CEMEX: Rewarding the Egyptian Retailers - R.Sathyanarayanan S Santhosh Kumar Shriram V Mohan Prasanth Subramaniam Goutham Raju To extend its global presence‚ CEMEX entered the Egypt market through acquisition of Assiut Cement Company CEMEX – Company background • CEMEX was founded in 1906 under the name Cementos Hidalgo • Purchased Mexican Cement producers and expanded into petrochemicals and tourism • Initially it was a domestic firm with 90% of revenues from Mexico • In 1992
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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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EJERCICIO TEMA 5 Y 6 1) CADENA DE VALOR DE PORTER: Dentro de la cadena de valor distinguimos entre actividades principales o primarias y actividades de apoyo. Entre las actividades primarias más relevantes para esta empresa podemos citar: • Producción (operaciones): “La compañía fabrica bajo pedido”; “el sistema productivo es altamente flexible‚ lo que le permite la adaptación del producto a las especificaciones de los clientes”; “Respecto a la producción‚ la mayor parte de ella se realiza
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Falsas / Técnicas de Creatividad / Pag 43 de Thinkertoys • Si comenzamos con suposiciones incorrectas nuestras soluciones van a estar mal construídas. • Todas las suposiciones pueden ser desafíadas. Muchas cosas se dan por sentadas porque nadie tiene el tiempo o la necesidad de desafiarlas. Es importante reconocer que nada es sacrosanto. Una vez que aceptamos esto nos abrimos a toda suerte de descubrimientos sensacionales. 1. Fijar el desafío 2. Listar las suposiciones 3
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El Dia de los Muertos in Mexico is quite a spectacle‚ dating back 2‚500 to 3‚000 years a long time before the Spaniards got to Mexico. This holiday coincides with Dia de los Santos or “All Saints Day”. Indigenous people of Mexico believe that the soul can travel back and forth from our world to the next. Mexicans believe that the souls of their dead ancestors will come back to visit them. Day of the Dead traditions can change between towns. The way that The Day of the Dead is celebrated today is
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SEMÁNTICA Y PRAGMÁTICA I UNIT 1 What is semantics? Some linguistics link the notion of semantic to meaning‚ others to meaning in language‚ or meaning in communication through language‚ when others link it with other branches‚ like grammatical or literal meaning. What is meaning? The fact we need to have in mind is where to locate meaning‚ or parts of meaning. History of Semantics: Semantics had a central place in linguistic study from the very beginning. American structuralism banned Semantics
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Anzaldua identifies how La Virgen de Guadalupe has had her impact in history. In Mexican history‚ she is said to have helped with the freedom of Mexico from Spain. In Roman history‚ she was named “Mother of God”. She was an enduring figure to the Indians during times of mass suffering and “near genocide”. And today‚ in many places she is recognized as more important that god. Although Chicanos /Mexicans may have identify barriers‚ the one thing that is undeniable about who they are‚ is the impact
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STUDY How ca n Sarah and Josh work together m ore effectively? Gen Y in the Workforce by Tamara J. Erickson • Reprint R0902X This document is authorized for use only in MBA Global Management by Rob Anthony at Hult International Business School - Boston from October 2012 to February 2013. How I learned to love millennials (and stop worrying about what they were doing with their iPhones). HBR CASE STUDY Gen Y in the Workforce COPYRIGHT © 2009 HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL PUBLISHING
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In Christopher Columbus’ discovery of the “New Island‚” he discovered a land filled with welcoming and nice people. However Columbus’ thoughts draw a contrast between how Bartolome De Las Casas felt about the Indians. Columbus viewed them as very nice people. De Las Casas and the Christians feel he can mistake their kindness for weakness and easily manipulate them into doing anything he want them to do. Shockingly in the new world are these same problems. Columbus on his thirty- three day
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Second Reading of Walter De la Mare’s ’Silver’ (Slowly‚ silently‚ now the moon) Walter De la Mare’s ’Silver’ describes the beauty of a moonlit night and the effect of the moonlight on the earth. The poet has sketched a number of different pictures of the moonlight scene through extended metaphors. But as we know De la Mare’s writings have an eerie‚ fantastic quality‚ which serves as a means of entry into a world of deeper reality‚ his perceptions in ’Silver’ endow with charm and candor . The
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