Session 295
Keynote: Lifetime Achievement Award
Track Q |
Date: Sunday, September 21, 2014 |
Track X |
Time: 13:45 – 14:30 |
Plenary Panel |
Room: Madrid |
Session Chair:
- TBD
Panelists:
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Paul Polman, Unilever
Paul Polman has been Chief Executive Officer since 1st January 2009. Under his leadership Unilever has set out an ambitious vision to double its size while reducing its overall environmental footprint and increasing its positive social impact. Paul Polman is Chairman of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, a member of the International Business Council of the World Economic Forum and serves on the Board of the UN Global Compact. He is also on the Board of the Global Consumer Goods Forum. At the invitation of the UN Secretary General, he recently served on the High Level Panel of Eminent Persons looking at the Post 2015 Development Agenda and previously acted as co-chairman of the B20 group of companies reporting to the G20 on Food Security. He is a member of the European Resource Efficiency Platform chaired by Environment Commissioner Janez Potocnik, and has agreed to serve at the invitation of former Mexican President, Felipe Calderon, on the International Council of the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate. He was recently asked by the UK Prime Minister to be a British Business Ambassador. In recognition of his contribution to responsible business, Paul is a former recipient of the Atlantic Council Award for Distinguished Business Leadership and the CK Prahalad Award for Global Sustainability Leadership. Last year he received the World Wildlife Fund Duke of Edinburgh Conservation Medal and has just been awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Rainforest Alliance. Paul Polman began his career at Procter & Gamble in 1979, holding many senior executive positions, including Group President of Europe. He moved to Nestle in 2005, where he was the Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President for the Americas. He earned a BBA/BA from the University of Groningen, Netherlands, in 1977 and an MA Economics and MBA finance/international marketing from the University of Cincinnati in 1979.
All Sessions in Track Q...
- Sun: 13:45 – 14:30
- Session 295: Keynote: Lifetime Achievement Award
- Sun: 14:30 – 15:15
- Session 471: Keynote: CK Prahalad Award
- Mon: 09:30 – 10:30
- Session 296: How Social Networks Create Competitive Advantage: The Microfoundations Reputation
- Mon: 13:30 – 14:30
- Session 4: Business Models in their Competitive Context
- Session 5: Building Strategic States
- Session 298: Using Networks to Shape Strategy
- Session 299: Dealing with the Euro Area Economic Crisis: Strategic Adjustment in the Period of Turmoil
- Session 300: Methodological and Conceptual Frontiers in the New World of Networks
- Tue: 09:30 – 10:30
- Session 297: Granularity of Profit
- Tue: 14:15 – 15:15
- Session 6: Quantitative Empirical Approaches in Strategic Management
- Session 301: Strategy Frameworks: In Quest of Relevance in a Turbulent World
- Session 302: Directing Strategy: The Process Challenges of Formulating and Implementing Strategy in a World of Networks
- Session 470: Governance Challenges in Globalized Networks
- Session 473: Rethinking the Architecture of Global Corporations
- Sun: 13:45 – 14:30
- Session 295: Keynote: Lifetime Achievement Award
- Sun: 14:30 – 15:15
- Session 471: Keynote: CK Prahalad Award
- Sun: 15:45 – 17:00
- Session 203: Acquisition Implementation
- Session 215: Yikes: What Now (Reloaded)?: Firm Responses to Stakeholder Activism
- Session 398: Corporate Strategy and Corporate Finance: Continuing the Research Conversation
- Mon: 08:00 – 09:15
- Session 260: IPRs, Appropriability and Innovation
- Session 338: Making Strategy, Strategic Change and the Role of Sensemaking and Sensegiving
- Mon: 09:30 – 10:30
- Session 296: How Social Networks Create Competitive Advantage: The Microfoundations Reputation
- Mon: 11:00 – 12:15
- Session 213: What is In It For Us? How Sustainability Matters for Firm Strategy
- Session 352: CEO Decision Making
- Session 405: Multi-Sided Platform Strategies
- Mon: 13:30 – 14:30
- Session 4: Business Models in their Competitive Context
- Session 5: Building Strategic States
- Session 298: Using Networks to Shape Strategy
- Session 299: Dealing with the Euro Area Economic Crisis: Strategic Adjustment in the Period of Turmoil
- Session 300: Methodological and Conceptual Frontiers in the New World of Networks
- Mon: 14:45 – 16:00
- Session 368: Firm Scope and Industry Competition
- Session 375: Changing External Environments: How do Multinationals Respond?
- Mon: 16:30 – 17:45
- Session 245: Human Capital Complementarities
- Session 344: Paradoxical Tensions and Innovative Strategies
- Tue: 08:00 – 09:15
- Session 409: Increasing the Relevance of Strategy Research
- Session 446: Empirical Studies and Case Studies of Business Models
- Tue: 09:30 – 10:30
- Session 297: Granularity of Profit
- Tue: 11:00 – 12:15
- Session 469: M&As and Innovation
- Tue: 14:15 – 15:15
- Session 301: Strategy Frameworks: In Quest of Relevance in a Turbulent World
- Session 302: Directing Strategy: The Process Challenges of Formulating and Implementing Strategy in a World of Networks
- Session 470: Governance Challenges in Globalized Networks
- Session 473: Rethinking the Architecture of Global Corporations
- Tue: 15:30 – 16:45
- Session 208: Interactions, Recombination and Adaptation Processes
- Session 346: Management and Strategy Practices Reconsidered
- Tue: 17:15 – 18:30
- Session 441: Funding Entrepreneurial Ventures: Sources and Successes