COMMENTARY Jingzhou Tao and Edward Hillier A Tale of Two Companies The Danone-Wahaha dispute is a story of the relationship between two very different entities against a backdrop of incredible change. The dispute reveals many questions that China faces as it integrates into the world economy‚ such as what to do when rule of law leads to an unpopular result or harms a valued Chinese company. The players Group Danone SA‚ a Paris-based multinational corporation (MNC)‚ is a giant in the global
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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
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Danone Case Study Contents Page Executive Summary Pg. 3 Introduction Pg. 4 Background Pg. 4 Problems Pg. 5 Issue 1- Lack of formal IT systems Pg. 5 Issue 2-Lack of incentives & rewards Pg. 5 Issue 3-Geographical dispersion Pg. 6 Issue 4-Development of Networking Attitude Pg. 8 -Why should the issue be addressed Pg. 8 -Competitive Advantage Pg. 9 Recommendations/ Strategies
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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
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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 &
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alliance partners Case 12.1 Danone’s affair in China As of 2007‚ Danone‚ the French multinational food company‚ was in a fierce battle with China-based Wahaha Group (the largest beverage producer in China) to win control of their joint ventures (JVs) in China. The fight is reported to have started in 2005 when Danone uncovered some unusual financial figures at the JVs‚ but this did not become known to the public until 2007‚ when Danone and Wahaha Group failed to resolve their disputes on the selling
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When and how did Danone expand into the Chinese market? There are several products primarily sell by Danone are yogurt‚ biscuits‚ and beverages in China. Danone emerged Chinese market at the end of 1980s. Since then‚ Danone has invested heavily in China‚ included building factories and expanding production. Danone purchased shares of numerous market and industry leaders as well. Danone has a network of partnership with few of local market leader in China‚ including Wahaha Group which is 51%‚ Robust
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study revolves around the ownership structure and the control over the JV. It seems that the Chinese Wahaha expectations were that their 49% of the JV meant full control‚ as the other 51% were split half-half between Danone and Peregrine through the Singapore registered Jinjia. Danone later took over Peregrne’s part essentially gaining the 51% of the JV and theoretically gaining effective control of the JV. This was not received well by the Chinese partner and later by the Chinese public which interpreted
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DANONE – INDIVIDUAL CASE STUDY ANALYSIS Dax Foley – 10520701 Groupe Danone is a world leader in the production of diary products being one of the largest dairy food and water produces in the world. With 90‚000 employees in 120 countries of the world the company is very much knowledge-intensive and innovation-driven. Growing to become one of the most successful food and beverage companies in the world has not been without its challenges‚ primarily for Danone this has been successful knowledge management
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suitable marketing terminology‚ identify and describe the Irish market place Danone aimed at during the market entry stage. Despite agriculture being one of Ireland’s main industries‚ in the past the consumption of fresh dairy produce was remarkably low. Even today‚ there is only 10.2 kilos of fresh dairy products consumed per capita as compared to that of France where 33.2 Kilos of fresh dairy products are consumed. When Danone researched the feasibility of entering the fresh dairy market in Ireland
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