Wits Business School
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Massbuild: Culture “Gets it Done”
50,00 $CASE STUDY. In February 2015, Llewellyn Walters, CEO of Massbuild, the building products division of Massmart, a warehouse retail organisation, was perplexed by the results of the 2014 employee engagement survey.
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Competition Commission vs South African Airways
50,00 $CASE STUDY. In July 2005, the BA/Comair (Comair) executives were eagerly awaiting the Competition Tribunal’s decision in the case brought by the Competition Commission against South African Airways (Pty) Ltd (SAA), South Africa’s dominant domestic airline.
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A Mining Case Study: What Went Wrong and What Should Have Happened?
50,00 $CASE STUDY. The year 2011 had been a difficult one for Jack Smith, group organisational development manager of a South African mining contracting group.
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Remgro: Distributing its Tobacco Interests
50,00 $CASE STUDY. It was December 2009, just over a year since Remgro Limited (Remgro) had completed the distribution of its indirect shareholding in British American Tobacco plc (BAT): 90% of its shares had gone to its shareholders, while the balance of 10% went to a new investment vehicle listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, called Reinet Investments.
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Competition Commission: 1999–2009 Background Note
50,00 $CASE STUDY. The Competition Act of 1998 came into force in South Africa on 1 September 1999, and enabled the establishment of three bodies: the Competition Commission (the Commission), The Competition Tribunal (the Tribunal) and the Competition Appeal Court (CAC).
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Altech – The Battle for Self-provision (Part B)
50,00 $CASE STUDY. Altech was already well on its new strategic path when a series of events in 2004 forced it to take a legal stand against the South African government – more specifically, the Department of Communications (DoC).
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Altech – Pioneer in the South African ICT Industry: Path to Restructuring (Part A)
50,00 $CASE STUDY. In 2010, Craig Venter, CEO of Allied Technologies Limited (Altech), reflected on Altech‟s successful growth over the past 14 years.
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Phodiclinics’ Acquisition of New Protector: Increasing Concentration?
50,00 $CASE STUDY. On 31 October 2006, executives at the Council for Medical Schemes (CMS) and private hospital group Netcare were eager to hear the Competition Tribunal’s decision regarding the acquisition of the New Protector Group hospitals by Phodiclinics (Pty) Ltd (a division of the Medi-Clinic Group) and DHJ Defty.
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Game: Competing in Africa’s Playing Fields
50,00 $CASE STUDY. In 2007, Jan Potgieter, chief executive of Massdiscounters (a division of Massmart), had steered Game, one of its general merchandise discounters, into investing far more vigorously in Africa.
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First National Bank: Developing a Culture of Innovation
50,00 $CASE STUDY. It was mid-September 2010. All 50 finalists in the annual First National Bank (FNB) Innovators Campaign were about to present their ideas to the judges.
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Anglogold: Choosing a Merger Target
50,00 $CASE STUDY. In February 2002, Johannesburg-based AngloGold Ltd lost its position as No1 gold producer to America’s Newmont Gold Corporation when Newmont outbid AngloGold in a merger deal with Australia’s largest gold company, Normandy Mining Ltd.
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Cape Herb & Spice Company: Choosing a Growth Strategy
50,00 $CASE STUDY. Irene Ivy-Schuurmans and Dale Kneen started the Cape Herb and Spice Company in 1992, selling their wares from a modest barrow at the Cape Town Waterfront.
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Yahluma: A Sustainable Business Model?
50,00 $CASE STUDY. In September 2007, Pindiwe Holomisa and Nomaciko Ngoasheng, started Yahluma Solutions Ltd with the intention of building a contact centre in Buffalo City (Eastern Cape), and making use of a Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) incentive to encourage the establishment of business process outsourcing and offshoring (BPO&O) businesses.
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Netflorist: Maintaining Momentum
50,00 $CASE STUDY. When Netflorist managing director Ryan Bacher was involved in establishing Netflorist, the company had the normal teething problems of building a business, but it didn’t have to worry about local online competition.
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African Bank Investments Ltd: Breaking through Microfinance Frontiers
50,00 $CASE STUDY. By May 2007, African Bank Investments Limited (ABIL) had, under the leadership of Leon Kirkinis, become one of the predominant players in the provision of financial credit services to the mass employed population of South Africa.
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