Case Study: IJM Corporation Berhad

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IJM Corporation Berhad (IJM/IJM Corp) is one of the top Malaysia’s leading conglomerates and is knowingly listed on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad. The main business activities are construction, manufacturing, property development, quarrying, plantations and infrastructure. The headquarters is situated in Selangor, Malaysia. IJM has expanded its own regional businesses and it has seen a strong growing presence in neighboring developing markets with operations presently spanning 10 countries, with primary targeted in Malaysia, India, China, United Arab Emirates and Indonesia. Besides that, IJM 's phenomenal has incredibly growth over the past three decades and the result of its outstanding focus on its core competencies, diversification of the related businesses and selective expansion into new markets. IJM Corp was started from the result of a merger between three medium-sized local construction companies which are IGB Construction Sdn Bhd, Jurutama Sdn Bhd and Mudajaya Sdn Bhd. It was formed in 1983 to compete more effectively against bigger foreign rivals. Other than that, it began to amazingly quick of its establishment as a professionally managed construction group and rapidly gained market acceptance. In the year of April 2007, IJM had acquired the Road Builder Group ("RBH") who one of its nearest competitors, to strengthen its position as one of the country 's biggest builders. In addition, IJM owns