Internatiomal Strategy main
objectives
•Explain incentives
• Identify three basic
benefits
• Explore
thedeterminants of
national advantage
• Describe the three
international
corporate-level
strategies
INCENTIVES OF INTERNATIONAL
STRATEGY
•Extend a product's life
cycle
• Gain easier access to
raw materials
• Opportunities to better
use rapidly developing
technologies
• Opportunities to
integrate operations
on a global scale
• Gain access to
consumers in
emerging markets
firms can expandthe size of their potential
market - sometimes dramatically - by using an
international strategy to establish stronger
position in market outside their domesticmarket.
Three Basic Benefits of International Strategy
1.Increased Market Size
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By expanding thenumber of markets in which
they compare, firms may be able to enjoy
economies of scale, particularly in manufacturing
operations.
Three Basic Benefits of International Strategy
2. Increased Economies Scale and Learning
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location facilities outsidetheir domestic market
can sometimes help firms reduce costs. This
benefits can provide easier access to lower cost
labor, energy, and other natural resources.
Three Basic Benefits of International Strategy
3. Development of a competitive advantage
through location
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firms choose touse one or both basic types
international strategy:
• BUSINESS-LEVEL INTERNATIONAL
STRATEGY
• CORPORATE-LEVEL INTERNATIONAL
STRATEGY
International Strategies
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Firms considering theuse of any
international strategy first develop
domestic-market strategies - at the
business level and the corporate level if the
firm has diversified at the product level.
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS-LEVEL
STRATEGY
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focuses on thescope of a firm’s operations
through geographic diversification;
required when the firms operates in
multiple industries that are located in
multiple countries or region.
INTERNATIONAL CORPORATE-LEVEL
STRATEGY
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is an internationalstrategy in which
strategic and operating decisions are
decentralized to the strategic business
units in individual countries or regions for
allowing each unit the opportunity to tailor
products to the local market.
MULTIDOMESTIC STRATEGY
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is an internationalstrategy in which a
firm’s home office determines the
strategies that business units are to use in
each country or region.
GLOBAL STRATEGY
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is an internationalstrategy through which
the firms seeks to achieve both global
efficiency and local responsiveness.
TRANSNATIONAL STRATEGY
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This strategy integratesglobal
coordination (to capitalize on economies of
scale, standardization, and cost efficiency)
with the ability to adapt products or
services to meet the unique needs of
individual markets.
TRANSNATIONAL STRATEGY
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although the transnational
isdifficult to implement, an
emphasis on global
effiiceincy is increasing as
more industries, and the
companies competing
within them, encounter
intensified global
ENVIRONMENTAL
TRENDS
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LIABILITY OF
FOREIGNESS
refers tothe disadvantages that
companies face when they
operate in a foreign market
compared to local firms. These
disadvantages stem from the
additional costs, risks, and
challenges associated with
entering and competing in
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Is a secondglobal environmental trend
influencing a firm’s choice and use of
international strategies.
REGIONALIZATION
is an entrymode through which the firm
sends productss it produces in its domestic
market to international markets.
EXPORTING
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is an entrymode in which an agreement is
formed that allows a foreigner company to
purchase the right to manufacture and sell
a firm’s products within a host country’s
market.
LICENSING
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invloves a firmcollaborating with another
company in a different setting in order one
or more international market.
STRATEGIC ALLIANCE
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is an entrymode through which a firm
from one country acquires a stake in or
purchase all of a firm located in another
country.
ACQUISITION
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is an entrymode through which a firm
invests directly in another country or
market by establishing a new wholly owned
subsidiary.
NEW WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY
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refers to theflexible and evolving approach
that companies use when choosing how to
enter and operate in foreign markets.
Instead of sticking to a single entry
strategy, companies may change or adapt
their entry mode over time based on
factors like market conditions, competitive
environment, or strategic objectives.
DYNAMICS OF ENTRY MODE
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international strategies arerisky,
particular those that would cause a firm to
become substantially more diversified in
terms of geographic market served.
RISKS in an INTERNATIONAL
ENVIRONMENT
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denote the probabilityof disruption of the
operations of multinational enterprises by
political forces or events whether they
occur in host countries, home country or
result from changes in the international
environment.
POLITICAL RISK
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include fundamental weaknessin a eco
country or region’s economy with the
potential to cause adverse effects on firms’
efforts to succesfully implement their
international strategies.
ECONOMIC RISKS
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the degree towhich firms achieve strategic
competetiveness through international
strategies is expanded or increased when
they successfully implement an
international diversification strategy.
STRATEGIC COMPETITIVENESS
OUTCOMES
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is a strategythrough which a firm expands
the sales of its goods or services across
borders of global regions and countries into
a potentially large number of geographic
locations or markets.
INTERNATIONAL DIVERSIFICATION
STRATEGY
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international diversification shouldbe
related positively to a firm’s performance
as measured by the returns in earns on its
investments.
INTERNATIONAL DIVERSIFICATION AND
RETURNS
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we dedicated thatdeveloping new
technology is at the heart of strategic
competitiveness. As noted in our discussion
of the determinants of national advantage
competitiveness depends, in part, on the
capacity of its industries to innovate.
ENHANCED INNOVATION
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effectively using internationlstrategies
creates basic benefits and contribute to the
firm’s strategic competitivenes. However,
for several reasons, attaining these positive
outcomes is difficult.
THE CHALLENGE OF INTERNATIONAL
STRATEGIES
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Managing international strategiescan be
highly complex due to the diverse and
interconnected nature of global markets.
Companies face various challenges that
require balancing multiple factors such as
cultural differences, legal environments,
global competition, and operational
efficiencies.
COMPLEXITY OF MANAGING
INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIES
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learning how toeffectively manage an
international strategy improves the
likelihood of achieving positive outcomes
such as enhaced performance.
LIMITS TO INTERNATIONAL EXPANSION