RDEs are becoming major competitors due to lower labor costs and raw materials. 80% of the world's population lives in emerging markets like China, India, and Brazil. Hundreds of millions now form a middle class market. To compete globally, companies need strategies to meet needs in both low and high growth markets using new competitive models as power shifts east and RDEs rise.
International Strategic Management is an ongoing management planning process aimed at developing strategies to allow an organization to expand abroad and compete internationally.
An organization must be able to determine what products or services they intend to sell, where and how the organization will make these products or services, where they will sell them, and how the organization will acquire the necessary resources for these tasks. Even more importantly an organization must have a strategy on how it expects to outperform its competitors.
International Strategic Management is an ongoing management planning process aimed at developing strategies to allow an organization to expand abroad and compete internationally.
An organization must be able to determine what products or services they intend to sell, where and how the organization will make these products or services, where they will sell them, and how the organization will acquire the necessary resources for these tasks. Even more importantly an organization must have a strategy on how it expects to outperform its competitors.
Learning Objectives
To learn how firms gradually progress through an internationalization process.
To understand the strategic effects of internationalization.
To study the various modes of entering international markets.
To understand the role and functions of international intermediaries.
To learn about the opportunities and challenges of cooperative market development.
Learning Objectives
To learn how firms gradually progress through an internationalization process.
To understand the strategic effects of internationalization.
To study the various modes of entering international markets.
To understand the role and functions of international intermediaries.
To learn about the opportunities and challenges of cooperative market development.
Charles Hills defines globalization as "The shift towards a more integrated and interdependent world economy". Globalization has two main components - the globalization of markets and the globalization of production.
According to International Monetary Fund, globalization means "the growing economic interdependence of countries worldwide through increasing volume and variety of cross border transactions in goods and services and of international capital flows and also through the more rapid and widespread diffusion of technology. Interdependency and integration of individual countries of the world is also called as globalization”.
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Senior Seminar in Business Administration
BUS 499
International Strategy
Hitt, M.A., Ireland, R.D., & Hoskisson, R.E. (2009). BUS499: Strategic management: Competitiveness and globalization, concepts and cases: 2009 custom edition (8th ed.). Mason, OH: South-Western Cengage Learning.
Welcome to Senior Seminar in Business Administration.
In this lesson we will discuss International Strategy.
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Objectives
Upon completion of this lesson, you will be able to:
Identify various levels and types of strategy in a firm
Upon completion of this lesson, you will be able to:
Identify various levels and types of strategy in a firm.
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Supporting Topics
Identifying international opportunities: incentives to use an international strategy
International strategies
Environmental trends
Choice of international entry mode
Strategic competitive outcomes
Risks in an international environment
In order to achieve this objective, the following supporting topics will be covered:
Identifying international opportunities: incentives to use an international strategy;
International strategies;
Environmental trends;
Choice of international entry mode;
Strategic competitive outcomes; and
Risks in an international environment.
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Overview
International strategy
Demand develops in other countries
Secure needed resources
An international strategy is a strategy through which the firm sells its goods or services outside its domestic market. One of the primary reasons for implementing an international strategy is that international markets yield potential new opportunities.
Typically, a firm discovers an innovation in its home-country market, especially in an advanced economy such as that of the United States. Often demand for the product then develops in other countries, and exports are provided by domestic operations. Increased demand in foreign countries justifies making investments in foreign operations, especially to fend off foreign competitors.
Another traditional motive for firms to become multinational is to secure needed resources. Key supplies of raw material, especially minerals and energy, are important in some industries. Other industries, such as clothing, electronics, watch making, and many others, have moved portions of their operations to foreign locations in pursuit of lower production costs.
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Overview, continued
Increased market size
Return on investment
Economies of scale and learning
Location advantages
When international strategies are successful, firms can derive four basic benefits:
Increased market size;
Greater returns on major capital investments or on investments in new products and processes;
Greater economies of scale, scope, or learning; and
A competitive advantage through location.
Firms can expand the size of their potential market by moving into international markets.
The primary reason for investing in inter.
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International Strategic Management
Motives of Globalization
Strategic Objectives & Sources of Competitive Advantages
Strategic Orientation of International Firms
Strategies for International Firms
Conclusion
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1. RDEs are emerging as serious competitors in world
markets. Their advantages are labor costs and, in
some cases, abundant raw materials.
80% of the world’s population is located in RDEs
[i.e., China, India, Mexico, South America (Brazil),
Eastern Europe and Russia].
Hundreds of millions of people are now considered
middle class and form a significant market.
There are 25 world-class emerging multinationals.
By 2025, there will be at least a 100.
2. Global Advantage
In order to compete in a world economy,
companies need to become global.
The strategy is to meet the needs of both
low growth and high growth markets.
We need new competitive models to
handle the current shifts from west to east
and the rise of the challenge of RDEs
New philosophy of “manyness” vs. the old
approach of “oneness.”
4. Integrated Strategies Include:
• Market access: driving sales growth by reaching new
markets and targeting new
market segments;
• Resource access: leveraging valuable resources (for
example, talent, assets, raw
materials, and knowledge) in RDEs to achieve competitive
advantage;
• Local adaptation: developing and adapting products and
services to satisfy the
unique needs of RDE customers;
• Network coordination: integrating operations to capitalize
on the strength of the
company’s global network.
5. What Products Should Go? What Should Stay?
The decision to relocate manufacturing, R&D, and
other services is a strategic decision involving:
1. Economic issues abroad and at home
2. Competitive concerns
3. Environmental issues
6. What Products Should Go to RDEs?
Activities that could be outsourced
include:
Products with:
1) High labor content/costs
2) High growth potential by keeping the price low
3) Large market potential in the RDEs
4) Standardized manufacturing processes
7. What Services Should Go to RDEs?
Services that:
1. Are rule-based
2. Have high labor costs
3. Have well-defined processes
Example: Call centers, accounting,
programming
8. What Should Stay?
Products, services or jobs that:
1. Protect intellectual property (IP)
2. Demand extreme logistical requirements
3. Possess high technology content
4. Possess high performance attributes
5. Customers consider sensitive to their
business
Example: Military products or processes
Table 6.1 summarizes this issue.
9. Maintain Home-Based
Manufacturing
Relocate to RDEs
Labor Contract Low High
Growth of Demand in Home Market Low High
Size of RDE Market Low High
Degree of Standardization Low High
Intellectual Property Content High Low
Logistical Requirements High Low
Source: Adapted from Arindam Bhattacharya et al., “Capturing Global Advantage: How Leading Industrial Companies Are
Transforming Their Industries by Sourcing and Selling in China, India, and Other Low-Cost Countries,” The Boston Consulting
Group, Inc., April 2004, accessed at http://www.bcg.com, pp. 26-30.
Table 6.1 – Determining Which Products to
Outsource and Which to Keep In-House:
Selected Criteria
10. Local Adaptation
Shift power to where the growth is.
Build new offerings from the ground up.
Build LGTs from the ground up, just like forming a
new company.
Customize objectives, targets, and metrics for the
RDE environment.
Provide senior executive support to the LGT,
including a direct reporting link to senior
management
11. Network Coordination
Share best practices
Standardize processes
Resource advantages developed in different
markets can be shared and diffused to other
operating units around the world
Take innovations developed in RDEs back
to developed markets
12. Spectrum of Involvement in
International Marketing
• First step for developing an effective international
marketing strategy is to understand alternative ways
that firms can participate in international markets.
• Next, entry mode selected should consider firm’s level
of experience overseas and its evolutionary stage in its
international involvement.
13. Entering the Global Marketplace
Management
Contracting
Includes management and manufacture
contracting from making to assembling
Joint Venture
Domestic firm buys/joins a foreign company
to create new entity
Sell domestically-produced products to
buyers in other countries
Global Strategy
Multidomestic
Companies work together to find a balance
between local adaptation & global optimization
Strategic Alliance
A business relationship between two or more
firms to cooperate through mutual need
A business relationship established to cooperate
out of mutual need and to share risk
15. Entry Modes: Exporting
a. Least commitment
b. Lowest risk
c. Workable when firm lacks resources to make a
significant commitment to the market
d. Reasons for non-committal include:
a. Political
b. Economic
c. Unfamiliar with market’s requirements or culture
16. Management Contracts
When equity participation is not feasible, many
partners turn to management contracts to
participate in the venture.
A management contract is an agreement for one
company to perform a specific function under a
contract basis. Specific functions may include:
Organizational skills
Specific expertise
Management services
Turnkey operations: Arrangement permits client to
own, operate and control an operating system for a
% of gross sales.
17. Contract Manufacturing
Involves the sourcing of products from,
say, China. The purchaser (marketer) may
market the product under their own brand,
post their own label and market/distribute
it there and/or in other countries.
Key requirement is quality management.
Contract manufacturing is most
appropriate when:
Local market is too small to justify
investment
Export entry is blocked
Quality licensee is unavailable
18. Strategic Alliances
Strategic alliance – A relationship between
partners involving commitment of capital,
management and technical resources.
The objective is to enhance both parties
competitive positions, such as cutting or
sharing costs, and/or get into new
markets.
Example: GM & Toyota
19. • Partners have different organizational structures.
This can create problems for marketing and product
design decision-making. This may lead to problems
in coordination and trust.
• Partners that combine their best skill sets in one
country may be poorly equipped to support partners
in other countries. This can lead to global
implementation problems.
• Quick technological change often guarantees that
most attractive partner today may not be most
attractive partner tomorrow.
20. Joint Ventures
Involves the joint ownership of a company to
produce/market into a host country.
Joint ownership is the development of a new
company where both parties have a stake (equal
or majority).
Contributions do vary widely from R&D, know
how, financial, sales, or to whatever.
21. Joint Venture Advantages
1. Spreads the risk
2. Opens up new markets to both
organizations
3. Provides a better relationship to each
other’s local community
4. Less vulnerable to political risks
5. Alien companies are quickly and easily
oriented to each other’s culture
6. Any other advantages?
22. Joint Venture Disadvantages
Many joint ventures are disbanded because they fall
short of expectations.
Unable to mutually disclose intellectual property
Unable to agree on how profits should be divided
Differing management styles
Different perception of the strategies
The relationship could even morph into
competitors
23. Global Strategy
A global strategy seeks to achieve a competitive
advantage by integrating its operations across
countries.
It might start with a standard core product and
adapt it as necessary to targeted countries on the
basis of contribution to globalized benefits.
Examples: Automobiles, commercial aircraft,
consumer electronics, machinery, etc.
24. Upstream Activities
Upstream activities include primary
activities that do not necessarily need
to be tied closely to the buying market
such as manufacturing.
Where is manufacturing really needed?
Where are services really needed?
Where is marketing really needed?
25. Downstream Activities
Downstream activities involve primary
activities where the need is as close to the
buying market as required.
Example: Many products need to be sold
through salespeople who need to be in the
market.
Where is manufacturing really needed?
Where are services really needed?
Where is marketing really needed?
26. MULTIDOMESTIC VS. GLOBAL
Multidomestic competition occurs when:
Downstream activities are important to
competitive advantage so firms can pursue
separate strategies in each country.
Competition in each country is independent of
competition in other countries.
Global competition occurs when:
Upstream and support activities are vital to
competition where a competitive position in one
country effects the competitive position in
another country.
27. According to Pankaj Ghemawat, companies need to
be careful in which strategy (global vs.
multidomestic) they employ because
internationalism is only at 10%.
Differences in many cultures do matter.
Many countries are protectionists and will only trade
in one direction.
Many countries don’t value intellectual property
rights.
Some countries are reasserting national sovereignty.
Thus, the decision to follow a purely GLOBAL
strategy must be carefully scrutinized.
28. Two Dimensions of Competition:
Coordination & Configuration
Configuration is concerned about where
each activity is performed. They range
from centralized to decentralized.
Centralized can produce economies of
scale and a reduced learning curve.
However, centralized may not be close
enough to the market and the cost of
getting products there may be greater
than the savings.
29. Two Dimensions of Competition:
Coordination & Configuration
Coordination refers to activities that
are performed in different locations
worldwide but are coupled with each
other.
Example: A plant in one country makes
bumpers, a plant in another country
makes doors, and a third plant near
the market assembles the car.
30. Integration of Coordination &
Configuration
Integrating coordination and configuration to the
value of activities results in various international
strategies:
I. High Foreign Investment – extensive
coordination
II. Country-centered strategy – low coordination
III. Purest Global Strategy – high value-based
activities
IV. Export based – decentralize marketing; low
value-based activities
32. Which International Strategy?
The nature of international competition is the determinant
as to which strategy to employ.
Employ a global strategy when a position in one country
affects a position in another country.
Employ a multidomestic strategy when a position in one
market does not affect a position in other markets
(markets are independent of each other).
It is important to view each market in terms of:
Culture
Administration/Political climate
Geography
Economy
34. Global Strategy: Build upon a
Unique Competitive Position
1. Globalize in those businesses and
product lines where the firm has a
unique competitive advantage.
2. Advantage must be on cost and/or
differentiation where value
supports a premium price.
35. Global Strategy: Emphasize a
Consistent Positioning Strategy
1. Maintain a consistent product and
service offering from one country to
another.
2. Strategy requires patience and
long-term dedication.
3. It is not necessary to try and
expand product assortment to
capture a limited market.
4. It’s better to maintain a consistent
position.
36. Global Strategy: Establish a Clear
Home Base for Each Business
1. Corporate location is not as
important as having a clear home
base.
2. Home base is where:
1. Strategy is set
2. Core product & process technology is
created
3. Critical mass of production resides
4. Research & service is conducted
37. Home Base (continued)
Home base should be located
where there is favorable access to:
1. Required resources
2. Supporting industries
Home base should serve as the
integrating point for activities.
Home base should have clear
worldwide responsibility for the
business unit.
38. Global Strategy: Leverage
Product-Line Home Bases at Different
Locations
As a firm’s product line broadens
and diversifies, different countries
may act as a home base for some
of them.
These home bases should offer
best locational advantages:
To suppliers
For serving customers worldwide.
39. Extending Competitive Advantages
Having a strong home base to house
core activities is important.
However, other activities can be
dispersed to extend the firm’s
competitive advantage.
Three areas are…
40. Disperse Activities to Extend Home-
base Advantage
1. Capture competitive advantages in
procurement by purchasing at most cost-
effective locations.
2. Securing or improving market access by
locating selected activities at their proper
location to take advantage of costs,
politics, and/or local preferences.
3. Selectively tapping competitive advantages
at other locations for skills, materials or
technologies.
41. Global Competitors Achieve
Unified Action By:
• Establishing a clear global strategy
• Developing consistent information and
accounting systems on a worldwide basis
• Encouraging personal relationships that
facilitate transfer learning among managers
• Carefully designing incentive systems to
ensure that rewards accrue for truly value-
driven actions