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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company. When looking at the theories of FDI‚ it is easy to see why Cemex preferred a direct investment instead of the other options of penetrating these markets. Exporting was eliminated as an option right-off-the-bat due to their product‚ cement; specifically ready-mixed cement that can only last about an hour and a half before solidifying. This alone abolished the exporting option for FDI because there would be no possible way of getting the product to the consumer before it became useless. This
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PREGUNTAS 1. ¿Qué beneficios tiene CEMEX y los otros competidores globales del cemento‚ derivados o provenientes de la globalización? ¿Cómo pueden las actividades cross-border agregar valor en una industria‚ aparentemente local‚ como es el cemento? 2. ¿Cómo específicamente se ha manejado CEMEX para superar a los competidores globales líderes en la industria de cemento?.Enfocarse en comparar ésta con Holderbank‚ quién es el otro gran competidor orientado principalmente al cemento. ¿Qué sugiere
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Introduction: CEMEX which is one of the largest cement producers in the world was founded in 1906 by Lorenzo Zambrano Gutierrez near Monterrey in Northern Mexico. It was initially named as Cementos Hidalgo. CEMEX remained a domestic company till 1960. During this period it acquired company called Cementos Portland Monterrey and merged with Cementos Mexicanos. In 1982 when the economic crisis hit Mexico‚ the government was forced to liberalize its economy which allowed CEMEX to attract foreign investment
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Case Study 1 Cemex: A DIGITAL FIRM IN THE MAKING 1. How did digital technology transform the way Cemex ran its business? In previous years when Cemex began‚ the business’ operations ran without the use of digital technology‚ they used telephones as a communication medium between customers and employees. However‚ this proved to be futile because it was very time consuming and costly to Cemex. Phone lines were jammed as customers‚ truckers and dispatchers tried to get orders
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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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06 Internal Analysis In this part‚ the report will briefly illustrate the result from analysing the internal environment of CEMEX by supply chain analysis and resources and competences framework and VRIO model. 6.1 Value Chain Analysis Activities | Resources | Competencies | PrimaryActivities | Supply chain management | | * Good relationships with products suppliers and transportation companies | | Operations | - Internal design | - Import products from Vietnam | | Distribution
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Strategies EXTERNAL ANALYSIS PESTEL ANALYSIS Political factors: -restriction and regulation of imports‚ exports and trade tariffs decide whether a company can compete globally: eg. GATT agreement in 1989‚ Mexico-open marketplace‚ enabled Cemex to expand globally. - governments may decide to nationalize or privatize the cement production; eg. Venezuela nationalized cement production. - political stability of a country will highly affect the performance of the industry Economic factors
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In September 2004‚ Lorenzo Zambrano‚ the chairman and CEO of Mexican cement maker CEMEX‚ sat in his gleaming modern office in the IBM Tower in New York City‚ an office suite similar in look and feel to CEMEX’s international headquarters in Monterrey‚ Mexico. He was feeling both exhilarated and nervous. His successful company‚ widely admired in its region and a recipient of major international awards for sustainable development‚ had just offered $5.8 billion to acquire the largest producer of
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Cemex Case Write-up Cemex and the Low Income Construction Market * Cemex’s target market in Mexico does not realize their dream home‚ while they can afford it. * Cemex’s revenue comes from big-ticket/large scale customers‚ middle- and upper-income individuals‚ and low income/do-it-yourself homebuilder customers. The sales for low-income customers only drop 10-20% during 1994 Mexico crisis. And Cemex see large market potential in low-income customers market. Thus‚ Cemex’s target market
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