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Danone ends JV saga (from Corporate Dealmaker)

A disgruntled Groupe Danone SA dumped its longtime joint venture partner Hangzhou Wahaha Group by selling its 51% stake in the JV. The Deal Pipeline (subscription required) cites a deal value of several hundred million dollars paid by the Chinese soft drinks maker. The two failed to resolve trademark disputes...

Posted on September 30, 2009 5:05 PM

10 principles for a winning joint venture (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Groupe Danone SA and 11-year-old joint venture partner Hangzhou Wahaha Group ended their public battle regarding a year-long trademark dispute in December. CD brought you all the ups and downs of the Chinese-French JV, which established itself as a major player in the Chinese market. Professor Stewart Hamilton and...

Posted on September 12, 2008 2:18 PM

Danone divests, acquires, makes peace--and big profits (from Corporate Dealmaker)

France's Groupe Danone SA's 2007 net income soared 309%, from 1.4 billion euros ($2 billion) in 2006 to 4.2 billion euros. This came from a whirlwind month in July, where Danone sold its cookies and cereals business to Kraft Foods Inc. for 5.3 billion euros. That deal, from which they...

Posted on February 14, 2008 1:15 PM

Coping with China's talent shortage (from Corporate Dealmaker)

To sustain their rapid growth in China, big foreign companies are having to work hard at attracting, training and retaining managers.

Posted on December 15, 2005 6:12 PM