Zhejiang Geely Holding Group: Acquisition of Volvo Cars

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Case

Reference no. 9-619-041

Subject category: Human Resource Management / Organisational Behaviour

Authors: Felix Oberholzer-Gee (Harvard Business School); Willy Shih (Harvard Business School); Nancy Hua Dai (Harvard Business School)

Published by: Harvard Business Publishing

Originally published in: 2019

Version: 25 February 2019

Length: 18 pages

Data source: Published sources

Topics: International business; Management styles; Mergers and acquisitions; Organizational culture; Organizational structure and design; Organizational transformation

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Abstract

Zhejiang Geely Holding Company's acquisition of Volvo cars was widely viewed with skepticism because of the poor track record of cross-border auto industry acquisitons. This case looks at the acquisition and post-acquisition integration from the point of view of Chinese managers at Geely. A companion case, Volvo Cars: Acquisition by Geely, looks at the acquisition from the point of view of Swedish managers at Volvo.

Location:

China

Industry:

Automotive

Size:

> 1 billion; Fortune 500

Other setting(s):

2000-2017