International Business Environments and Operations 13e Global Edition
International Business Environments and Operations, 13/e Global Edition Part 5 Global Strategy, Structure, and Implementation 14 -1 Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education
Chapter 14 Direct Investment and Collaborative Strategies 14 -2 Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education
Chapter Objectives • To clarify why companies may need to use modes other than exporting to operate effectively in international business • To comprehend why and how companies make foreign direct investments • To understand the major motives that guide managers when choosing a collaborative arrangement for international business • To define the major types of collaborative arrangements • To describe what companies should consider when entering into international arrangements with other companies • To grasp why collaborative arrangements succeed or fail • To see how companies can manage diverse collaborative arrangements 14 -3 Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education
Exporting May Not Be Feasible • When production abroad is cheaper than at home • When transportation costs to move goods or services internationally are too expensive • When companies lack domestic capacity • When products and services need to be altered substantially to gain sufficient consumer demand abroad • When governments inhibit the import of foreign products • When buyers prefer products originating from a particular country 14 -4 Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education
Factors Affecting Operating Modes in International Business 14 -5 Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education
Foreign Expansion: Alternative Operating Modes 14 -6 Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education
Non-collaborative Foreign Equity Arrangements • Taking Control: Foreign Direct Investment – Internalization – Appropriability – Freedom to Pursue a Global Strategy • How to make FDI – Buying – Greenfield Investments 14 -7 Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education
Motives for Collaborative Arrangements • • • To Spread and Reduce Costs To Specialize in Competencies To Avoid/Counter Competition To Secure Vertical and Horizontal Links To Gain Knowledge 14 -8 Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education
International Motives for Collaborative Arrangements • • To Gain Location Specific Assets To Overcome Governmental Constraints To Diversify Geographically To Minimize Exposure to Risky Environments 14 -9 Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education
Types of Collaborative Arrangements • Factors Influencing Choice of Arrangement Type: – Control – Prior Expansion 14 -10 Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education
Licensing agreements may be: • Exclusive or nonexclusive • Used for patents, copyrights, trademarks, and other intangible property 14 -11 Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education
Franchising • A specialized form of licensing – includes providing an intangible asset and continually infusing necessary assets • Franchise Organization • Operational Modifications 14 -12 Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education
Management Contracts Foreign management contracts are used primarily when the foreign company can manage better than the owners. 14 -13 Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education
Turnkey Operations Turnkey operations are: • Most commonly performed by industrialequipment, construction, and consulting companies • Often performed for a governmental agency 14 -14 Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education
Turnkey Operations • • Contracting to Scale Making Contacts Marshaling Resources Arranging Payment 14 -15 Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education
Joint Ventures • More than one organization owns a company – Consortium: more than two organizations participate – May have various combinations of ownership 14 -16 Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education
Equity Alliances A collaborative arrangement in which at least one of the collaborating companies takes an ownership position 14 -17 Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education
Problems with Collaborative Arrangements • • Relative Importance Divergent Objectives Questions of Control Comparative Contributions and Appropriations • Culture Clashes • Differences in Corporate Cultures 14 -18 Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education
Managing International Collaborations • • • Dynamics of Collaborative Arrangements Finding Compatible Partners Negotiating the Arrangement Drawing Up the Contract Improving Performance 14 -19 Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education
Future: Why Innovation Breeds Collaboration Collaborative arrangements will bring both opportunities and problems as companies move simultaneously to new countries and to contractual arrangements with new companies. 14 -20 Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education
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