MGMT 372 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Harbel, Bsc Young Boys
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Monday and wednesday class: liberia strategically important to firestones goals and competitive advantage. Firestone would treat taylors gov as the liberian gov. Enzminger had to go: easy answer would have been: firestone is out of liberia. But they felt a responsibility to liberians so they made it work: dec 7th 1991 - deal with taylor was made. Firestone would make a significant capital investment into liberia. Use taylors shipping company: make tax payments. Security for higher up jobs of liberians on the plantation. Firestone signed it to open back up: paid employees in us dollars and got better water to the homes, taylors forces were visibility on the plantation.
