Journal de l'économie mondiale

Acquisition of Mexican SMEs, its Impact on Organizational Culture and Structure: The Case of Glass and Plastic Mxico

Abstract

Vargas Hernández JG and Mayra Lizett PS

In this paper, the case of glass and plastic Mexico, Guadalajara’s company that was recently acquired by the French corporate Essilor through Essilor Mexico will be addressed. Essilor’s strategy of further expanding economies of scope, with glass and plastic as optical laboratory, corporate through its new acquisition achieved distribute products from other brands to market where so far could not reach. For the company Glass and plastic Mexico, the practice represents an opportunity for growth and stability; however, the acquisition led to major changes in the organizational structure, as the implementation of controls and processes in the small business, glass and plastic Mexico had not.