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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to be the competitive advantage if CEMEX. Continued innovation High level of commitment to customer service and satisfaction Proven post-merger integration expertise (PMI) Efficient production‚ distribution and delivery processes through information system Ability to identify opportunities in developing countries CEMEX is one of the world’s largest building materials suppliers and cement producers. Founded in Mexico in 1906. They supply cement to CEMEX has operations extending throughout
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Study of FDI in Two Sectors in India A Project in International Business Submitted By – Group-6(SEC - G) Aakansha Sahai (11FN-120) Karan Anand (11IB-027) Rahul Gupta (11DM-117) Rohit Kumar Singh (11DM-128) Sourabh Mittal (11DM-157) Subhomoy Ganguly (11IT-029) Group – 6 Sec-G Acknowledgment It gives us immense pleasure to complete this project on such a good note and present the relevant findings in a concise format. This report and the subsequent project would not have been possible
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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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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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By 1999 the cement industry had emerged six major international competitors: Holderbank‚ Lafarge‚ CEMEX‚ Heidelberger‚ Italcementi‚ and Blue Circle. These six majors owned 500 million tons of capacity‚ representing slightly over one-quarter of the world total‚ or over one-third of the total excluding China.
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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? (Question for Analysis) The oligopolistic nature of the cement business dictates the limited notion of business strategy‚ however CEMEX‚ one of very few cement producers found that through globalization‚ a variety of benefits can be obtained and utilized to their own. Expanding to the global
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A project ReportOnCASE STUDY OF FDI IN INDIA VS CHINASubmitted toMrs. Smita KashiramkaByRamya Singh2010B3A2613PIn Fulfilment ofStudy oriented ProjectBIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE‚ PILANI30th November 2012 | | | | | | | Abstract The report begins with the FDI definition and FDI reference with respect to India and its sect-oral and regional comparisons. This report undertakes a comparative analysis
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