Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Geely Versus Ford: Threat from an Emerging Market Multinational to a Market Leader
Bertrand GuillotinCase IVEY-9B18M185-EStrategyIn 2010, when China surpassed the United States to become the largest global market for automobiles, China’s Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd. (Geely) entered the global automobile industry by acquiring Volvo Group’s cars division from Ford. Seven years later, Geely bought a controlling stake of 51 per cent in Lotus Cars, a stake in the truck maker AB Volvo, and a 10 per cent share of Daimler AG worth US$9 billion, becoming its largest shareholder. ...Starting at €8.20
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General Electric and Suez: Deal or No Deal
Bertrand GuillotinCase IVEY-9B19M035-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyOn Wednesday, March 1, 2017, Jean-Louis Chaussade, the chief executive officer (CEO) of Suez SA (Suez), a French utility company that primarily operated in water and waste management, had to decide whether or not to acquire General Electric Water & Process Technologies. During the negotiations between Chaussade and the CEO of General Electric Company (GE), there had been many drastic changes, including the January 2017 inauguration of a US presid...Starting at €8.20
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Chick-fil-A: International Expansion Challenges
Bertrand GuillotinCase IVEY-9B20M046-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThis case describes the immense success of Chick-fil-A in the United States and its first major international expansion efforts in Toronto, Canada, and Reading, England amid increased competition in the United States. Although Chick-fil-A had become the third-largest fast-food chain in the United States in 2018, a public relations controversy that had simmered since 2012 over the company’s conservative Christian values still dogged the company’s ...Starting at €8.20