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Globalisation and
Multinational Business
Globalisation: Setting the SceneGlobalisation: Setting the Scene
• Current issues in the global economy
• Defining globalisation– global economic interdependence
– implications for business
• What is driving globalisation?– market drivers
– cost drivers
– government drivers
– competitive drivers
The drivers of globalisationThe drivers of globalisation
The drivers of globalisationThe drivers of globalisation
The drivers of globalisationThe drivers of globalisation
The drivers of globalisationThe drivers of globalisation
The drivers of globalisationThe drivers of globalisation
The drivers of globalisationThe drivers of globalisation
Globalisation: Setting the SceneGlobalisation: Setting the Scene
• Current issues in the global economy
• Defining globalisation– global economic interdependence
– implications for business
• What is driving globalisation?– market drivers
– cost drivers
– government drivers
– competitive drivers
• Globalisation: the good and the bad
Multinational CorporationsMultinational Corporations
• Statistics on growth and size of MNCs– the comparative size of MNCs and
countries' GDP
Comparison of the 10 largest multinational corporations(by gross revenue) and selected countries (by GDP): 2002Comparison of the 10 largest multinational corporations
(by gross revenue) and selected countries (by GDP): 2002
Multinational CorporationsMultinational Corporations
• Statistics on growth and size of MNCs– the comparative size of MNCs and
countries' GDP
– foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows
FDI inflows ($ millions)FDI inflows ($ millions)
FDI inflows ($ millions)FDI inflows ($ millions)
FDI inflows ($ millions)FDI inflows ($ millions)
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Multinational CorporationsMultinational Corporations
• Diversity among MNCs
– size
– the nature of the business
– overseas business relative to total business
– production locations
– ownership patterns
– organisational structure
Why do Businesses go Multinational?Why do Businesses go Multinational?
• Categories of multinational organisation– horizontally integrated
– vertically integrated
– conglomerate
• Advantages to firms– reductions in costs
• international differences in factor prices
• international differences in factor productivity
• low-cost access to local markets
• spreading overheads
Why do Businesses go Multinational?Why do Businesses go Multinational?
• Advantages to firms (cont.)– government support in host countries
• lower taxes• subsidies• provision of infrastructure
– increased demand– spreading risks– can exploit advantages over local firms
• ownership of superior technology• entrepreneurial and managerial skills• R&D capacity
– access to local technology
Why do Businesses go Multinational?Why do Businesses go Multinational?
• The product life cycle and the MNC– the launch phase
– the growth phase
– maturity
– late maturity and decline
• Problems facing multinationals– language barriers
– selling and marketing
– relations with host governments
– relationships between subsidiaries
MNC Investment and the Host StateMNC Investment and the Host State
• Advantages of MNC investment– employment– balance of payments– technology transfer– tax revenues
• Disadvantages– uncertainty– power and control by the MNC over the
host– transfer pricing– the environment
MNCs and Developing CountriesMNCs and Developing Countries
• The scale of MNC investment in developing countries
• Advantages to host country
– the saving gap
• the importance of development finance
• the contribution of saving to growth
– the foreign exchange gap
– public finance gap
– skills and technology gaps
MNCs and Developing CountriesMNCs and Developing Countries
• Disadvantages to host country– MNCs may drive local firms out of business
– limited demand for local components
– repatriation of profits
– transfer pricing and effects on tax revenues• competition between developing countries to
attract MNCs
– distorting the whole pattern of development• increasing gap between rich and poor
• introducing consumerist values
• What can developing countries do?
Globalisation and Multinational Corporations
Globalisation and Multinational Corporations
Multinational CorporationsMultinational Corporations
Diversity among MNCs size
the comparative size of MNCs and countries' GDP
Diversity among MNCs size
the comparative size of MNCs and countries' GDP
Comparison of the 10 largest multinational corporations(by gross revenue) and selected countries (by GDP): 2002
Comparison of the 10 largest multinational corporations(by gross revenue) and selected countries (by GDP): 2002
Multinational CorporationsMultinational Corporations
Diversity among MNCs size the nature of the business
Diversity among MNCs size the nature of the business
Multinational CorporationsMultinational Corporations
Diversity among MNCs size the nature of the business overseas business relative to total business
Diversity among MNCs size the nature of the business overseas business relative to total business
Multinational CorporationsMultinational Corporations
Diversity among MNCs size the nature of the business overseas business relative to total business production locations
Diversity among MNCs size the nature of the business overseas business relative to total business production locations
Multinational CorporationsMultinational Corporations
Diversity among MNCs size the nature of the business overseas business relative to total business production locations ownership patterns
Diversity among MNCs size the nature of the business overseas business relative to total business production locations ownership patterns
Multinational CorporationsMultinational Corporations
Diversity among MNCs size the nature of the business overseas business relative to total business production locations ownership patterns organisational structure
Diversity among MNCs size the nature of the business overseas business relative to total business production locations ownership patterns organisational structure
Multinational CorporationsMultinational Corporations
Diversity among MNCs size the nature of the business overseas business relative to total business production locations ownership patterns organisational structure
Trends in multinational investment
Diversity among MNCs size the nature of the business overseas business relative to total business production locations ownership patterns organisational structure
Trends in multinational investment
Multinational CorporationsMultinational Corporations
Diversity among MNCs size the nature of the business overseas business relative to total business production locations ownership patterns organisational structure
Trends in multinational investment the growth and geography of FDI
Diversity among MNCs size the nature of the business overseas business relative to total business production locations ownership patterns organisational structure
Trends in multinational investment the growth and geography of FDI
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Multinational CorporationsMultinational Corporations
Diversity among MNCs size the nature of the business overseas business relative to total business production locations ownership patterns organisational structure
Trends in multinational investment the growth and geography of FDI FDI and the UK
Diversity among MNCs size the nature of the business overseas business relative to total business production locations ownership patterns organisational structure
Trends in multinational investment the growth and geography of FDI FDI and the UK
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Direct investment into and out of the UKDirect investment into and out of the UK
Types of multinational expansion horizontally integrated multinational vertically integrated multinational conglomerate
Going global to reduce costs international differences in input prices international differences in productivity
labour skillsentrepreneurial and managerial skills learning by doing
low-cost access to local markets economies of scale taking advantage of government policies
Types of multinational expansion horizontally integrated multinational vertically integrated multinational conglomerate
Going global to reduce costs international differences in input prices international differences in productivity
labour skillsentrepreneurial and managerial skills learning by doing
low-cost access to local markets economies of scale taking advantage of government policies
Business Strategy in a Global EconomyBusiness Strategy in a Global Economy
Going global to access new markets increased demand
spreading risks
can exploit advantages over local firmsownership of superior technology
entrepreneurial and managerial skills
R&D capacity
access to local technology
learning from experience in diverse markets
Going global to access new markets increased demand
spreading risks
can exploit advantages over local firmsownership of superior technology
entrepreneurial and managerial skills
R&D capacity
access to local technology
learning from experience in diverse markets
Business Strategy in a Global EconomyBusiness Strategy in a Global Economy
The product life cycle and the MNC the launch phase
multinational spread likely to be limited the growth phase
MNC likely to shift production abroad in order to retain cost competitiveness
maturityMNC increasingly seeks markets abroad as
growth in home market slows late maturity and decline
MNC increasingly seeks both markets and ever lower cost production abroad
The product life cycle and the MNC the launch phase
multinational spread likely to be limited the growth phase
MNC likely to shift production abroad in order to retain cost competitiveness
maturityMNC increasingly seeks markets abroad as
growth in home market slows late maturity and decline
MNC increasingly seeks both markets and ever lower cost production abroad
Business Strategy in a Global EconomyBusiness Strategy in a Global Economy
Problems facing multinationals language barriers selling and marketing
cultural issues relations with host governments relationships between subsidiaries
possible diseconomies of scaleeasier if subsidiaries are run independently
The global strategy trade-off economies of scale of standardisation or
higher costs of customisation?determinants of trade-off
Problems facing multinationals language barriers selling and marketing
cultural issues relations with host governments relationships between subsidiaries
possible diseconomies of scaleeasier if subsidiaries are run independently
The global strategy trade-off economies of scale of standardisation or
higher costs of customisation?determinants of trade-off
Problems Facing MultinationalsProblems Facing Multinationals
MNC Investment and the Host StateMNC Investment and the Host State
Advantages of MNC investment employment balance of payments technology transfer tax revenues
Disadvantages uncertainty power and control by the MNC over the host transfer pricing the environment
Advantages of MNC investment employment balance of payments technology transfer tax revenues
Disadvantages uncertainty power and control by the MNC over the host transfer pricing the environment
Is Globalisation a 'Good Thing'?Is Globalisation a 'Good Thing'?
The benefits of globalisation benefits of trade benefits of increased FDI competition reduces costs and encourages
innovation faster spread of technology political and social ties
The costs can exacerbate inequality erodes national cultures environmental costs domination by MNCs
The benefits of globalisation benefits of trade benefits of increased FDI competition reduces costs and encourages
innovation faster spread of technology political and social ties
The costs can exacerbate inequality erodes national cultures environmental costs domination by MNCs
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