A07-00-0022 Citibank—The Confia Acquisition in Mexico (A) This document has been made available for CasePlace.org. Introduction In August of 1998 Citibank-Mexico President Julio de Quesada was sitting in his office on the Paseo de la Reforma in Mexico City reminiscing about the wild ride that his organization had taken during the previous four years. From the depths of the “Tequila Crisis‚” when Mexico’s peso devalued by more than 100% at the end of 1994 to the final payment of $US 180 million
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BUSINESS CULTURE AND ETIQUETTE IN MEXICO BUSINESS ETIQUETTE IN MEXICO 1. Greetings 2. Names and Titles 3. Business Meetings 4. Conversation Topics 5. Negotiation 6. Business Entertaining 7. Gift giving 8. Practical Advice Business Culture & Etiquette Guides GREETINGS The usual form of greeting is shaking hands. A man should wait for a woman to hold out her hand first. Men‚ who already know each other‚ usually embrace each other. The usual form of an embrace is as follows: first
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economic and environmental problems. There are many countries and cites which contribute to this population explosion. China‚ the most populated country today‚ has a population of 1.4 billion‚ which is about one-fifth of the world’s population. Mexico City has more people than
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The accounts of the Spanish conquest of Mexico are often Spanish and almost always "patently self-serving" (Hassig 3). They glorify the ideals of the groups that the authors represent and emphasize the improbability of the Spanish victories. They largely ignore the Native points of view of the conquest‚ due to both a smaller number of Native accounts and due to their own motives. However‚ Hassig presents a balanced narrative of the Spanish conquest of Mexico and considers the Native perspectives and
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why I love mexico because its very cool and goo d food mexico I have a lot of family it is hwere we all feel happyThe second paragraph of the body should contain the second strongest argument‚ second most significant example‚ second cleverest illustration‚ or an obvious follow up the first paragraph in the body. The first sentence of this paragraph should include the reverse hook which ties in with the transitional hook at the end of the first paragraph of the body. The topic for this paragraph
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The Mexican pre-conquest world consisted of several different civilization‚ the Maya and the Aztec being the two most prominent. The Maya and the Aztec‚ while very similar‚ both dominated Mesoamerica at a certain time. The Maya dominated from 600 B.C. to A.D. 900‚ the Aztecs ruled from 1345 to 1521. These pre-conquest civilizations have developed political‚ economic‚ and social structures that will be compared. The Aztecs are considered Mesoamericans strongest civilization. The Mayas political
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While Mexico and the U.S. Share a boarder and a few other similarities‚ they are two very different countries. In the United States when we hear Mexico we often think of bad things such as the drug cartels‚ or even their corrupt police. In reality Mexico does have many positive culture traits that are lacking in the United States. Mexico is a very religious country. The dominant religion is Roman Catholic. Catholics make up 82.7 percent of the Mexican population. There are catholic icons everywhere
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century‚ the population of Mexico City has been increasing rapidly. The population has almost double in size every ten years in the last few decades. There are about ten thousand people per square kilometre and there are over three million registered vehicles in Mexico City. During the war years‚ there was an economic boom in Mexico City‚ and the population went up‚ following those years‚ the population still rocketed upwards. Around two thousand people immigrant into Mexico City everyday and many of
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The two-decade conflict in 19th century in Mexico is considered a dirty war due to the human rights violations that occurred between the army and the citizens. Its impact still affects a number of people‚ especially those who survived from clandestine camps‚ including me. The Mexican Dirty War started in early October of 1968‚ just days before our first Olympic Games. It began with a massacre took place in the Tlatelolco section of Mexican City and then spread throughout the whole country. During
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In 1980 at the Penitentiary of New Mexico there was a riot that lasted for 36 hours and killed 33 inmates. In this selection Colvin sheds light onto the fact that there were many factors leading to the riot‚ and that it cannot be looked at as a random act of violence by inmates. Our society is quick to label all inmates as “animals” or to stereotype them all together as being dangerous and without humanity‚ but to do this is to overlook the acts of kindness and bravery that some inmates displayed
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