to be the competitive advantage if CEMEX. Continued innovation High level of commitment to customer service and satisfaction Proven post-merger integration expertise (PMI) Efficient production‚ distribution and delivery processes through information system Ability to identify opportunities in developing countries CEMEX is one of the world’s largest building materials suppliers and cement producers. Founded in Mexico in 1906. They supply cement to CEMEX has operations extending throughout
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CEMEX: GLOBAL GROWTH THROUGH SUPERIOR INFORMATION CAPBILITIES 1. CEMEX is a cement company. What are the sources of competitive advantage in the cement industry? What is CEMEX’s position in the global cement industry? First‚ the cement business is cyclical. The uncertainty of the number of demand and sales restricts a cement company to gain profits stably. Thus‚ the expansion of the scale of the company is very critical to enhance the competitiveness‚ especially the international expansion to different
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and transportation costs cement production is highly fragmented. It is estimated that there are around 1500 integrated cement production plants in the world. Although the industry has seen the emergence of strong global players such a Lafarge or CEMEX‚ the share of the four largest firms account only for 23% of the overall demand. Cement is distributed in bags or is delivered to construction sites through readymix lorries. The major segments of the industries are: • • • Aggregates: quarries
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1. What benefits have CEMEX and the other global competitors in cement derived from globalization? Globalization has given many benefits to CEMEX and its competitors. First of all‚ it reduced the tariffs of product exportation by acquiring local plants and facilities instead. By doing so‚ these cement companies could control the localized quarries‚ which give them the proximity to the raw material needed for cement production. No need to ship the goods across the border‚ therefore no tariffs on
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waiting for. By 1999 the cement industry had emerged six major international competitors: Holderbank‚ Lafarge‚ CEMEX‚ Heidelberger‚ Italcementi‚ and Blue Circle. These six majors owned 500 million tons of capacity‚ representing slightly over one-quarter of the world total‚ or over one-third of the total excluding China.
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CEMEX What benefits have CEMEX and the other global competitors in cement derived from globalization? More broadly‚ how can cross-border activities add value in an industry as apparently localized as cement? There have been several benefits for CEMEX and its global competitors derived from globalization: (strategic group‚ part of the big six competitiors) International trade offered opportunities to arbitrage price differentials. Import from low cost countries and sell to 3rd parties to
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3. Why CEMEX preferred equity entry mode (mainly acquisition) instead of non-equity entry mode (such as exporting) in its international expansion? Use relevant IB theory to support your argument. CEMEX opted for the acquisition based method of entry to a foreign country due to the increasingly difficult trading barriers imposed by the USA 4. Critically anayse the reasons for CEMEX and other firms to buy existing capacity to enter new fields rather than greenfield entry strategy? * Because
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CEMEX is one of the world’s top producers of cement and concrete manufacturer and it is rapidly spreading across the globe‚ serving thousands of customer’s everyday through a worldwide network. CEMEX based in Mexico. At first CEMEX’s strategy are improve and increase their profit to more efficient by selling products and turn into selling of complete solution because they have difficulties in their business‚ because of lack of well communication system‚ weather changes‚ traffic jams and problems
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Master Thesis Department of Business Studies MSc in Finance & International Business Valuation of Holcim Ltd A Building Materials Industry Based Company Author: Christian Ryf Exam #: 402749 Advisor: Baran Siyahhan‚ Associate Professor‚ PhD Place‚ Date: Aarhus‚ July 2011 Abstract What is the fair value of Holcim Ltd‚ a Swiss based building materials company? This is the central question of the following paper. Before the valuation will be performed‚ one
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Cement industry overview: Bangladesh 40 years on Introduction Last year Bangladesh celebrated its 40th birthday. Possibly a celebration for some but more likely‚ for others‚ the occasion brought back terrible memories of suffering and hardship. This country of fertile plains‚ luscious terrain‚ with its remarkably rich history and heritage‚ was born in 1971 following a bitter struggle for independence that claimed the lives of over 3 million people. The birth pains linger; there is much poverty
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