Global Strategic Management Mini Cases Series The Global Cement Industry Cement is a basic ingredient for the construction industry. Cement is made out of limestone‚ shell‚ clay mined out of a quarry close to the plant. The raw material is crushed‚ and then heated at temperature in excess of 1000 ºC in rotating kiln to become clinker. Clinker is then mixed with gypsum and ground to a fine powder to produce final grade of cement. The technology is a continuous process and is highly energy
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GridIndicated Rating Outcomes Appendix A: Global Chemcial Industry Methodology Factor Grid Appendix B: Methodology GridIndicated Ratings Appendix C: Observations and Outliers for Grid Mapping Appendix D: Chemical Industry Overview Appendix E: Key Rating Issues over the Intermediate Term 1 3 5 8 Corporate Finance December 2009 Moody’s Global Global Chemical Industry Summary This rating methodology explains Moody’s approach to assessing credit risk for global chemical companies. This document replaces
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operations Chapter 7 A key assumption underlying theories of vertical integration is: A) Opportunistic behavior B) Suppliers and buyers have the same size C) Suppliers and buyers are located in the same country D) Firms are boundaryless In the strategic sourcing framework‚ firms vertically integrate when A) the firm’s need to control and its ability to perform an activity are both high B) there is high uncertainty surrounding the transaction with the supplier C) the need to control and the ability
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2 Global Strategic Planning As a home grown U.S. company Starbuck ’s quickly saturated its market‚ and hence several years ago looked at the global market for growth. One of these global markets is China‚ the most populous nation and home of the record breaking double digit gross domestic product or GDP rates. However‚ the Chinese culture is so much different that the U.S. culture‚ in fact some Chinese observers would say that the two cultures are apposite‚ hence careful strategic planning
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DECEMBER 28‚ 2010 GLOBAL CORPORATE FINANCE RATING METHODOLOGY Global Telecommunications Industry Summary This rating methodology explains Moody’s approach to assessing credit risk for companies in the telecommunications industry. This publication is intended to provide a reference tool that can be used when evaluating credit profiles within the telecommunications industry‚ helping companies‚ investors‚ and other interested market participants understand how key qualitative and quantitative
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Global Cosmetic Industries In the world of globalization with unstable economic situation most of the investors looking for more stable market place to invest for long term. Selecting an appropriate market place with the concern of risk associate with it is a vital task for any investor. Global Cultural Revolution makes all cultural consumers to move into standardized product rather then using local products. Europe and America already achieved a well structure cosmetics and toiletries market
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The commercial “Global Beer Fridge” by Molson Canadian is informative and insightful because the company uses creativity and technology in order to develop a connection between the brand and the consumer. A bright red fridge was distinctively placed outside in an open space in Toronto. What was interesting about this fridge was neither the vibrant red color‚ nor the location‚ but it was the voice-activated aspect of the machine‚ where the only way to open the fridge would be to say the phrase “I
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Strategic Management Student name: Thivhilelililio Mkojiholo Assignment Title: The Global Pharmaceutical Industry Date: 2011 August 20 Table of content Contents Page 1. Introduction 4 2. Pestel analysis of the global pharmaceutical industries 5-6 3. Drivers for change in the future of pharmaceutical 7 4. Five forces analysis on the global pharmaceutical industry 8-10 5. Threats to a big pharmaceutical company 11 6. Conclusion
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Global Animation Industry Global Animation Industry: Strategies‚ Trends and Opportunities Page 1 Global Animation Industry Table of Contents Global Animation Industry ...................................................................... 16 History and Evolution .................................................................................... 20 EMERGENCE OF THE ANIMATION INDUSTRY ............................................... 21 PIONEERS OF THE INDUSTRY ...................
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Porter generic strategies Michael Porter described three types of strategy to achieve/maintain competitive advantage in his 1980 work Competitive strategy: techniques for analysing industries and competitors. (CS:TAIC) These generic strategies are based on two dimensions: market scope + core competency with two competencies being the most important: product differentiation/product cost. [pic] Porter (1980) stressed that failure to adopt single strategy of differentiation or low cost results in
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