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Journal articles on the topic "Unilever (Firm)"
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Vishwanath, S. R., and Kulbir Singh. "Hindustan Unilever Ltd." Asian Case Research Journal 16, no. 02 (December 2012): 269–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0218927512500113.
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In early 2008 an analyst at a prominent Investment Bank in India was analyzing the dividend policy of Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL), a well-known multinational. The case's protagonist, an equity analyst, must figure out the implications of the firm's dividend policy on the investment and financing activities and the valuation of the firm. She also has to decide what investment recommendation she should give in the light of the analysis. The case describes the Indian FMCG industry as India enters the new millennium. The case details HUL's financial position in an era of increasing competition. Priya must decide whether the dividend policy of HUL is sustainable.
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Ayu Puspitaningtyas and Muhammad Shiddiq. "PREDIKSI KEBANGKRUTAN DAN PENGARUHNYA TERHADAP NILAI PERUSAHAAN PT. UNILEVER INDONESIA TAHUN 2022." Jurnal Akuntansi dan Bisnis Krisnadwipayana 10, no. 2 (August 28, 2023): 1246–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.35137/jabk.v10i2.6.
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This study aims to analyze and determine the company's financial performance, potential bankruptcy with the Altman Z-Score Modification approach and analyze the effect of bankruptcy predictions on the value of firm in PT. Unilever Indonesia Tbk in 2022. The method used in the study with the Altman Z-Score Modified method. This Altman model is very useful for companies to find out the condition of the company during the current period as well as simple linear regression with IBM SPSS Statistic 26 software. The data in this study was obtained by processing data on the quarterly financial statements of PT. Unilever Indonesia Tbk for the period of Q1 2015 to Q2 2022. The results showed in regression research, altman Z-Score's potential bankruptcy had a significant negative effect on the value of the firm.
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Opusunju, Michael Isaac, Murat Akyuz, and Ndalo Santeli Jiya. "Application of Simplex Method to Evaluate Advertising and Performance of Quoted Multinational Corporation in Nigeria." Nile Journal of Business and Economics 3, no. 7 (December 14, 2017): 3. http://dx.doi.org/10.20321/nilejbe.v3i7.117.
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The study evaluate advertising and performance of quoted multinational corporations in Nigeria using simple method in order to see if firm maximize their sale volume or not. The study use historical data from the period of 2000- 2009. The period is chosen because of the availability of the data. The population of this study included all the 16 quoted multinational corporations in Nigeria and 3 multinational corporations were selected. The use Q and M for windows to analysis the data and findings indicates that Nigerian Bottling Company, PZ and Unilever Plc maximize sales through the activities of advertising in various media in Nigeria. The study suggested that Nigerian Bottling Company, PZ and Unilever Plc should concentrated in their advertising programmes and also concentrated in developing a good product quality by ensuring that their products satisfy the needs and want of the host community. Nigerian Bottling Company and PZ should try to maximize sales through advertising but Unilever Plc should not maximized sales through advertising programmes. Nigerian Bottling Company and Unilever Plc should concentrate on profit after tax through advertising and PZ should realized that advertising can maximize profit after tax.
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Ehiedu, Victor Chukwunweike, and Gladys Toria. "Audit indicators and financial performance of manufacturing firms in Nigeria." Linguistics and Culture Review 6 (November 24, 2021): 14–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.21744/lingcure.v6ns1.1887.
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This study investigated audit Indicators and financial performance of manufacturing firms in Nigeria during the period 2003-2020 (18 years). The researcher used three firms Unilever Nigeria Plc., Beta Glass Plc. and Meyer Plc. The dependent variable was measured with earnings per share (EPS), while the independent variables were measured with auditor's independence (AUIND), Audit Firm Size (AUSZ), Audit Committee (AUCMT), audit committee financial expertise (AUCFE). Time-series data were used and the researcher obtained it from the annual report and account of the firms under study. The estimation technique was Ordinary least square (OLS), normality, serial correlation, and heteroskedasticity test was carried out with the aid of E-views 9 statistical package. The study found that audit committee (AUCMT) and audit committee financial expertise (AUCFE) have a significant impact on earnings per share of Unilever Nigeria Plc as the p-value t-statistics is below 5% significant level. Also, the Audit Committee (AUCMT), audit independence (AUIND) and audit committee financial expertise (AUCFE) have a significant impact on earnings per share of Beta Glass Plc and Meyer Plc as the p-value t-statistics are below 5% significant level. Globally the p-value of the three manufacturing firms understudy is below 5% significant level.
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Siregar, Sohibi Putri, and Nurlaila Nurlaila. "Bankcrupty Analysis of Manufacturing Companies Registered on the Jakarta Islamic Index (JII) Based on the Altman Z-Score Method for the 2019-2021 Period." Ekonomi, Keuangan, Investasi dan Syariah (EKUITAS) 4, no. 3 (February 25, 2023): 996–1002. http://dx.doi.org/10.47065/ekuitas.v4i3.3127.
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When costs exceed income, one of the most frequent issues a firm faces is bankruptcy. Analyzing the index of income and spending is crucial for a business to avoid bankruptcy. The goal of this study is to examine manufacturing businesses that are listed on the Jakarta Islamic Index (JII) that have filed for bankruptcy between 2019 and 2021. Using a population of 30 manufacturing enterprises that are registered on JII, this study employs a quantitative descriptive research design. Next, three sample companies—PT Indofood CBP Sukses Makmur Tbk, PT Unilever Indonesia Tbk, and PT Kalbe Farma Tbk—were collected using the purposive sampling approach utilized in this study. The data analysis approach employs five variables with the Altman Z-score method. The study's findings indicate that PT Indofood CBP Sukses Makmur Tbk has faced significant financial difficulties in the last period (2021). Later, PT Unilever Indonesia Tbk, which was also dealing with severe financial issues, experienced the same scenario. This firm, in contrast to PT Kalbe Farma Tbk, is regarded as safe because it has no issues with its financial situation.
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Gbagi, Emuoboh, and A. Anthony Kifordu. "Impact of product maturity on competitive advantage: a study of Unilever, Nigeria." Journal of Global Economics and Business 4, no. 15 (September 30, 2023): 57–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.58934/jgeb.v4i15.205.
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In recent years the concept of competitive advantage has taken center stage in discussions of business strategy; that is why, one of the major challenges organizations face today is how to have a competitive advantage. In most cases a stand-out product will do the job, since products are perceived as both highly relevant and meaningful, the ability of any one product to stand out in a competitive category will guarantee the success of such an organization. While there are numerous ways to differentiate brands, identifying meaningful product-driven differentiators can be especially fruitful in gaining and sustaining a competitive advantage. Product maturity is when a firm or brand has grown to the point where it outperforms rival brands in the provision of a feature(s) such that it faces reduced sensitivity for other features. This study used a sample of 150 respondents to provide evidence of the relationship between product maturity and firms’ competitive advantage in Nigeria. The study employed the ordinary least square (OLS) regression analysis. This study finds a positive and significant relationship between product maturity and firms’ competitive advantage, as well as a positive and significant relationship between product differentiation and competitive advantage. This study therefore recommends that managers should continue to address competitive advantage with strategic balances using product maturity.
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Sumarti, Sumarti. "Efficiency Analysis of Firm Financial Performance: Case Study of PT. Unilever Indonesia." EkBis: Jurnal Ekonomi dan Bisnis 4, no. 1 (December 2, 2020): 379. http://dx.doi.org/10.14421/ekbis.2020.4.1.1204.
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The purpose of this study is to analyze the profitability ratios and companyliquidity ratios to assess the efficiency of company performance. This research isincluded in descriptive research, which is research that seeks to describe aphenomenon, event, event that is happening now. The reason this type of researchis used is because the researcher tries to describe the events and events that arethe center of attention without giving special treatment to those events. The studywas conducted at PT. Unilever Indonesia, is the largest manufacturing companyin Indonesia. The data analysis technique used in this study is quantitativedescriptive using financial ratio analysis. The results show financial performanceseen from the profitability ratio, overall the average is said to be efficient becauseof its magnitude above the industry average as a benchmark. Financialperformance can be seen from the liquidity ratio, overall the average ratio is saidto be liquid because the average is above the industry average as a benchmark.
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Oluwole Binuyo, Adekunle, Hillary Ekpe, and Babatunde Oloyede Binuyo. "Innovative strategies and firm growth: evidence from selected fast moving consumer goods firms in Lagos state, Nigeria." Problems and Perspectives in Management 17, no. 2 (June 6, 2019): 313–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.21511/ppm.17(2).2019.24.
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Critical to the sustainability and continuous success of every organization is the performance concept. Hence, the cardinal goal of every organization is to achieve sustainable progressive performance for their organization. Several factors have been found to contribute to the performance of an organization. While empirical evidence indicated that innovativeness is one of the major determinants of organizational performance, many fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) were slow in their demonstration of innovative capability and it has been noted that the performance of these companies has not been impressive possibly due to the slow pace of innovativeness in the industry. This study thus investigated the effect of innovative strategies on the growth of selected FMCG firms in Lagos state, Nigeria. Survey research design was adopted for the study. The population comprised 1,337 top and middle level management staff of four notable players in the FMCG industry in the state (Honeywell flower mills Plc, Dangote flower mills, Unilever Nigeria Plc, and Cadbury Nigeria Plc). Through proportionate stratified random sampling technique, 400 out of 1,337 were sampled for the study. Four hundred copies of a validated questionnaire with Cronbach’s alpha reliability coefficient ranging from 0.731 to 0.956 were administered to the sample with a response rate of 84.25%. Data were analyzed using both descriptive, as well as inferential statistics. Finding revealed that innovative strategies had a significant effect on growth of FMCG firms in Lagos state, Nigeria (R2 = 0.724, β = 0.887, t = 29.663, P ≤ 0.05). The study recommends that FMCG firms management need to initiate policies that will enhance innovativeness possibly through creation and proper funding of the research and development department to effectively drive growth of FMCG firms.
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Adelusi, Abosede, and Dada Abraham. "MANUFACTURING FIRMS’ PROFItABILITY AND MANAGEMENT OF CREDIT A STUDY OF UNILEVER NIGERIA, PLC AND NIGERIA BREWERIES PLC." International Journal of Advanced Studies in Business Strategies and Management 9, no. 1 (March 25, 2021): 50–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.48028/iiprds/ijasbsm.v9.i1.05.
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This study examines the effect of credit management on the returns of manufacturing firms using two quoted firms on the Nigerian stock exchange as a case study. This study determines whether a credit management mechanism using the receivable collection period, liquidity management, and payable payment period, have an effect on the profitability of a manufacturing firm which was measured using Return on Assets (ROA). Data were sourced from annual reports of the two firms, which provide empirical evidence for the two (2) manufacturing firms in Nigeria from 2013 to 2018. In other to achieve the objectives of the study, data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics and Linear Regression to test for normality of variables on data obtained from annual accounts of the Companies under study. Data obtained were further analyzed by the use of financial ratios while the three hypotheses formulated were tested with ANOVA using SPSS statistical package 17.0 Version. From the analysis made, it was discovered that there is a significant relationship between credit management and the profitability of manufacturing firms, based on their Receivable collection period, Payable payment period, and Liquidity management. From the result, the researcher recommended that the sales department of the manufacturing firms must know about credit management to encourage the sales of their products and firms should not be scared of credit sales because it assists in the increase in the firm’s profitability performance. For proper management, credit should be converted to cash in the shortest possible period.
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Oladimeji, Moruff Sanjo, Benneth Uchenna Eze, and Kazeem Adeyinka Akanni. "Structure and Strategies of Multinational Enterprises in Nigeria." EMAJ: Emerging Markets Journal 9, no. 1 (August 5, 2019): 63–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.5195/emaj.2019.169.
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This study sought to examine the effect of organization structure on organization strategy. Survey research design was employed through the administration of structured questionnaire to staff of Nestle Nigeria PLC, Unilever Nigeria PLC and PZ (Cussons) PLC. The findings revealed that, organization structure positively and significantly affects strategy implementation (F stat 107.52* 0.000) and that organization structure account for 53% (Adjusted R2= 0.5312) variation in organization strategy. It can therefore be concluded that, organization structure plays a significant role in strategy formulation and implementation in Nigeria multinational enterprises. It could be seen that, global matrix structure and product division structure are the most critical elements of organization structure driving strategy implementation in a multinational firm. It is therefore recommended that, multinational firms in Nigeria should employ matrix structure towards the enhancement of their organization strategy. This is because matrix structure has the highest effect on organization strategy.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Unilever (Firm)"
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Cooper, Adrienne D. "Two-way communication a win-win model for facing activists pressure : a case study on McDonald's and Unilever's responses to Greenpeace /." Muncie, Ind. : Ball State University, 2009. http://cardinalscholar.bsu.edu/646.
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Grenville, David Paul. "A critical analysis of the practical man principle in Commissioner for Inland Revenue v Lever Brothers and Unilever Ltd." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013238.
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This research studies the practical person principle as it was introduced in the case of Commissioner for Inland Revenue v Lever Brothers and Unilever Ltd 1946 AD 441. In its time the Lever Brothers case was a seminal judgment in South Africa’s tax jurisprudence and the practical person principle was a decisive criterion for the determination of source of income. The primary goal of this research was a critical analysis the practical man principle. This involved an analysis of the extent to which this principle requires judges to adopt a criterion that is too flexible for legitimate judicial decision-making. The extent to which the practical person principle creates a clash between a philosophical approach to law and an approach that is based on common sense or practicality was also debated. Finally, it was considered whether adopting a philosophical approach to determining the source of income could overcome the problems associated with the practical approach. A doctrinal methodology was applied to the documentary data consisting of the South African and Australian Income Tax Acts, South African and other case law, historical records and the writings of scholars. From the critical analysis of the practical person principle it was concluded that the anthropomorphised form of the principle gives rise to several problems that may be overcome by looking to the underlying operation of the principle. Further analysis of this operation, however, revealed deeper problems in that the principle undermines the doctrine of judicial precedent, legal certainty and the rule of law. Accordingly a practical approach to determining the source of income is undesirable and unconstitutional. Further research was conducted into the relative merits of a philosophical approach to determining source of income and it was argued that such an approach could provide a more desirable solution to determining source of income as well as approaching legal problems more generally.
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Kader, Darryl Dominic. "An evaluation of the outbound logistics customer service of a multinational company in the South African FMCG industry." Thesis, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/1993.
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Companies seeking competitive advantage in the highly competitive fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) industry can no longer differentiate themselves from competitors on products and pricing alone. Customer service and the perceived value that customers gain from suppliers is key in staying ahead. The FMCG industry in South Africa (SA) does not place much emphasis on evaluating customer service. This study is an evaluation of the outbound logistics customer service of Unilever Home and Personal Care (UHPC), a multinational FMCG company in SA. The study focuses on attributes of customer service that major retail customers with distribution centres {DC's) consider important and evaluates logistics customer service against key competitors. A survey of three major retail customers' of UHPC was conducted in the major regions of SA. Thirty self-administered questionnaires were sent out to staff at Shoprite, Clicks and Spar DC's across SA. Staff targeted were those associated with inbound logistics and included people as senior as DC Managers to Receiving Controllers. As these are specialised job functions, the sample size comprised of only 30 respondents. A total of 24 responses were analysed to determine the attributes of customer service which UHPC customers consider important and also to determine the perceived performance of UHPC against other competitors. The results revealed that DC customer consider order accuracy, timeliness of delivery, order quality, product availability, order fulfilment, personnel contact, cooperation of supplier, alerts on transportation delays, relationship with supplier and service level agreements to be the ten most important attributes of logistics customer service. The different customer groups did not rank the attributes in the same way. Shoprite and Clicks perceive UHPC's logistics customer service to perform from good to excellent on all 32 attributes whilst Spar felt that UHPC under-performed on 8 attributes. UHPC was highly rated amongst key competitors in the local FMCG industry and outperformed competitors on 28 attributes of logistics customer service. The following areas of improvement were identified for UHPC: order discrepancy handling after delivery, quality/durability of packaging, personal contact knowledge and ability and helpfulness in solving problems and supplier innovation in improving delivery. Recommendations for improvement in UHPC's logistics customer service were made based on the results and the literature review which included repeating the survey at least quarterly on attributes needing improvement so as not having to wait for at least 3 years for another competitor benchmarking survey.Thesis (M.B.A.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2005.
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Mei, Silas. "The impact of acquisitions of small social enterprises by giant multinational corporations on the consumers' brand perception of the acquired firm : the case of Ben & Jerry's." Master's thesis, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/25398.
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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.
Books on the topic "Unilever (Firm)"
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Galen, Kees van. Unilever: De "margarine" multinational : bibliografie. Nijmegen: Derde Wereld Centrum, 1987.
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Konings, Piet. Unilever estates in crisis and the power of organizations in Cameroon. Hamburg: Lit, 1998.
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Konings, Piet. Unilever estates in crisis and the power of organizations in Cameroon. Hamburg: Lit, 1998.
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The first 100 years of JWT & Unilever, 1902-2002. [London: J. Walter Thompson, 2002.
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Unilever Estates in Crisis and the Power of Organization in Cameroon. Lit Verlag, 1998.
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International Business and War Interests: Unilever Between Reich and Empire, 1939-45 (Routledge International Studies in Business History). Routledge, 2008.
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Jones, Geoffrey. "Trading, Plantations, and Chemicals." In Renewing Unilever, 185–214. Oxford University PressOxford, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199269433.003.0008.
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Abstract Between the 1960s and the 1990s the single most important characteristic of Unilever which distinguished it from its major international competitors in branded consumer goods was that the borders of the firm extended over a far wider span of industries and services. Unilever’s ownership of a huge Africancentred trading company, worldwide plantations, and—by the 1980s—a substantial speciality chemicals business was unique.
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Weir, Ronald. "The Management of the Distillers Company: How Palsied was the ‘Visible Hand’?" In The History of the Distillers Company, 1877–1939, 231–51. Oxford University PressOxford, 1995. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198288671.003.0015.
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Abstract The inter-war years were a key period in the evolution of industrial organization in Britain, when the large-scale company became increasingly accepted as the most appropriate form of enterprise. Mergers laid the foundations of ‘the corporate economy’. Giant firms like Unilever, Imperial Tobacco, ICI, Courtaulds, and Distillers came to dominate their industries. The capitalization of the large-scale firm increased both absolutely and relatively. In 1905 an issued capital of £1.3m. ensured entry to the league table of the fifty largest manufacturing companies. In 1919 a market value of £3.8m. was required, and, by 1930, £6.3m. DCL’s league position fluctuated, but by 1930 mergers had made it Britain’s sixth-largest manufacturing firm with a market value of £45.Sm. (see Table 14.1). By 1948, DCL would be the fourth-largest manufacturing firm and the largest in the drinks industry.
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Jones, Geoffrey. "Acquisitions and Divestments." In Renewing Unilever, 298–321. Oxford University PressOxford, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199269433.003.0012.
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Abstract Unilever pursued two alternative routes to expanding and enhancing the competitiveness of its business. It sought to grow organically through innovation and capital investment, and it bought—and sometimes sold— companies. From the late 1950s the pace of acquisition quickened, recalling the heady days after the First World War when Unilever’s predecessors had acquired numerous firms.1 Between 1965 and 1990 Unilever acquired around 540 companies, usually some ten to twenty each year until the mid-1980s, when the numbers increased to over fifty companies in some years. Unilever spent £6,600 million buying these companies, equivalent to 9,618 million in 1990 prices. In constant prices, the cost of acquisitions did not fluctuate greatly until the second half of the 1980s, when there was a huge surge in the amount of money spent on buying other firms.
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Jones, Geoffrey. "Corporate Image and Voice." In Renewing Unilever, 322–51. Oxford University PressOxford, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199269433.003.0013.
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Abstract By the 1960s a large corporation such as Unilever could no longer function as an enclosed world which existed solely to sell its goods and services in the market place. As the era of wartime austerity gave way to rising incomes, governments, consumers, and others began to take a more critical look at the strategies of big business. Governments passed an increasing number of laws and regulations which affected the way firms could operate. US-style anti-trust laws began to find their way into the legislation of European countries. The impact of multinational firms operating across borders became an object of growing concern, and also of criticism, especially as many people in former colonial countries sought reasons for their poverty compared to the industrialized West. As the structure of corporate share- holding moved from individuals to institutions, the financial community also began to demand more information about the strategy of firms.
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Jones, Geoffrey. "New and Old Worlds, 1974–1983." In Renewing Unilever, 54–87. Oxford University PressOxford, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199269433.003.0004.
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Abstract Unilever faced a dramatic deterioration in the world economy after 1973. Inflation soared, and there was a major world recession. At the end of the decade a second oil price shock was followed by another major recession. The era of economic miracles gave way to one of cyclical volatility. In many emerging markets, the political environment for large foreign firms also deteriorated sharply, as governments sought to restrict or control their operations. This harsh external environment was difficult for all firms, but Unilever’s wide span of businesses posed an almost unique managerial challenge, especially as its organizational culture con- strained the prioritization of resource allocation.
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Bishop, Matthew, and John Kay. "Introduction." In European Mergers and Merger Policy, 1–8. Oxford University PressOxford, 1993. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198773450.003.0001.
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Abstract Europe stands at the start of its first great merger wave. Growing international trade, accelerated by the 1992 ‘Single Market’ programme, has seen a sharp increase in mergers across national borders between European based firms. During the 1990s, this increase in European mergers will almost certainly continue. As it does, it is sure to raise important questions for industrial policy-makers and business strategists. Should, for instance, leading national firms merge to form ‘European champions’? When does merger make good business sense, and with which firm? Are hostile take-overs a sound method for ensuring top management accountability; are alternative ownership controls preferable? What are the proper grounds for politicians to prevent a merger, and which politicians? Many of these issues will be all too familiar to British managers, investors, and politicians, who, unlike their European counterparts, have extensive experience of the costs and benefits of mergers and take-overs. As Europe’s first great merger wave begins, those guiding it should draw heavily on this British experience. Britain itself has just come to the end of its third great merger boom of the twentieth century. The first was in the 1920s when the development of mass production techniques created a steep change in the scale of production, and firms such as Unilever and ICI, which have continued to dominate the British industrial scene ever since, were brought together. The marked rise in industrial concentration in the 1920s was the product both of mergers and of internal growth.
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Jones, Geoffrey. "Corporate Culture." In Renewing Unilever, 247–66. Oxford University PressOxford, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199269433.003.0010.
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Abstract During the early 1980s there was a sudden spate of studies, mostly written by McKinsey partners or consultants, on the corporate culture of firms. Peters and Waterman’s In Search of Excellence, published in 1982, became a major international best-seller. It was followed by numerous studies which maintained that corporate culture was one of the key determinants in corporate performance. A firm’s ‘culture ‘ resides in the shared values and assumptions which evolve over time, and which are typically taken for granted. This ‘culture ‘ is at once hard to define, as it is not written down in any document or set of rules, yet pervasive, shaping the choices that managers make, and how decisions are implemented.
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Jones, Geoffrey. "Managing Diversity 1965–1973." In Renewing Unilever, 17–53. Oxford University PressOxford, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199269433.003.0003.
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Abstract Decision-making at Unilever was a complex affair. This was hardly surprising given that it consisted of two parent companies in two countries with two chair- men and two head offices, that it operated in so many industries, and that it had grown through numerous mergers and acquisitions. George Cole (created Lord Cole in 1965), the chairman of Unilever Ltd, compared the company to a fleet of ships in a newspaper interview in 1963. ‘Firms ‘, he told his interviewer, ‘are often compared to ships. Well, Unilever is not a ship, it is a fleet—several different fleets, several hundred subsidiary companies—and the ships many different sizes, doing all kinds of different things, all over the place. ‘.
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Winarso, Eddy. "Implementation of Corporate Social Responsibility to Increase the Value of Companies Listed on the SRI Kehati Index Indonesia." In Corporate Social Responsibility [Working Title]. IntechOpen, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.93482.
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Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is the latest issue that must be observed by business people in carrying out their business processes from raw materials to the end consumers who have implemented CSR properly. And, the company must promote superior products that its produces are environmentally friendly and do not damage the environment. Investors will see the technical and fundamental analyses of the company whether they have implemented regulations and government policies in producing their products, and then buy shares from the company because they have confidence that companies that implement CSR will increase the company’s value and have a good brand image so that the market responds positively. As well as the roles of government and society as regulators of laws, and the public who observe the implementation of CSR must be responsive and must inform if there are violations committed by business practitioners against CSR. Based on the analysis by the author, it turns out that CSR has no effect on company’s value as measured by the price-to-book value (PBV). CSR implemented based on the GRI G4 is still below 50% of the 79 items that must be disclosed in the financial statements, which means that the company has not fully implemented CSR based on GRI G4 in its business processes, which obtained an average of 41.45%; but there are those who have applied it close to 100%, namely, PT Timah (Pesero) Tbk with an average CSR of 89.62%. But the PBV is low at 1.55. In contrast, PT Unilever Indonesia CSR is at an average of 41.43% but the PBV is 46.09, meaning that in this study CSR has no effect on firm value. CSR is implemented by companies not because of the awareness of the company or its responsibilities but only because of regulations issued by the government in order to complete and manage permits obtained easily.
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Canjels, Rudmer. "Framing Local and International Sentiments and Sounds." In Films That Work Harder. Nieuwe Prinsengracht 89 1018 VR Amsterdam Nederland: Amsterdam University Press, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.5117/9789462986534_ch17.
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The period after World War II was one of flux and change, during which many countries became independent of colonial rule. This chapter examines the use of locally made films by Unilever and Shell in relation to one of these new independent countries – Nigeria. It will highlight how these international companies began using film in Nigeria as a strategic medium, trying to create a bond between the companies and the films’ viewers – especially through sound – and showing that British and Dutch companies were actively involved in the decolonization process. This chapter also underlines the significance of the international processes and dynamics of industrial film, which not only serve as advertisement for products, processes or company images, but are also shot through with, and transmit, important technical, political, cultural and social discourses.
Conference papers on the topic "Unilever (Firm)"
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SHARMA, ASHUTOSH, and GUNTER REITER. "A SURFACE CHEMICAL ANALOG OF THE TEAR FILM BREAKUP ON THE CORNEA." In Proceedings of the Fifth Royal Society–Unilever Indo-UK Forum in Materials Science and Engineering. A CO-PUBLICATION OF IMPERIAL COLLEGE PRESS AND THE ROYAL SOCIETY, 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/9781848160163_0029.
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