GLOBAL STRATEGYAND MULTINATIONALS’ ENTRY MODE CHOICE W. Chan Kim* INSEAD Peter Hwang** Baruch College Abstract. This paper makes a case directed towards establishing the importance of global strategic considerations in choosing multinationals’entry mode. Specifically‚it is our contention that beyond the environmental and transaction-specificfactors well established in the literature to affect the entry mode decision‚ we should also consider the strategicrelationshipa multinational envisages between
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Please read the ‘Critical Thinking and Discussion Questions’ on page 269 and answer the questions No.2 and 3. No2. Compare and contrast these explanations of FDI: internalization theory‚ Vernon’s product life-cycle theory‚ and Knickerbocker’s theory of FDI. Which theory do you think offers the best explanations of the historical pattern of FDI? Why? Although Knickerbocker’s theory and its extensions can help to explain imitative FDI behavior by firms in oligopolistic industries‚ it does not
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Cemex Key points summary | |Cemex was originally founded in 1906 as Cementos Hidalgo and became Cemex (Cementos Mexicanos) after a merger | |Case Summary |with Cementos Portland Monterrey in 1931. Throughout the 1960’s‚ 70’s‚ and 80’s‚ Cemex expanded throughout | | |Mexico to gain a 65% share of the domestic market by the end of the 1980’s. Under the leadership of CEO Lorenzo | |
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Emirates (UAE) Modes of Entry 1. Exporting – Indirect exporting means that the company does not deal with foreign customers or companies by itself but uses intermediates such as export companies‚ export agents‚ or export partner network to take care of all export activity. Indirect exporting should be taken into consideration if a company’s own prerequisites in international business are not enough and if the intermediate’s resources as well as the know-how benefit the company. This entry alternative
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1. What benefits have CEMEX and the other global competitors in cement derived from globalization? Globalization has given many benefits to CEMEX and its competitors. First of all‚ it reduced the tariffs of product exportation by acquiring local plants and facilities instead. By doing so‚ these cement companies could control the localized quarries‚ which give them the proximity to the raw material needed for cement production. No need to ship the goods across the border‚ therefore no tariffs on
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Basic characteristics Economic Environment Political and Legal Environment‚ Government Cultural Environment Entry mode The number of passenger car in Hungary is 305 per 1000 people according to the European Automobile manufacturers association. The estimated car sales in Hungary is 3 Million and from the sales figures it would take 60 years for all cars in Hungary
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CEMEX What benefits have CEMEX and the 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? There have been several benefits for CEMEX and its global competitors derived from globalization: (strategic group‚ part of the big six competitiors) International trade offered opportunities to arbitrage price differentials. Import from low cost countries and sell to 3rd parties to
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recommendations would you make to CEMEX regarding its globalization strategy going forward? In particular‚ on what kind of countries should it focus its future expansion? CEMEX expansion is a process where the company performs its due diligence and the aim of expanding into a country with a large population and high population growth. As the text stated CEMEX should continue to focus on developing Asian economies‚ Central America‚ the Caribbean and Sub-Saharan Africa. CEMEX should keep its eye on China
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| Tilburg University | THE ASPECTS OF CULTURE AND ITS EFFECT ON ENTRY MODE DECISIONS | Bachelor Thesis 2010 Name: G.M.J. Smit ANR: 619284 Supervisor: S. Xu Date: 11th of June 2010 Word count: 7904 Organization & Strategy Management Summary What cultural factors influence the decision of ownership of subsidiaries from the conventional perspective or asymmetric perspective? This problem statement is the main area of research in this study. To be able to answer the problem statement
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Global Market-Entry Strategies (Chapter 8) 1. Target Market Selection A four-step procedure for the initial screening process: 2. Choosing the Mode of Entry Decision Criteria for Mode of Entry: 3. Exporting Indirect Exporting Cooperative Exporting Direct Exporting Export management companies Piggyback Exporting Firms set up their own exporting department BENEFITS CAVEATS 4. LICENSING Appealing to small companies that lack
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