CEMEX: TRANSFORMING A BASIC INDUSTRY COMPANY Case Study Questions 1. How is CEMEX Mexico providing added value to its customers? R: As cement is a commodity market‚ CEMEX realized that they should provide added value by developing customer services and offering solutions for the needs/wants of their customers. See Appendix 1: CEMEX - Customer Services 2. How has CEMEX developed and leveraged its strengths to enhance its market position and profitability? R: The Company was extremely
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“THE IMPACT OF RFUGEES ON HOST COUNTARIES” WITH REFRENCE TO THE AFGHAN REFUGEES IN PAKISTAN Contents WHAT IS A REFUGEE? 2 THE AFGHAN REFUGEES IN PAKISTAN. 2 IMPACT ON THE ECONOMY. 3 SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS 4 POLITICAL IMPLICATION 4 ENVIORMENTAL IMPLICATIONS 5 SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES 5 CONFLICT PERSPECTIVE 5 FUNCTIONALIST PERPECTIVE 6 CONCLUSION 6 BIBILOGRAPHY 7 WHAT IS A REFUGEE? According to the 1951 Refugee Convention the United Nations defines a refugee
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sports among countries (McGeoch & Korporaal‚ 1994‚ 7). However‚ its economic and social impacts are also the prime concerns. This essay will focus on the benefits as well as the problems that staging the Games bring to that host country. The advantages are firstly about the enhancements of infrastructure‚ secondly are the potential of greater economic growth‚ and finally are the tremendous improvement in the national identity. On the other hand‚ the most serious problem faced by those countries is the
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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: 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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which is of course a benefit for the host countries’ economy as it increases skilled labours in the labour market. In addition‚ they also inspire other local firms to use new technologies and learn new ways of operating organizations. There is better utilization of resources including the human resource which is indeed beneficial to both the MNCs and the host countries. Balance of payment Transaction between one specific country and all other countries in a specified time period is balance
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NBER WORKING PAPERS SERIES HOST COUNTRY BENEFITS OF FOREIGN INVESTMENT Magnus BlomstrOrn Working Paper No. 3615 NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH 1050 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge‚ MA 02138 February 1991 This paper is part of NBER ’s research program in International Studies. Any opinions expressed are those of the author and not those of the National Bureau of Economic Research. NBER Working Paper #3615 February 1991 HOST COUNTRY BENEFITS OF FOREIGN INVESTMENT ABSTRACT
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question x-1 How has globalization affected different world regions? What are some of the benefits and costs of globalization for different sectors of society? • Globalization: the process of integration among countries around the world with a vision of a single market entity: Social Economic Political Technological Cultural • Internationalization: the process of a business crossing national and cultural borders. Globalization: Pros and Cons • Benefits
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CEMEX Cemex is one the leading producer of cement in the world. The company was born in 1906 in Mexico as Cementos Hidalgo. The actual name was given in 1931 after the acquisition of the Cementos Portland Monterrey; the company was renamed Cementos Mexicanos – CEMEX. The company grew very fast in Mexico and soon became the first cement producer in the country but it was during the 90’s that the top management came to the decision that the future of the company will go thru the expansion in the
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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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