CASE STUDY. How to grow the business while dealing with capacity and financial issues.

CASE STUDY. On a Saturday morning in early October 2015, Choppies chief executive officer (CEO), Ramachandran Ottapathu, made his weekly visit to a Choppies store.

CASE STUDY. In December 2008, Charlene Lewison, marketing director of the Johannesburg-based family business, Birdi Golf Apparel, surveyed the company’s well-stocked shelves with pride – but also with a growing sense of unease.

CASE STUDY. Since 1996, when international motorcycle manufacturer Harley-Davidson (Harley) first established a presence in South Africa, the company had grown from only one dealership to seven independent dealerships in 2007.