Jan Eriksson is the country manager of Indonesian joint venture in Basel Novartis (Novartis Indonesia), the largest pharmaceutical company in the world, founded in 1996, Sandoz merger and Ciba-Geigy. The case describes the actions it has taken since taking office in May 1996. He was in the middle of the fusion of Indonesian operations Sandoz and Ciba-Geigy, when the financial crisis hit Indonesia. He prepared two plans to deal with the crisis. In January 1996, the headquarters has not yet been approved plans Erickssons ", and he has to decide how to proceed." Hide
by Carin-Isabel Knoop, Anthony St. George Source: Harvard Business School 25 pages. Date : July 29, 1998. Prod. #: 899040-PDF-ENG