FINANCE I initially joined Colgate for the opportunity to work for a recognized multinational, and the prospect of having a global career was very enticing. I am currently a Finance Director for Colgate-Palmolive in the Philippines. What I like most about working at Colgate is the exposure to different cultures, the focus on people development, and the strong global ethics mindset. Since joining Colgate, my professional development has taken a very deliberate course through assignments in varying
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Unit Model Strategy Introduction The purpose of this paper is to examine a Strategic Business Unit for its overall fit and alignment within its corporate environment. For this case study, the corporate parent must be a publically traded, multinational corporation with two or more strategic business units. The corporation that will be examined is Proctor and Gamble. This study will begin by understanding the parent corporation through its history, its basic or generic corporate strategy, the current
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Colgate Mazbooth Daath rakhe surakshith The Colgate Rural Initiative, targeted at rural areas with a population between thirty and a hundred thousand people, aimed at disseminating information and spreading the message of oral hygiene to children and their families in schools and rural centres. To this effect, Colgate conducted dental check ups in along with various activities at schools. The dental check up camps were supervised by teams of dentists and organisers who interacted with over 1
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Question 1 Why do companies such as Procter & Gamble target emerging markets? Do you agree with this strategy? For many years, multinational consumer goods company Procter & Gamble lagged behind its direct competitors Colgate-Palmolive and Unilever in emerging markets. Both Colgate and Unilever gain more than half of their revenue from emerging economies. P&G, on the other hand, only generates 40% of its revenue abroad, despite being the world's largest household product maker. P&G
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COLGATE MAX FRESH: GLOBAL BRAND ROLL-OUT John A. Quelch Jacquie Labatt-Randle ______________________________________________________________________________ HBR - Oct. 2007 Introduction Colgate max fresh (CMF) introduction to the US market drove Colgate-Palmolive's US market value share upto 34.8% ahead from Proctor and Gamble's share of 31.6% value share. Nigel Burton, the president of global oral care at Colgate-Palmolive Company (CP), is reviewing market launch plans for a new toothpaste
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ANALYSIS ON WHAT IS DONE BY COLGATE IN THE MARKET (Swot analysis tool) If someone asked which the top toothpaste brand in the world is, he/she will not need to search around his/her brain so much. Because, in most brains, the top of the mind brand for toothpaste is Colgate. Using SWOT tool, Colgate has analyzed below; Strength in the SWOT analysis of Colgate * Brand recall & visibility: Colgate being the brand name holder as it repeal well to customers. Build strong loyal customers as a
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Subramanyam L. Wheeler A. Singh S. Menon (Ms.) M. Mehrotra R. A. Shah P. K. Ghosh J. K. Setna V. S. Mehta Dr. I. Shahani (Ms.) N. Ghate P. K. Ghosh P. Parameswaran (Ms.) J. K. Setna N. Ghate Crawford Bayley & Co. Price Waterhouse Chartered Accountants Colgate Research Centre, Main Street, Hiranandani Gardens, Powai, Mumbai 400 076. Plot No. B 14/10 MIDC, Waluj Industrial Area, Aurangabad 431 136. Plot No. 78, EPIP Phase I, Jharmajri, Baddi, District Solan, [H.P.] 174 103. Premises No. 44-617/11, Road No
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Substitute Products Bargaining Power of Buyers Bargaining Power of Suppliers Key Success Factors Firm Competitive Advantage Analysis Future Competitive Analysis Accounting Analysis Key Accounting Policies Potential Accounting Flexibility Actual Accounting Strategy Quality of Disclosure Qualitative Analysis of Disclosure 36 31 33 35 10 11 13 13 18 20 22 24 24 28 30 5 2 Quantitative Analysis of Disclosure Sales Manipulation Diagnostics Expense Manipulation Diagnostics Potential “Red Flags” Undo Accounting
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La Competitividad y las Cadenas Productivas Verdes Bart van Hoof Facultad de Administración, Universidad de Los Andes Bogota, Colombia bjv@adm.uniandes.edu.co Enverdecer las cadenas de suministro es una de las nuevas estrategias que aplican las corporaciones alrededor del mundo para asegurar su competitividad. Por medio de ella logran controlar los costos en sus cadenas de suministro, mejorar su eficiencia energética, disminuir su “huella de carbón” e innovar sus estrategias de sostenibilidad
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system. Will it work? Many outsiders are sceptical, citing Gillette's sorry record in toiletries. Besides, competition has become very stiff in the once fragmented men's toiletries business. Procter & Gamble now owns Old Spice and Noxzema, Colgate bought Mennen, and Unilever grabbed Faberge's Brut brand. But nobody has a better brand name than Gillette. If the line flops, some believe Gillette should simply abandon the whole field. But while the company has tried to apply the Gillette way
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