Gerber Products Company: Investing in the New Poland

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Case

Reference no. 9-793-069

Subject category: Economics, Politics and Business Environment

Authors: Allegra Young (Harvard Business School); Debora L Spar (Harvard Business School)

Published by: Harvard Business Publishing

Originally published in: 1998

Version: 18 July 1994

Revision date: 16-Jan-2020

Length: 19 pages

Data source: Field research

Topics: Managing uncertainty; Acquisitions; Foreign investment

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Abstract

Examines Gerber Products Company's evaluation of Alima SA, one of Poland's largest food processing plants, as a potential overseas investment in 1991. Factors that influenced Gerber's decision are discussed in detail: property rights, taxation issues, and Poland's political economy.

Locations:

Europe; Poland

Industry:

Food