"We have made significant progress in changing the group in the current cycle of change," declared the front page Jardine Matheson & Co. 's Web site. Percy Weatherall, the newly appointed managing director of the company, are too well aware of the change. In his previous position as chief executive of Hong Kong Land Holdings, the main holding company Jardines, Weatherall successfully went through the Asian economic crisis and the sharp fall in Hong Kong leasing and asset value that ensued. But these changes pale in comparison with the task of developing an e-commerce strategy Jardine Matheson, a group with a complicated confusing situation of minority and various subsidiaries and affiliates employ more than 160,000 people worldwide. On the 48th floor of Jardine House in Hong Kong, Weatherall, and about 100 of his colleagues Jardine Matheson Ltd. manages, management, planning, budgeting, and financial resources in a decentralized subsidiaries located throughout the world. The question in hand, as 168-year-old international company with business interests in more than 30 countries can move quickly enough to put their claims in the electronic field. "Hide
on F. Warren McFarlan, Melissa Daly, Fred Young Source: Harvard Business School 16 pages. Publication Date: September 22, 2000. Prod. # 301 045-PDF-ENG
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