South African political economy insights : the story of the Walmart-Massmart merger / Alison Gaylard & Peter Draper.
Two years after US retail giant Walmart had given notice of its intent to buy a majority shareholding in Massmart, the CEO of Massmart Holdings - Grant Pattison - reflected on how much had happened since then, and how much he had learnt through a merger process, which had become a protracted legal b...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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2016.
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| Series: | SAGE knowledge. Cases.
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| Online Access: | SAGE |
| Summary: | Two years after US retail giant Walmart had given notice of its intent to buy a majority shareholding in Massmart, the CEO of Massmart Holdings - Grant Pattison - reflected on how much had happened since then, and how much he had learnt through a merger process, which had become a protracted legal battle. The Competition Appeal Court had, however, just given its final ruling on the matter. Looking back, he wondered what he would have done differently, had he known that the approval process would not be plain sailing. |
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| Item Description: | Originally Published in: Gaylard, A., & Draper, P. (2012). South African Political Economy Insights: The Story of the Walmart-Massmart Merger. WBS-2012-8. Johannesburg: The Case Centre, Wits Business School. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource : illustrations. |
| ISBN: | 1473960711 9781473960718 |