Throughout most of 2007, is a public dispute between Danone and Wahaha over their joint venture in China. "Antagonism" even led to the Chinese and French presidents urging the two companies to resume "peace talks" and to find a peaceful solution. Danone and Wahaha case looks like this ten plus years old, and once "sweet" partnership soured. It serves as a basis for further study, which could be seen as a "win-win" partnership, as it was formed, further development and how to anticipate and mitigate certain risks of doing business in China and other emerging markets, such as how to determine the growth and the share of the risks and benefits. It then examines what would happen next, and the prospects for the future or likely scenario for the business Danone in China. Learning objectives:. Core knowledge in this case will be used as make all partner activities, whether with Chinese partners or not, based on the principles of equality and mutual benefit, tolerance minor differences and reach an understanding "Hide
by Stuart Hamilton, Jinxuan (Ann) Zhang Source: IMD 24 pages. Publication Date: August 14, 2008. Prod. #: IMD367-PDF-ENG
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