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Nestle's GLOBE program (B): July executive board meeting

By Peter J. Killing

2 pages

August 2003

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Reference: IMD-3-1335

This short case continues the GLOBE story and is intended as an in-class handout to be used during the discussion of the A-case. It documents some of the GLOBE-related discussion at Nestlé’s July 2000 Executive Board meeting, which raises fresh issues for Chris.

Keywords

Change Management, General Management, Globe

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Global
Nestlé
2000

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Field Research

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English, Japanese, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Turkish, Arabic, Russian

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