Growth-share matrix

1. What benefits have CEMEX and 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 other global competitors in the cement market have definitely benefitted by being able to operate on an international level. An obvious advantage that CEMEX and quite frankly any vast corporation that reaches a global scale is diversification. Diversification has brought and brings…

Today’s Teenagers live in a time of sweeping technological advances, culture shock and relative affluence. Consequently, their attitudes and cultural awareness exhibit a number of distinguishing characteristics. Teenagers in India are also a robust part of the economy. They have a significant income of their own to spend and also wield increasing influence on household purchases. Teenagers are an important segment which marketers cannot afford to ignore. Teens are important because of their…

impact on the countries’ economies throughout the years, and it continues to because of the rapid pace of technological advancements in today’s world. Evidence demonstrates that the economic growth has been declining in the Caribbean over the past 10 years by 2% annually, leaving some countries with negative growth (Hassan, 2007). For instance, Trinidad and Tobago, like any other developing nation, has not gained the maximum benefit of globalization but instead, has been experiencing…

increasing entrepreneurship individually leads fierce competition in the market, which causes loss of career choices. In another way people may get confuse to choose the product and they are becoming unhappy. While entrepreneurship giving economic growth and all other material welfare, this is may not always give happiness in non-material welfare. 2. Discuss a few important characteristics of successful entrepreneurs. An Entrepreneur is always dedicated to his work, whether he successful…

markets Lenovo chose the path grow through Mergers and Acquisitions which was a risky process in line with this strategy it acquired IBM’s PC division this provided all the advantages of IBM to Lenovo. It also bought Medion in Europe which doubled its share of Germany’s PC market. In Japan, it entered acquired NEC which helped Lenovo become largest PC maker in Japan. Q2. Why did Lenovo choose for the M&A route (by taking over IBM) of going…

Tourism is one of the major contributors in the growth of a country, it not only adds to the GDP but also create employment for different sections of society. The Indian tourism has contributed enormously to GDP; around 6.2% in 2013 this includes both foreign and domestic tourists. The Foreign tourist arrivals (FTAs) increased by 9.1% in June 2014 over June 2013. India is still ranked 14th among Asian countries in terms of FTA, and has a huge scope for growth in the industry. With new…

development from the earlier unidirectional growth oriented approach…

For several thousands of years, humans and other living species have coexisted together, but as the human population continues to dramatically increase, the need for an extraneous amount of resources does as well. Over the past two decades, the human impact on wildlife is easily seen worldwide. Forests have been diminishing at an alarming rate. Deforestation is becoming more of a problem each day. Due to deforestation, biodiversity is decreasing, habitats are being severely polluted, and…

Globalization make economic change from poor to richer. It is show obviously at the end of 20th century that Japanese per capita incomes are about as high as Western incomes and seven times as high as Chinese incomes. What make Japan growth so fast ? Revolution of Japan’s is faster than China which government still rule by impartial and the China revolution still slow. Japan revolution in human and social capital while china still struggle with the both issue. In addition, nationalism of Japan…

The political is related to the taxation, government, rules and regulation. The Starbucks have spread the business to the globally. In the China market, there is the capitalist nature of the people’s Republic of China. The rapid acceptance of Western standards in China's middle class, as an acceptable class standard of the bourgeoisie. China consumers accept the purchase of luxury goods is a means of pursuit of quality of life. Under the influence of communism, the Chinese people think that…