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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