Danone was founded in 1919 by Isaac Carasso in Spain. Groupe Danone is a world market leader in dairy products. The company has been successful in knowledge management through all level of business. The company created ways of transferring and sharing knowledge throughout the company and between employees from around the world as the company has implemented a concept called the “Networking Attitude”. As a global company‚ Donone had to face many challenges‚ such as building information to employees
Premium Knowledge management
baby nutrition and all the group’s poles supported the growth. The turnover also increase in 2012. I’ve divided my report intro three parts with an introduction and a conclusion. In the first part I studied the global marketing strategy of Danone. Firstly at an international level‚ secondly at a local level with the exemple of its development in the United States. In the second part I made an external and internal analysis of the group . I used the SLEPTS analysis for the external environment
Premium Marketing Developed country Strategic management
Wahaha Versus Danone : a) The Joint-Venture : 1- Analysis of the conflict between Danone and Wahaha: In an interview with internet portal Sina quoted as saying‚ Zong Qinhou‚ boss of Wahaha Group‚ the first Chinese beverage producer Danone owns 51% of which‚ called the Chinese government "to enact rules to protect domestic companies from malicious acquisitions "‚ denouncing the takeover attempt of subsidiaries of his company by the French. Verbal attacks against Zong Danone represent
Premium China Joint venture Strategic management
Groupe Danone is the world market leader for fresh dairy products‚ and‚ in volume terms‚ a worldwide co-leader in the bottled water market. It is also ranked second in biscuits and cereal products. Main brands include Danone‚ Actimel‚ Activia‚ Danonino and Vitalinea in fresh dairy products‚ Evian‚ Volvic‚ Wahaha and Aqua in bottled waters‚ and LU in biscuits and cereal products. The three leading brands Danone‚ Evian and LU account for around 48% of sales. Up to 1996 Groupe Danone’s growth strategy
Premium Yoghurt Bottled water
appendices 21 ------------------------------------------------- INTRODUCTION We have chosen the group DANONE because it is a world-famous leading French group‚ which is often recognised for its management leadership. DANONE is a food-products multinational corporation based in Paris. It is the world leader in fresh dairy products‚ 2nd in bottled water and baby food and European leader in clinical nutrition
Premium SWOT analysis Organizational culture
Corporate Strategy Project DANONE Danone is a Paris-based multinational company engaging in the production of food and drinks. With revenues of more than 17bn Euro and over 100 000 employees in around 80 countries worldwide‚ it considers itself to be the world leader in fresh dairy products and bottled water. The corporate history shows the enormous adaptation capacity of the company over time. Founded in 1919 in Barcelona and starting operations in France few years later‚ Danone moved to the United
Premium Yoghurt Dairy product Milk
all around us. Sometimes it shows in the form of opportunities‚ sometimes it comes as a new challenge. Internationalization problems that companies face are identified as both internal and external. This essay aims to present some common difficulties that firms might face with and how they would establish their management to operate smoothly while internationalizing. During internationalization‚ firms face several external issues‚ some commonly caused by the difference in culture (Christoper &
Premium Culture Decision making The Culture
Groupe Danone is a French consumer-goods company headquartered in Paris. The multinational operates in all five continents‚ 120 countries‚ employing 90‚000 people in four business lines: Fresh Dairy Products‚ Water and Beverages‚ Baby Food‚ and Clinical Nutrition. Its revenues in 2006 were 14 billion euros making it the third largest company in the sector only after Kraft and Nestle. The organizational structure at Groupe Danone is highly decentralized. The country Managing Directors are empowered
Premium Knowledge management Management
Grameen Danone Grameen Danone Foods‚ popularly known as "Grameen Danone" is a social business enterprise which‚ launched in 2006‚ has been designed to provide children with many of the key nutrients that are typically missing from their diet in rural Bangladesh. This is run on ’No loss‚ No dividend basis. During his visit to Paris‚ France‚ in 2005‚ Professor Muhammad Yunus‚ the founder of Grameen Bank was invited by Franck Riboud‚ the chief executive officer of Groupe Danone (known as Dannon
Premium Muhammad Yunus Grameen Bank Bangladesh
Introduction There are many theories given by different group of researchers about the existence of multinational enterprises or MNE’s. According to John Cantwell‚ it was in the 1970’s and 1980’s that many theories on MNE’s were proposed. These theories were either general theories of MNE’s which were called the main institution for international production or the theories on foreign direct investment‚ the means by which international production is done ( Pitelis‚ Christos N. and Sugden‚ Roger
Premium Economics Multinational corporation International economics