CASE STUDY : Multinational Outsourcing and CSR. Inditex: The worldwide outsourcing garment industry and social community development in Morocco “Intermón claims that pressures on foreign clothing suppliers are smothering employees. […] In Morocco‚ where Cortefiel‚ Inditex (Zara)‚ Mango and Induyco (El Corte Inglés) manufacture their products‚ a Tangier based textile factory sold a pair of slacks to large Spanish retailers for 3.3 euros three years ago; today‚ the same item sells for 2 euros
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Unilever Bangladesh Limited Historical Background Unilever Bangladesh Limited is a subsidiary of Unilever‚ world’s one of the largest Household and Personnel Care and Foods Manufacturer with an annual turnover of 47 Billion Euro or approximately TK.320000crore.Unilever Bangladesh Limited is the leading Household and Personnel Care product in Bangladesh with brands and a number of sub-brands.UBL is around here in Bangladesh for more than four decades. The company has a huge manufacturing facility
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Unilever : Globalising the Ice Cream Business Unilever is a global company that was founded alomst 70 years ago. The company sells more than 1‚000 diffrent brands through some 300 subsidiaries in more than 130 countries. The head office is diveded between London and Rotterdam. At the beginning of January 1997 the Rotterdam headquarters of the Unilever group was seething with activity. Althought the company was the market leader in ice cream sales in the countries where it operated‚ the management
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subsidiaries in India include Unilever‚ Nestle‚ BATA‚ Colgate Palmolive‚ Procter & Gamble‚ General Electric‚ General Motors‚ Ford‚ Pepsi and Coca-Cola. Historically‚ the main reason for the entry of MNCs into India was to jump the tariff wall. High import duties ruled out the option of exporting finished goods from the home country to India. On the other hand‚ once they entered the country and set up operations‚ the country’s high tariffs guaranteed adequate protection. In some cases‚ the need to customize
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did Unilever’s decentralized organizational structure make sense from the 1950’s through the 1970’s? Why did this structure start to create problems for the company in the 1980’s? Ans: Because then there was almost no competition in the markets Unilever was targeting‚ they mostly maintained the largest market share and there was probably not so much international influence from other multinationals. 1. The structure began to create problems for the company because influencing other multinationals
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Unilever’s portfolio Before the analyzed period the brand portfolio of Unilever was characterized by major vertical and horizontal integration processes. The production of low-cost consumer goods required significant control over raw materials. Moreover‚ the production of some goods (e.g. soap) served as a basis for a new business development (chemicals) and related diversification was the managerial decisions. At that time Unilever was also a huge packaging and shipping company. End of 1980s A “core
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BACKGROUND. UNILEVER KENYA LIMITED Introduction: Unilever Kenya Limited manufactures and markets food‚ home‚ and personal care products. It was registered in 1949 as East African Industries Limited and changed its name to Unilever Kenya Limited in the year 2000.Unilever Kenya Limited operates as a subsidiary of the Unilever Group and is headquartered in Nairobi‚ Kenya. http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=5644912 (Accessed on 8 September 2010) Customer
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rCorporate social responsibility Improving health and wellbeing Unilever are aiming to increase access to basic sanitation‚ hygiene and nutrition programmes for millions of children across South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa as part of their Sustainable Living Plan[2] goal to improve the health and wellbeing of 1 billion people by 2020. This will help the UN achieve its global target to reduce under-5 deaths by 2015. They are committed to changing the hygiene habits of one billion people‚ bringing
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Contents 1.1. The history of Unilever as a multinational corporation - 3 - 1.2. The history of Unilever in Russia - 4 - Part. 2 General Information - 5 - 2.1. Company in a Nutshell - 5 - 2.2. Key figures - 6 - 2.3. Capital structure - 6 - 2.4. Investment activity - 7 - 2.5. Number and location of business-structures - 8 - 2.6. Present state and priority direction of R&D - 9 - Part 3. Management - 11 - 3.1. Strategy‚ objectives and mission - 11 - 3.2. Principles
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A Decade of Organizational Change at Unilever A DECADE OF ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE AT UNILEVER 7 November 2012 • Originally founded in 1872‚ and incorporated in 1929‚ Unilever was facing a difficult time when upon their discovery that the organizational architechture and strategy they were employing was not benefiting the company. • The company was under a decentralized structure for generations. o Managers looking for a change o The decision was to go global • It was mid-1990
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