SAFAVI CMSE11136 Case Study: Generation Investment Management The ABB India Investment Decision The Dilemma “So if Generation invests in ABB India‚ we’re providing capital for a company that builds up the infrastructure for more coal fired energy generation. This means we’ll be co-accountable for more CO2 emissions‚ the main cause for global warming!” Generation Investment Management (‘Generation’) mission and values are to deliver first-class investment performance using a long-term view and
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“Cemex: Global Growth Through Superior Information Capabilities” 1. In an article on competitive advantage through better use of information‚ strategy guru Michael Porter and his co-author Victor Miller presented the following 2x2 matrix. The implication of the matrix is that you can improve your performance by increasing the intensity of information in your value chain (i.e.‚ business processes) and products/services. In which quadrant would you place Cemex? Why? 2. How has Cemex
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recommendations would you make to CEMEX regarding its globalization strategy going forward? In particular‚ on what kind of countries should it focus its future expansion? CEMEX expansion is a process where the company performs its due diligence and the aim of expanding into a country with a large population and high population growth. As the text stated CEMEX should continue to focus on developing Asian economies‚ Central America‚ the Caribbean and Sub-Saharan Africa. CEMEX should keep its eye on China
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CEMEX is the largest cement manufacturer in Mexico and the third largest in the world. The current status of the company shows that it has expanded its business worldwide‚ in both northern and southern America‚ the Caribbean ‚ Europe ‚ Middle East and South East Asia . Despite the technological maturity and unique culture of the cement industry CEMEX and all the other competitors in the market have benefited from the process of globalization. According to the adding model template CEMEX
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Questions 1. 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? CEMEX and their competitors have realized many benefits from globalization. The first of these was a reduction on tariffs associated with exporting their product. If the manufacturer has a localized facility‚ they do not have to pay export tariffs on the delivery of cement. Next
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ISSUES ON FOREIGN INVESTMENTS IN INDIA As a result of various policy initiatives taken‚ the Indian economy has been rapidly changing from a restrictive regime to a liberal one. The present legal framework allows an easy entry to a foreign investor in India. The liberalization of the foreign investment regime in India commenced in 1991 and thereafter has been gradually liberalized by successive governments. Deregulation‚ privatization and easing of restrictions on foreign investments and acquisition
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of Business and Management (IOSRJBM) ISSN: 2278-487X Volume 2‚ Issue 4 (July-Aug. 2012)‚ PP 10-19 www.iosrjournals.org The Impact of Stock Market Returns on Foreign Portfolio Investment in Nigeria Dr. OZURUMBA BENEDICT ANAYOCHUKWU Lecturer‚ Department of Management Technology Federal University of Technology‚ P.M.B. 1526‚ Owerri‚ Imo State‚ Nigeria. Abstract: This research work was designed to investigate the impact of stock market returns on foreign portfolio investment in Nigerian. The
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FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FDI - occurs when a firm invests directly in facilities to produce or market a product in a foreign country. Two main forms of FDI 1. Greenfield investment 2. Acquiring and merging with overseas firm US most favourable target for FDI inflows because of its; * Large and wealthy markets * Dynamic and stable economy * Favourable political environment * Openness to FDI Another way of looking at FDI (gross fixed capital) which summaries the tatal
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Corporate Social Responsibility: A closer look at the social performance of CEMEX The relationship between natural environment and industries has often been named ‘dysfunctional’. An increase in the levels of awareness of the society towards activities of companies‚ both positive and negative‚ has pushed corporations to address to their corporate social responsibilities. Industrial Pollution has been a concern for the society. The effects of companies’ actions on the environment are constantly
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Direct method Innovation in foreign language teaching began in the 19th century and‚ very rapidly‚ in the 20th century‚ leading to a number of different methodologies‚ sometimes conflicting‚ each trying to be a major improvement over the last or other contemporary methods. The earliеst applied linguists‚ such as Jean Manesca‚ Heinrich Gottfried Ollendorff (1803-1865)‚ Henry Sweet (1845-1912)‚ Otto Jespersen (1860-1943) and Harold Palmer (1877-1949) worked on setting principles and approaches
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