strategy
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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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City Lodge Hotel Group: Redefining Segments and Brands
50,00 $CASE STUDY. In 1985, the market regarded Hans Enderle as foolhardy when he resigned from the helm of one of South Africa’s leading hotel chains to launch a new concept in short-stay accommodation.
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Anheuser-Busch InBev and SABMiller: Would Strategic Benefits Come Easily with “Newco”?
50,00 $CASE STUDY. On 11 November 2015, Carlos Brito, chief executive of global leading beer brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev), presented his final offer of US$105.5 billion (£69.8 or £44 pounds per share), to acquire its rival, SABMiller, which the company accepted.
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FirstRand: Finding its Path into the Indian Market
50,00 $CASE STUDY. In February 2008, eight months after FirstRand Limited sent Stephan Claassen to India to gather insights for a market-entry strategy into that country – the initial preference being to set up as a retail bank – Claassen presented a strategy to the board that focused on setting up as a corporate investment bank in the Africa-India corridor.
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SA Metal Group: Could Bigger Be Better?
50,00 $CASE STUDY. In November 2010, Clifford Barnett – director and co-owner of family business, SA Metal Group (SA Metal) – put his hard hat down on his desk, looked out on the busy scrapyard below his window in Epping, Cape Town and pondered the company’s growth.
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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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Zest: A Driving Force in Motors
50,00 $CASE STUDY. Johannesburg-based Zest, well respected in the electric motor industry, was the only distributor of WEG motors throughout southern Africa.
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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 Ashanti Limited: the Integration
50,00 $CASE STUDY. On 20 February 2004, Ghana’s parliament approved the merger between AngloGold and Ashanti Goldfields Company (Ashanti) and, on 26 April 2004 − a year after Bobby Godsell announced that negotiations had commenced − the parties concluded the details of the arrangement.
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AngloGold: Winning Hearts and Minds
50,00 $CASE STUDY. Having met in London with Sir Sam Jonah, chief executive of Ashanti, in September 2002, Bobby Godsell, chief executive of AngloGold, announced on 16 April 2003 that discussions with Ashanti regarding a proposed merger had commenced.
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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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Inconsistent Strategic Directions
8,00 $ – 50,00 $CASE STUDY. College Board members have divergent opinions regarding how the theatre should be managed.
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New Bedford Whaling Museum
8,00 $ – 50,00 $CASE STUDY. The case describes the leadership of strategic change at the New Bedford Whaling Museum by Anne Brengle, who transformed the Museum from an elitist “Yankee bastion” to an active community partner.
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