Academic literature on the topic 'Ben and Jerry's (Firm)'

I explore recent behavior in the market for superpremium ice cream. I first document that the flavors offered in supermarkets by Ben & Jerry's and Haagen-Dazs became increasingly differentiated from 2006-2013. Using an estimated model of demand, I show that this differentiation increased profits for both firms. Also, unilateral deviation from the set of products offered in 2013 would have increased variable profits for the deviating firm. These facts, when coupled with anecdotal evidence, suggest that these firms tacitly coordinated their choice of flavors. A companion piece, Sullivan (2019), formalizes this result and quantifies the implications for outcomes and welfare.

In 2007, DreamWorks Animation released Bee Movie, an animated film cowritten and produced by comedian Jerry Seinfeld. In the film, honeybee Barry B. Benson is on a quest to change his predetermined career path, namely, a life of making honey. The filmmakers used various characteristics of honeybees to create an entertaining movie. Teachers can also use facts about honeybees to create interesting mathematics activities. This article describes two activities that combine the characteristics of honeybees with important mathematical concepts.

The Glasgow tramp shipping firm of Burrell & Son was well known for its ambitious approach to the trade. Henry Burrell (1866–1924), younger brother and junior partner in the firm, fell foul of his older brothers George and William and attempted to establish an independent business as a ship designer and shipowner. He developed an innovative new design of bulk carrier known as the straightback steamship. The Ben Earn of 1909 was not far removed from the bulkers that became dominant in post Second World War maritime trade. Henry Burrell created the prototype, but it took people with far greater capital and business skill to realize its true potential. This article provides a case study in the business of innovation in shipping in the early twentieth century. It demonstrates the tricky dynamics of sibling rivalry within a family business and offers an insight into the difficulties of establishing a successful business career with an underlying mental health problem. Burrell’s straightback steamship highlights how difficult it was, including potential and actual litigation, to put innovation in ship design into practice.

In the early years of the Second World War, Leslie Martin complied a photographic album to record the architectural work done in partnership with his wife Sadie Speight since 1934. It amounted to ‘quite a lot’, he wrote to Ben Nicholson. Thirty years later, Martin — by now Professor of Architecture at Cambridge and Head of the Land Use and Built Form Studies Centre — was to dismiss his pre-war work as ‘really insignificant in scale’. Martin’s own book, Buildings and Ideas, 1933–83, contains a highly selective account of this early period. This partial view has been further obscured by the persistent misdating and misidentification of the practice’s two most substantial pre-war houses — Brackenfell in Cumberland and Four Acres, North Ferriby, near Hull — in the literature of the Modern Movement in Britain. Of the two, Brackenfell is of particular interest, as the house of Alastair Morton, design director of a textile firm and novice painter. Martin’s own brief comments and the volume of drawings which survive for Brackenfell suggest that this was an important commission for Martin and Speight, and one which precipitated a significant shift in their approach to architecture. However, our inadequate knowledge of the work of the partnership means that the house has so far eluded full analysis. This article proposes to disconnect the evidence of this building from Martin’s subsequent career and architectural theories, and to view it instead in the context of its period. Using Brackenfell as its focus, the article aims to clarify Martin and Speight’s evolution as designers, and to probe the significance of their association with a distinguished group of artists during the late 1930s.

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The issue that is dealt with in this paper is the concept of values-led business. The idea behind the term is that businesses has a responsibility to the people and the society that make its existence possible and that social problems can not be solved unless business accepts taking on a leadership role which requires that business starts acting in the interests of the common good. This is specifically important since companies today are the main source of influence in people’s everyday life and the area is specifically interesting because of all the business scandals in recent years. (Cohen and Greenfield, 1997). The concept of values-led business arose mainly from the two companies the Body Shop and our chosen company; Ben and Jerry’s.

The purpose of this thesis is to explore the concept of values-led business and find out how it is different from the procedures at a non-explicitly values-led organisation. We also aim to find out if there would be any benefits of introducing values-led business into the latter.

In this paper we compare an explicitly values-led company, Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream, with a non explicitly values-led company, SIA Glass on their internal and external performance on the study areas of Marketing, Sourcing, and HRM and Organisational culture. A qualitative research method has been used as method. The collection of primary data was done with the help of interviews done at our companies’ main offices in Sweden. In the case of Ben & Jerry’s, additional secondary sources have been used. Theories used serve the purpose of both a tool of analysis but also of setting the stage of values-led business. Furthermore, the theory has been divided into the four areas of study mentioned above.

The first part of the conclusion states that we, throughout the thesis, have given a good overview of what the differences between values-led business and “ordinary” business really are. Also, we found that SIA Glass has the potential of becoming a values-led company as its foundation is not entirely based on financial goals but is to a large extent driven by a will to preserve something good for the local community. In order to develop a val-ues-led thinking a social mission should be formally put down in print and be held equal to the financial and quality missions. SIA Glass potentially has a lot to be gained especially in the marketing area as SIA Glass as it could create further leverage by using more creative marketing methods.

Denna uppsats har berört hur ett företagsförvärv kan gå till men även hur ett företag med många underliggande varumärken hanterar sin varumärkesportfölj. Som företag kan man öka sin tillväxt och lönsamhet på lite olika sätt, bland annat genom att expandera sin verksamhet. För att expandera kan man till exempel introducera en ny produkt eller nytt varumärke men även att köpa upp ett redan etablerat varumärke. Det var det sista alternativet som Unilever valde när de förvärvade det amerikanska premiumglassföretaget Ben & Jerry’s. Syftet med uppsatsen är att undersöka varför stora företag köper upp mindre och nischade företag. Vi har valt att fokusera på Unilevers uppköp av det amerikanska glassföretaget Ben & Jerry’s och tar även reda på vilka fördelar de båda vann på uppköpet samt hur Unilever hanterar sin varumärkesportfölj. Frågorna som vi har utgått ifrån lyder: Varför köpte det stora företaget Unilever upp det mindre och nischade varumärket Ben & Jerry’s och vilka fördelar fick respektive företag vid sammanslagningen? Hur hanterar ett företag de olika varumärkena? Efter att vi analyserat hur uppköpet mellan Unilever och Ben & Jerry’s gått till, tillsammans med teorierna om ämnet kom vi fram till följande. Det är viktigt att som företag ha en god bild av innehållet i sin varumärkesportfölj. Detta för att optimera samarbetet mellan varumärkena men även för att se vilka segment som saknas. Vid ett förvärv av ett nytt varumärke, i avsikt att komplettera varumärkesportföljen, måste det större företaget behandla det varsamt. Varumärket kan bli framgångsrikt just för att de besitter unik kompetens och får därför inte krossas av storföretagets jakt på lönsamhet. Ännu en slutsats vi kom fram till är att om båda företagen har något att vinna på förvärvet så ökar chansen att det blir lyckat. Det kan handla om att komma över ny kunskap om till exempel kundsegment eller tillgång till nya marknader.

Today we find ourselves in limbo between the need to reduce usage of the world’s dwindling supply of natural resources and a stubborn resistance to change our consumption habits. The continuing scarcity of resources, coupled with an increase in demand for them from a growing population, is the largest challenge facing earth and its people. While many individual citizens, politicians, press sources and businesses are ignoring the current situation, some have recognized the need for a green revolution. Leaders have attempted to enact a cultural change, organizing events and initiatives to garner the attention of those in position to make a change, and people have taken responsibility for their own actions in choosing more sustainable options in their everyday lives. Very small starts have been made in the colossal struggle against the changing climate, mounting environmental problems and expansive social issues, but these will not be sufficient for sustaining out future. Some entity with power must stand up to lead change, and that entity should be business. While business is largely responsible for much of the world’s environmental problems today, the ability of the free market system to create positive change through sustainable business practices is far more powerful than public polic

The objective of the thesis is to analyse how stakeholder influence has transformed sustainability work from being primarily risk management into becoming an integral part of business conduct and even business identities of today. To detect this trend I gather theoretical information that elaborate on the meaning and drivers of sustainable business conduct, sustainability as corporate identity, relevant stakeholders and ways of communicating to stakeholders. A case study of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream company is conducted, as an example of a market leader on sustainable business conduct. By demonstrating the extensive sustainability work that Ben & Jerry’s do, I argue that it has had a clear bottom-up influence on the trend for sustainable business conduct. Together with recent regulatory demands as a top-down influence in markets, I argue that there is evidence of a trend where sustainable business conduct and/or sustainability as business identity is becoming the new norm.

This research examines the impact of acquisitions of small social enterprises by giant multinational corporations on the consumers' brand perception of the acquired firm. The purpose of this study is to understand how consumers' brand perception of a small social enterprise is affected when acquired by a giant multinational corporation, and to provide insights into why consumers' brand perception is affected or not. A qualitative study of the case Ben & Jerry's was conducted in the United States. Data were collected through interviews and analyzed using thematic analysis. Our study demonstrates that acquisitions of small social enterprises by giant multinational corporations may have a negative effect on the consumers' brand perception of the acquired firm. More specifically, we argue that this negative effect may be reflected in the way consumers perceive the brand of the social enterprise when acquired by a multinational corporation: as just one of many brands under the umbrella of the multinational corporation, as one that is going to lose its social commitment, as one that is going to lose its localness, and as one that has sold out. However, our findings suggest that pre-deal commitments may mitigate this effect. Finally, our findings suggest that this negative effect may be due to consumers' negative perception of multinational corporations. Our findings further suggest that this negative perception of multinational corporations might be explained not only by the distinctive nature of multinational corporations, but also by experiences consumers had with multinational corporations when it came to acquisitions in general.
Esta dissertação analisa o impacto das aquisições de pequenas empresas sociais por multinacionais na perceção da marca pelo consumidor face à empresa adquirida. O objetivo deste estudo é entender como é afetada a perceção da marca pelos consumidores de uma pequena empresa social, quando é adquirida por uma multinacional, bem como analisar aprofundadamente as causas da afetação ou não na perceção dos consumidores. Um estudo qualitativo do caso Ben & Jerry's foi realizado nos Estados Unidos da América. Os dados foram recolhidos através de entrevistas e analisados segundo uma análise temática. O nosso estudo demonstra que as aquisições de pequenas empresas sociais por multinacionais gigantes podem afetar negativamente, na perspetiva do consumidor, a perceção da marca da empresa adquirida. Em específico, argumentamos que esse efeito negativo pode-se refletir na forma como os consumidores percecionam a marca da empresa social quando é adquirida por uma multinacional: como uma das muitas marcas sob a alçada da multinacional, como uma empresa que poderá perder o seu compromisso social, a sua localidade ou que abdicou dos seus princípios. Porém, as nossas investigações sugerem que a existência de um compromisso pré-negociação pode mitigar esse efeito. Finalmente, as nossas conclusões sugerem que esse efeito negativo pode derivar da perceção negativa dos consumidores face às multinacionais. Podemos ainda sugerir que essa perceção negativa das empresas multinacionais pode-se explicar não só pela natureza distintiva das corporações multinacionais, mas também pelas experiências que os consumidores tiveram com essas empresas, no que concerne às aquisições na generalidade.

Cary Grant and Betsy Drake’s marriage limped forward for two years after his affair with Sophia Loren. In the midst of this, Loren arrived in Hollywood and Grant began pursuing her again, asking her to marry him. He was finishing Kiss Them for Me (1957) at the time. Producer Jerry Wald had been trying to film this Second World War story for years, but it was only when Grant signed to star in it that the project got the green light. Grant enjoyed working with the film’s director, Stanley Donen, but he was ill-suited to play a soldier having weekend leave in San Francisco. The film was one of the very few flops in his later career. He then made Houseboat (1958). Drake had written the original screenplay thinking that she and Grant might star in the film together. At Grant’s request, the studio assigned other writers to rewrite it as a vehicle for Sophia Loren. The comedy, about an Italian nanny falling in love with her boss, culminates in their marriage. This was a difficult scene for the stars to film after Loren refused Grant’s own proposal. Indiscreet (1958), directed by Stanley Donen and co-starring Ingrid Bergman, was a happier production. This delightfully sophisticated romantic comedy benefits from Donen’s imaginative direction and from location shooting that captures the glamour of the London setting.

This chapter examines the poetry of Abraham Ibn Ezra. Abraham ben Meir Ibn Ezra was born in Tudela. His birth may be dated in 1092, and it is possible that he met Judah ha-Levi in Southern Spain some time before they both left that country in 1140. Abraham Ibn Ezra did not set out for Palestine, but journeyed first to Rome. Subsequently, one sees him in Lucca, Pisa, Mantua, Béziers, Narbonne, Bordeaux, Angers, Rouen, and London. In all these places, he endeavoured to bring the culture of the Spanish Jews to those living in Italy, France, and England, and it is primarily due to him that schools of poetry began to flourish in Italy and Provence, which took the Spanish achievement as their model. He was a master of many skills — a mathematician, astronomer, grammarian, and philosopher, as well as a fine expounder of the Biblical text. In contradistinction to many contemporary Jewish thinkers, he was a firm believer in astrology. Ultimately, his humour and satire bring a new note into the poetry of the Spanish school of Hebrew poets. This must be seen against the background of his religious humility before the Creator, which is expressed in some of his finest work.