Ivey Business School (Canada)
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The IOI Group: Creating a Malaysian Palm Oil Multinational
Marleen Dieleman; Megha MittalCase IVEY-9B10M068-EStrategyThe case discusses the story of the IOI Group, one of the largest palm oil players in Malaysia, which has seen rapid growth in the past two decades. Family-controlled since 1982, the IOI Group's main businesses initially were property and palm plantations. As a relative latecomer in the palm oil industry, it grew both organically and through acquisitions, and, in 2010, had sales of about US$4.3 billion and employed 30,000 people. Over the years, ...Starting at €8.20
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IOI’s Global Challenge: Moving Up The Palm Oil Value Chain
Marleen DielemanCase IVEY-9B18M028-EStrategyMalaysian palm oil company IOI Corporation Berhad (IOI) developed from a plantation company in Malaysia to become a vertically integrated manufacturing company with a range of higher value manufacturing businesses across Asia, Europe, and the United States. The rapid expansion into what the chief executive officer (CEO) called a “mini-multinational” placed greater demands on IOI and its leadership. The CEO had struggled to simultaneously achieve ...Starting at €8.20
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Managing the Sibling Partnership: The Ong Group
Marleen DielemanCase IVEY-9B16M157-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn 2016, the oldest member of the family business The Ong Group was concerned about the ailing firm that he and his siblings were running. The business had been started in 1957 in Hong Kong by their father. After the death of the father and one of the siblings, the remaining family members needed a plan for the future of the business. Should all of the remaining siblings and their children be allowed to become directors in the family firm? How co...Starting at €8.20