How did CEMEX elect to compete in a Blue Ocean? How might the changes that they undertook be viewed from the perspective of core competencies? CEO Zambrano realized that due to the consolidation and commoditization of the construction products industry‚ traditional concrete manufacturers would struggle to survive if they did not expand into uncharted markets. Until the late 1990s‚ CEMEX had focused almost exclusively on cement. However‚ customers found little use for cement unless paired
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his “creative thinking”‚ but I am very sorry to say this kind of “creative thinking” is called “YY” in China. 2. Did the Reward Program motivate retailers to sell more CEMEX products? I’m afraid not. Here we have to define what the real motivation is? Yes‚ making money. Where is the money come from? Yes‚ the end-users. If CEMEX can de-commoditizing the product and crate really value for the end-users‚ its products will become money making products which can bring long-term cash for the retailers
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The Reality of Globalization: Friend or Foe? Globalization is a key element in the modern political atmosphere. The increased interdependency of nations in the last half century has spawned both positive and negative trends. Nations’ increasing reliance on one another’s natural resources and labor are making the world smaller politically‚ socially‚ and economically. The isolationist policies that the United States and so many other countries endorsed at the dawn of the twentieth century are
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Is Globalization a Good Thing? Globalization‚ as Friedman states‚ helps the world grow together as the advancement of technology has allowed poor nations to grow economically. On the contrary‚ Sen mentions that there needs to be institutional reforms for globalization to have a lasting effect on the world as a whole. Along with Sen‚ Florida argues that the world is spiky because of the wide disparity between rich and poor. With these three well accounted opinions in mind‚ I believe that Globalization
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Globalization‚ the Problem of War‚ and Normative Issues 游安娜 499570458 企管三 Defining Globalization and the Importance of Global Studies In this essay I wish to address the connection of globalization to normative issues. Before doing so‚ I need to review the issue of defining globalization and to indicate the emergence of Global Studies
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Globalization Paper Globalization is a historical process that is inevitable and irreversible. It defies geography and you can get anywhere. It compresses space and time. It connects people of different places and culture. Globalization can happen slowly or quickly in some centuries. We are in a world that is inter-connected‚ inter-related‚ and inter-grated. Globalization began in 1492 with Christopher Columbus’s discovery of America making the United States of America the first globalized
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102 H Globalization Living in a very diverse universe‚ It’s important to know what is going on around the world. Most people around the world aren’t aware of how globalize the world really is. According to Manfred B. Steger author of Globalization: a very short introduction‚ understanding globalization is as important as understanding international politics. An average day citizen needs to be informed about globalization with positive and negative aspects. Globalization is know to
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(www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI: 10.1002/jid.1059 GLOBALIZATION‚ PRODUCTION‚ EMPLOYMENT AND POVERTY: DEBATES AND EVIDENCE1 RHYS JENKINS* School of Development Studies‚ University of East Anglia‚ Norwich‚ UK 1 THE DEBATE ON GLOBALIZATION AND POVERTY The impact of globalization is one of the most controversial development issues of the day. Globaphobes attribute most of the ills of the world to globalization. The anti-globalization movement has focused attention on the extent to which
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Causes of Globalization While it is truethat state ventures (or adventures) have at times driven the process‚ e.g. the colonial conquests‚ the globalization process has largely reflected market forces‚ specifically‚ the exploitation by large and smaller businesses in the world of benefits from trade in commodities‚ goods‚ services‚ capital‚ and even labor‚ and of opportunities for new investments and markets. The process of global economic integration was perpetrated at the behest of
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Explain what is meant by the term ‘globalization’. Identify and analyse the key drivers of the process of globalization over the last 20 years. In generally‚ globalization refers to integration and interconnection between people‚ transnational corporations and different governments. According to Rothenberg (2002)‚ “Globalization is the acceleration and intensification of interaction and integration among the people‚ companies‚ and governments of different nations.” On the other hand‚ in terms
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