Renewing Unilever

NOTE EDITORE

Unilever is one of the world's largest suppliers of fast moving consumer goods in foods, home and personal care. It operates in over 100 countries. Its scope and scale make it a unique global corporation. Yet the story of Unilever is not simply a tale of corporate evolution: Unilever is a corporation that has a big impact on the lives of people round the world. Indeed, a Unilever brand can be found in one in every two households worldwide. Geoffrey Jones, a leading business historian from the Harvard Business School, takes us inside this corporation, which, from its origins in Britain and the Netherlands, has become a worldwide manufacturer of fast moving consumer products. Unilever's operations cover food and home and personal care, and its brands include Lipton, Hellmann's, Birds Eye, Wall's, Surf, Domestos, Comfort, Dove, Sunsilk, Pond's, Signal, Axe, and Ben & Jerry's. In particular the book focuses on the evolution of the company over the last half century. Managing such a firm in the era of globalization posed enormous challenges. The book covers the company's strategies and provides compelling evidence of its decision-making, marketing, brand management, innovation, acquisition strategies, corporate culture, and human resource management. The author has had full access to corporate archives and executives and provides us with a unique insight into the workings and strategies of one of the world's oldest and largest multinationals.

SOMMARIO

1 - Heritage and Challenges2 - Managing Diversity3 - New and Old Worlds4 - Rethinking Unilever5 - Brands and Marketing6 - Risk and Reward in Emerging Markets7 - Trading, Plantations, and Chemicals8 - Human Resource Management9 - Corporate Culture10 - Innovation11 - Acquisitions12 - Corporate Image and Voice

AUTORE

Geoffrey Jones is Joseph C. Wilson Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School. He previously taught at the universities of Cambridge and Reading, and at the London School of Economics, in the U.K. He is the author and editor of many books and articles on the history of international business, including British Multinational Banking 1830-1990 (OUP, 1993), Merchants to Multinationals (OUP, 2000), and Multinationals and Global Capitalism (OUP, 2005). He is a former President of both the European Business History Association and the Business History Conference of the United States, is co-editor of the journal Business History Review, and editor of the forthcoming Oxford Handbook of Business History.

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9780199269433
• Dimensioni: 254 x 30.8 x 177 mm Ø 1178 gr
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Illustration Notes: 24 pp colour plates, numerous halftones, figures and tables
• Pagine Arabe: 466