Australian Wheat Board Limited.: Becoming a Grower-owned Corporation

Ray A. Goldberg; Carin-Isabel  Knoop; Cate  Reavis

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Australian Wheat Board Limited.: Becoming a Grower-owned Corporation

by Ray A. Goldberg, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Cate Reavis

Abstract

In July 1999, the Australian Wheat Board (AWB), a statutory national and international grain marketing organization, would become grower-owned. As a private corporation, the AWB would no longer receive government borrowing guarantees and would have to rely on its own capital base for investments. Along with a new structure, the AWB's wheat export monopoly was in jeopardy as domestic and international grain traders called for open competition. The case describes CEO Murray Roger's challenges in navigating the AWB into a new era.

Keywords: Transformation; Capital Structure; Globalized Markets and Industries; Monopoly; Employee Ownership; Competition;

Format: Print

23 pages

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Goldberg, Ray A., Carin-Isabel Knoop, and Cate Reavis. "Australian Wheat Board Limited.: Becoming a Grower-owned Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 599-070, December 1998.

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