thought that the Wahaha Group had not received any technological or managerial expertise from Danone‚ whereas Danone did get a its place in the Chinese market‚ which they hoped for. From Danone’s view‚ however‚ there was managerial expertise offered to the Wahaha Group personnel in R&D and marketing for the Joint ventures‚ but Zong kicked them out. Because of this‚ there might have been a learning asymmetry when taking Danone’s perspective into account. Question 5 Has Danone been able to access
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Introduction of Wahaha21907525800050032397704572000The Hangzhou Wahaha Group Co‚ Ltd is a private group of companies‚ and the largest beverage producer in China. The company is headquartered in Hangzhou‚ Zhejiang province. Wahaha is represent laughing child in Chinese. Wahaha has roughly 150 subsidiary companies and 60 manufacturing bases scattered throughout China. Wahaha employed about 60‚000 staffs in china. Wahaha ’s current products including beverages ‚ beer ‚ drinking water ‚ dairy products
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Danone v. Wahaha: Lessons for Joint Ventures in China Steven M. Dickinson Harris Moure PLLC www.harrismoure.com Danone Group and its partner‚ Wahaha Group Company‚ are shareholders in a joint venture company that is the largest beverage company in China. A recent dispute between the partners now threatens to wreck the joint venture. What lessons can be learned from this dispute for investors considering new joint ventures in China? Disputes such as this are not inevitable in China. They can be
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DANONE CASE 1. What were the intentions of Wahaha Group and Danone when setting up joint ventures in China? Based on Danone first experience in China‚ Danone looking for experince partner in China who knows about the culture inside China. In response Danone set up a joint venture with reputable companies that give Danone huge advantage in Chinese market. Beside that Wahaha group as a Danone partner wanted acquire technology and managerial skills (transfer knowledge) from Danone. In this partnership
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9-608-107 REV : APRIL 1 6 ‚ 2 0 0 8 ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ANE DAMGAARD JEN SEN Global Knowledge Management at Danone At Danone we don’t talk about strategy‚ we react to the context around us. For me‚ it’s like a Lego box that you buy for your children. They start to play‚ trying to find a way to build the image on the Lego box. At the end of the day‚ they give up‚ throw out the box‚ and put the pieces
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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
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among the firm and management makes decision based on feedbacks. In the case of Danone‚ the company formed a culture of networking in order to encourage more information sharing among employees. Danone has been a success in the consumer goods sector due to its innovative culture‚ and it also enjoys climbing revenues in the recent years. Knowledge management challenges faced by Danone There were two challenges faced by Danone. First‚ sharing was not a natural thing among employees especially when
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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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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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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
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