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Case
BHP Billiton: Mining Potash
Author(s)
BHP, an Australian mining company, threatens to enter the potash mining industry through a hostile takeover of the Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan. Complicating matters is the fact that the Canadian potash industry has operated as a legal cartel in which the provincial government has a stake. This case enables students to assess BHP's strategy in terms of value creation and value capture, how it relates to its existing investments in the industry, and the risks and rewards of alternatives to BHP's strategy
Date Published:
01/05/2012
Discipline:
Strategy
Key Concepts:
Competition, Competitive Strategy, Economics, Government Policy, International Business, Mergers and Acquisitions, Public Policy
Citations:
Hubbard, Thomas N., Michael Moore. BHP Billiton: Mining Potash. 5-411-755 (KEL647).