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Gerber Products Company: Investing in the New Poland

By: Debora L. Spar
  • Format:Print
  • | Language:Vietnamese
  • | Pages:20
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Abstract

Examines Gerber Products Co.'s evaluation of Alima S.A., 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.

Keywords

Foreign Direct Investment; Food and Beverage Industry; Poland

Citation

Spar, Debora L. "Gerber Products Company: Investing in the New Poland." Harvard Business School Case 793-069, March 1993. (Revised July 1994.)

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Debora L. Spar

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