MEXICO: "Border Wars: Are Your Company and Human Capital Safe?" 

Presented by Gordon Housworth and Todd C. Nelson

A GlobalAutoIndustry.com Live Online Seminar to assist you with doing business in Mexico.
 

• Online Seminar to be held on Thursday February 10 at 12:00pm EST (Detroit time)
•  Attend 1-hour seminar on your computer, 'live' via Internet
•  A 40-minute presentation is followed by a 20-minute online, interactive 'Q&A' session
•  Cost: $59 per person - $99 for two persons attending - $129 for three persons attending
•  Attend this Online Seminar + any 4 other upcoming Online Seminars for only $179.  (5 total for $179)
•  To register, click on Register Now! link at bottom of this page.

A. Violence in Mexico:  A Reality Check

B. President Calderon vs. the Cartels

C. Where do we go from Here

D. Impact of Drug Violence on Doing Business in Mexico

     i) Mexico is not at risk of becoming a failed state

     ii) Risk to Foreign Direct Investment

     iii) Personal Security Risk

     iv) Supply Chain Risk

 
Gordon Housworth will present the following ...

A. A Failing State that no party wants to publicly recognize

B. Rampant corruption at local, state, federal and judicial assets

C. Rising cartel penetration into Mexican industry

D. Areas of greatest cartel activity overlay core of FDI and Mexican business

E.  Risks of operating in Mexico:
      a.      Risks vary according to OEM or tier level
      b.      NAFTA effects/benefits not uniform
      c.      Variances in Mexican risk reporting
      d.      Reputational risk
      e.      Personnel risk
      f.       Collateral impact risk
      g.      Supply chain risk
                I.      Direct cost
                II.     Plant production volumes/quality
                III.    Supply interruption
                IV.     Hidden/shielded (from upper tiers)
                V.      Insider/criminal
                VI.     Relocation inertia

F. Why risks matter to US/transnational automotive companies

G. Risk Mitigation

 

Our Guest Speakers / Presenters
The Online Seminar guest presenters are Todd C. Nelson and Gordon Housworth (see Speakers' Bios by clicking here).

Who Should Attend
This Online Seminar is for companies doing business in Mexico.


Event Info
February 10, 2011