5‚ 2009 CEMEX: Globalization “The CEMEX Way” Donald R. Lessard and Cate Reavis When one wants to globalize a company‚ especially when it is from a developing country like Mexico‚ you really need to apply more advanced management techniques to do things better. We have seen many cement companies that use their capital to acquire other companies but without making the effort to have a common culture or common processes‚ they get stagnant. 1 —Lorenzo Zambrano‚ Chairman and CEO CEMEX On June 7
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Cemex S.A.B. de C.V. (Cemex) Executive Summary This paper presents fundamental and financial analysis of Cemex. The analysis is performed by analyzing the company ’s financial data for the period beginning December 2002 through December 2005. The paper introduces Cemex by presenting the company ’s information and a brief summary of its main activities. Following the introduction‚ the paper will perform an extensive industry and company analysis and summarize
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. Cemex has a stronger preference for acquisition over greenfield ventures as an entry mode. Why? Cemex believed that it could create significant value by acquiring inefficient cement companies in other markets and transferring it skills in customer service marketing information and technology and production management to those units . Also they want to be a unique company in worlwide. Therefore they need to purchase all the competitor companies and converted their sysytem to them. d.Why do
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FDI is implemented in different types • Identify the factors that influence FDI • Understand why and how host government encourage FDI inflow NVESTMENT 1 2 1 FDI occurs when a firm invests directly in facilities to produce and/or market a product in a foreign country 2 3 4 3 4 1 11/1/2013 5 2 11/1/2013 – Investment in the “same” industry – Nokia & Samsung build factories in Bac Ninh‚ Thai Nguyen (Vietnam) – Investment in upstream supplier (backward)
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CEMEX – International Business Strategy Question 1: In May 2000‚ CEMEX was preparing to expand through acquisitions in Asia‚ Africa and the Middle East. What kind of global giant do you think Lorenzo Zambrano wanted the firm to become? Using module theory and evidence from the CEMEX case study‚ critically evaluate his chances of success. This essay will critically evaluate Lorenzo Zambrano’s chances to succeed while Cemex planned to expand through acquisitions. It will aslo illustrate what
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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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A Brief Understanding of IBS ‐‐A Case Study of Toyota A Brief Understanding of International Business Strategy --A Case Study of Toyota by Peter LIU‚ peterliu@acculine‐mfg.com MSc International Business P14B45 International Business Strategy Lecturer: Dr Yee Kwan Tang Sponsored by 10 May 2010 Acculine Precision Manufacturing Company Tel: 0086-574-28887315‚ Fax: 0086-574-28875303‚ Web: www.acculine-mfg.com‚ email: info@acculine-mfg.com A Brief Understanding
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Topic 1: International Business 1. Why companies engage in international business? There are three major operating objectives that underline the reasons for companies to engage in international business: -expanding sales: pursuing international sales usually increases the potential market and potential profits -acquiring resources: foreign sources may give companies lower costs‚ new or better products‚ additional operating knowledge -minimizing risk: international operations may reduce
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role. The subsequent chapters shall discuss the company’s internal goals and strategy and how that strategy paves way for Nestle to build its competitive advantage in all the markets it operates in. Vision and Values: The vision of Nestle reflects ideas of fairness‚ honesty and long-term thinking. These ideas are reflected in the company’s corporate business principles that have shaped the company culture and strategy for the past nearly 140 years. The core values that the company has are its people
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evaluation and selection Analyse possible alternative strategies relating to substantive growth‚ limited growth‚ and Market entry strategies‚ and disinvestment strategies IKEA has marketed its products well and has dealt with all the problems easily. But there have been some constraints that came in the way of IKEA and alternative strategies have to be developed for them. These strategies are as follows: Substantive growth: In any business strategy growth is the most important factor. To achieve substantive
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