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Waleska Rivera

President Danosa Caribbean

BREAKING BOUNDARIES Business Successful Stories

Companies which employ 1 or more

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COMPANY/DISTRIBUTION

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45,000 COMPANIES

TOP 400 LOCAL COMPANIES

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EXPORTS 62,000 M

3,500 M exports

143,000 Jobs

1)Recognize that turbulence is a

permanent condition and that

the employer will face greater

risks and uncertainty about the

transformations occurring globally.

7 Succes Factors

2)Identify the “enemy”

correctly. The enemy of the

carriage industry was not

Henry Ford, it was a new

transportation technology;

automobile.

7 Success Factors

3)We must know the environment

very well. Including changes in

technology, new models of doing

business, markets, products, particularly competition.

7 Success Factors

200,000 0 200,000

0- 4

10-14

20-24

30-34

40-44

50-54

60-64

70-74

80+

2000 Mujeres

Hombres

200,000 0 200,000

0- 4

10-14

20-24

30-34

40-44

50-54

60-64

70-74

80+

2010 Mujeres

Hombres

200,000 0 200,000

0- 4

10-14

20-24

30-34

40-44

50-54

60-64

70-74

80+

2020 Mujeres

Hombres

Elderly Population

4)Recognize that you will need to

reinvent your business

periodically. The failure of many Puerto Rican companies has been precisely that they did not reinvented when the competitive environment changed.

7 Success Factors

5)Make productivity and keep focused on continuous improvement at the heart of its operations.

Without increases in productivity the result is stagnation.

7 Success Factors

6)Cultivate the ability to

anticipate change and respond

quickly. “Foresight Function”

7 Sucess Factors

7.Establish alliances and insert yourself in collaborative networks is essential in the current economic context. It is a way to capture economies of scale and externalities that make the company more productive.

7 Success Factors

Success Past Models in Puerto Rico

Standout Local Enterprise

1978-2011 2011-present

Brief History of Danosa

New San Fernando Hospital, Carolina

Green Roof/Waterproofing/Standing Seam

Esther Feliciano Elementary School,

Aguadilla with Cool Roof

Caguas Army Reserve, Pto.

Nuevo/Buchanan with Cool Roof

Bosque 51 Green Roof

Green and Cool Roof Projects

CUBA

THE CUBAN MARKET: STRUCTURE OF BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES PORTFOLIO

Mining15

Agrifood 40 Tourism 94

Renewable Energy, 22

Oil, 86

Manufacturing, 21

Transport., 15

Biotec and generics, 9

jtriana@ceec.uh.cu

Thank You!