In September 2009, Kraft, American company, represented by Irene Rosenfeld (CEO) made an offer to Roger Carr (Chairman of Cadbury) in order to acquire the English company, Cadbury. Carr did not even consider the offer once they heard the amount. It took almost two years to finish the acquisition and several modifications were made to the offer.
Many factors and players were involved in the negotiation; these all influenced the final decision.
– What’s the problem (quadrant I)?
• What’s wrong?
The North-American (USA) brand Kraft looking forward to increasing their international expansion (strategic growth) and positioning made an offer to the English confectionery Cadbury with the intention of acquire it.
• What are current symptoms?
Kraft has 60% of the matured market in the US just with only two of its very famous products: Philadelphia cream-cheese and Oreo’s cookies.
Cadbury has a strong presence in growing markets such as India and Latin America.
By making this deal, Kraft not only remains being as strong as it is in the US market but it is also growing in other markets with a well-known company, increasing its production capacity and and brand building capability, which secures its revenues for a long time and increasing its competitive power, its positioning in the international market and winning market share.
The acquisition of Cadbury has more value for Kraft than the potential outcome it has for the counterpart. Cadbury chooses the hard bargaining way because of its position, making the process a little bit hostile and a bit long while a final decision is made.
At that time Cadbury was not even on sale, which of course meant that Kraft had to be the first one in bringing up the
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...ed in any type of negotiation media is very involved and it gets a big role in the game, as it will always release and filter information that is not always necessarily true, having said this, it is important to trust and have effective communication with the counterpart to avoid any sort of misunderstandings.
I believe both companies had placed their interests at first, if Cadbury’s board would have been more interested in preserving the identity of the company rather than making money, then there would have been no place for a deal. Naturally, it was Kraft’s interest to purchase a company which was certainly promising to continue being successful and productive.
I consider this was a win-win situation, the old board of Cadbury got what they wanted, a fair price for their shares, and regarding Kraft, having purchased the world’s largest confectionery, was a deal.
...during the negotiation. Because they did not explicitly articulate their objectives to each other, the union and management did not reach a settlement that was mutually beneficial. I believe both teams prioritized “winning” over fulfilling their initial objectives. Therefore, I better understood how both teams suffered under pressure during the negotiation because they realized they could no longer rely on a zero-sum strategy. Moreover, I realized how important team cohesiveness is to the bargaining process. Both the union and management lacked basic cohesiveness among their team members and consequently exacerbated the contentious and emotional environment that they created during the negotiation. Nevertheless, under these circumstances I believe the union and management ultimately reached an adequate proposal that satisfied both sides of the bargaining table.
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