Group 2 made a good presentation on the case ”Holcim Italia: Segmentation and Targeting in Business-to-Business Marketing” and it is my task to discuss the possible solutions. Group 2 had five different solutions to get Holcim going again: Improving their geographic proximity Increase product assortment More flexible payment conditions Improve technical assistance More promotion and personal relationship Improving their geographic proximity: Holcim had 3 different factories in northern Italy
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Cement industry overview: Bangladesh 40 years on Introduction Last year Bangladesh celebrated its 40th birthday. Possibly a celebration for some but more likely‚ for others‚ the occasion brought back terrible memories of suffering and hardship. This country of fertile plains‚ luscious terrain‚ with its remarkably rich history and heritage‚ was born in 1971 following a bitter struggle for independence that claimed the lives of over 3 million people. The birth pains linger; there is much poverty
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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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cement capacity. Given the high potential for growth‚ quite a few foreign transnational companies have ventured into the Indian markets. Already‚ while companies like Lafarge‚ Heidelberg and Italicementi have made a couple of acquisitions‚ Holcim has increased its stake in domestic companies Ambuja Cements and ACC to over 50% to gain controlling interest. Consolidation has taken place with the top two cement groups controlling nearly one-third of the total domestic capacity.
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Valuation of Holcim Ltd A Building Materials Industry Based Company Author: Christian Ryf Exam #: 402749 Advisor: Baran Siyahhan‚ Associate Professor‚ PhD Place‚ Date: Aarhus‚ July 2011 Abstract What is the fair value of Holcim Ltd‚ a Swiss based building materials company? This is the central question of the following paper. Before the valuation will be performed‚ one has to understand the strategic and the financial background of Holcim Ltd to estimate input
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The rate of growth over the past 20 years has been phenomenal‚ Since 1992 India’s cement production has more than quadrupled from around 50Mt/yr to 220Mt/yr in 2011. • Although the Indian cement industry has some multinational cement giants‚ like Holcim and Lafarge‚ which have interests such as ACC‚ Ambuja Cement and Lafarge Birla Cement‚ the Indian cement industry is broadly home-grown. MAJOR Domestic PARTICIPANTS TODAY TOP 10 DOMESTIC COMPANIES UltraTech Cements Net Sales (Rs. Crore) Net Profit
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703-S10 REV. 10 DE MAYO‚ 2001 Este documento es una copia autorizada para uso particular de D./Dña. Sebastián Arana Araya‚ 06/05/2009 DAVID B. YOFFIE Gucci Group N.V. (A) «Históricamente‚ la moda era vista como el cine. Nosotros la convertimos en negocio.» - Domenico De Sole‚ consejero delegado de Gucci Group Domenico De Sole tomó asiento junto a la mesa de acero destinada para reuniones de su despacho londinense‚ situado a tan sólo unos pasos de Bond Street‚ calle donde se congregan los
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Curso 2008-2009 Economía mundial Magreb Índice 1 Introducción…………………………………………………………………………… p. 3 2 Contexto político-institucional…………………………………………………………p. 4 3 Contexto sociocultural .………………………………………………………………...p. 6 3.1 Demografía 3.2 Religión 3.3 Los idiomas 3.4 La situación de las mujeres magrebíes 4 Situación económica….……………………...…………………………………………p. 9 4.1 Cuadro macroeconómico
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France‚ Italy‚ and other established European countries. En los últimos treinta años‚ California ha emergido de una relativa oscuridad a una posición como un actor importante en la industria global del vino‚ desafiando el dominio secular de Francia‚ Italia y otros países europeos establecidos. California was the primary producer of wine in the United States‚ accounting for over 80% of US industry employment and 90% of US production volume. California fue el principal productor de vino en los Estados
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(que simboliza la reactivación del conocimiento y el progreso luego de una época de oscurantismo) es el movimiento artístico‚ humanístico y científico marcado por el regreso a los elementos de la cultura clásica. Este movimiento surgió en Florencia‚ Italia aproximadamente en el siglo XIV después del período de la Edad Media y se propagó al resto de Europa Occidental en los siglos XV y XVI‚ principalmente Francia‚ España‚ Alemania y Países bajos. Uno de los principales exponentes del Renacimiento en
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