a web of chaos for Nestle. Greenpeace is a global campaigning organisation that enhances to change attitudes and behaviour of people in order to protect and conserve the environment. (About Greenpeace‚ n.d.) The reputational threat instigated by Greenpeace stemmed from Nestle’s weak stakeholder/customer relations which is a factor in selling products/services‚ one of the seven basic functions of marketing. Though it is true that supplier
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History of nestle In 1866‚ Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Company set up the first European condensed milk factory in Cham‚ Switzerland. In 1985‚ the founder of Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Company who is German pharmacist : Henri Nestri. He had save the life of his neighbor’s child by using Farine lectee. Farine lectee product is made by cow’s milk‚ wheat flour and sugar. Henri Nestle embodied many of the key attitudes and values that form part and parcel of the corporation culture that included
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g: pharmaceutical products High Low High Relative Market Share STARS The stars are the high relative market share and high market growth. Nestlé beverages are products more present on the market because this is a high quality of product and nowadays costumers like consume high quality product even if it can be expensive they prefer take care of their health. With water‚ coffee and cereals Nestlé can offer the high quality product that consumers ask
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CHAPTER 1 – INTRODUCTION AND HISTORY INTRODUCTION ON NESTLE Nestlé S.A. is a Swiss multinational food and beverage company headquartered in Vevey‚ Switzerland. It is the largest food company in the world measured by revenues. Nestlé’s products include baby food‚ bottled water‚ breakfast cereals‚ coffee‚ confectionery‚ dairy products‚ ice cream‚ pet foods‚ and snacks. 29 of Nestlé’s brands have annual sales of over 1 billion Swiss francs (about $ 1.1 billion)‚[3][5] including Nespresso‚ Nescafé
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Bendle‚ N‚ Pfeifer‚ P‚ Reibstein‚ D‚ 2010‚ Marketing Metrics: The Definitive Guide to Measuring Marketing Performance‚ Pearson Education. Armstrong‚ G‚ Adam‚ S‚ Denize‚ S‚ Kotler‚ P‚ 2015‚ Principles of Marketing 6e‚ Pearson Australia Gwin‚ C‚ 2003‚ Product Attributes Model: A tool for evaluating brand and positioning‚ Baylor University‚ EBSCO Publishing‚ Journal of Marketing: Theory and Practice. Pg. 30. Pendergrast‚ M‚ 2013‚ For God‚ Country‚ and Coca-Cola: The Definitive History of the Greta American
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ERP Implementation at Nestle Derek S. Dieringer Enterprise Resource Planning Systems June 24‚ 2004 Introduction At first glance‚ Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems seem to be the silver bullet for every company’s problems. In one fell swoop‚ implementation of an ERP system offers a company the chance to re-engineer business processes‚ coordinate the systems of geographically dispersed locations‚ consolidate data‚ and empower users by giving them access to all
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Nestle is the world’s leading food company‚ with a 140-years history and functions in every country in the world. Nestle is a global organization of many cultural groups‚ religious working together in one single unifying corporate culture. The company’s 96% is focus on food and drink. It stated aim to be number one in all its product lines‚ which contain infant nutrition‚ chocolate milk‚ coffee‚ confectionery and dairy‚ bottled water‚ pet foods and ice cream. Nestle’s strongest corporate
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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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