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The Evolution of International Business & its Environment
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SUB-TOPICS
• Significance , nature & scope of International Business• Internal & External Environment• Social & Cultural Environment• Technological Environment• Economic Environment• Political Environment• Stages of Internationalization• Differences between Domestic business and
International Business• Goals of International Business• Problems of International Business
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Growing relevance of International Business
• Competition a firm-local, national or foreign- is now global
• Liberalization has forced a company to challenging opportunity to improve its competitiveness- global sourcing of technology, materials, finance, human resources etc.
• Globalization is facilitating globalization
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Peter Drucker
• “ All institutions have to make global competitiveness a strategic goal. No institution whether a business, a university, or a hospital, can hope to survive, let alone to succeed, unless it measures up to standards set by the leaders in its fields, any place in the world.”
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AGM OF MRF ON MARCH 20, 2003
• CMD stated, that although the company is market leader in India, the increasing competition in the domestic market , from both Indian firms and MNCs, has prompted the company to give greater thrust to exports and the company , which was already exporting to 65 countries, might export 50 percent of its production.
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Types of International Business
• Trading- import & export of goods & services. India- Export Houses, Trading Houses, Star trading Houses, and Super Star Trading Houses
• Manufacturing & Marketing• Sourcing & Marketing• Global Sourcing for production• Services• Investments- FDIs
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Importance of IB to firms
• Pull Factors- forces of attraction that pull the business to the foreign markets.
• Proactive reasons
• - profitability & growth prospects
• Push factors- compulsions of domestic markets. Reactive in nature- saturation of domestic market
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Basic Reasons
1.Profit Advantage
2.Growth opportunities
3.Domestic market constraints• Nestle- only 2 % from Switzerland• Phillips- 8 % from Holland
4.Competition
5.Government Policies & Regulation
6.Monopoly Power- monopolization of certain resources domestically
7.Spin- off benefits- “ white skin advantage”, economic incentives by govt
8. Strategic Vision
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Business Environment
External environment
Internal Environment
Business
Decision
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Internal Environment
• Promoter’s values• Mission/ Objectives• Management Structure• Internal Power relationship• Physical assets & facilities• Co. image/ brand equity• Human Resources• Financial capabilities• Technological capabilities• Marketing capabilities
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Micro/ operating environment
• Financiers
• Customers
• Suppliers
• Competitors
• Marketing intermediaries
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Macro/ General Environment
• Political Environment
• Legal Environment
• Global Environment
• Technological Environment
• Social/ Cultural Environment
• Demographic environment
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FIG: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT FACTORS
B D
INTERNAL
MICRO
MACRO/ GLOBAL
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YAHOO.COM
• Bejing, China.• “ We’re not looking to put provocative information on the
site”, admits Maury Zeff, regional director of production for Yahoo Asia. Its all up to the interpretation of the government.
• Although the story about human organ selling in China never appeared on Yahoo’s website in China but it did run on the company’s US website.
• China is the world’s second largest internet market after the USA.
• This was not the first time that Yahoo adapted itself to local market constraints.
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Political Environment
• Democracy & Totalitarianism/ authoritarianism
• By year 2000:• 26- authoritarian• 39-Intermediate( partly Free- Russia, Mexico, Ethiopia,
Columbiaetc)• 82- Most Democratic- India, USA, Canada, S. Africa,
Australia
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Political Risks
• Macro Risks: Barriers to profit repatriation, Confiscation of properties, mandatory labour legislation, civil wars, currency devaluations, inflations, loss of technology or other intellectual property etc.
• Micro Risks- Kidnappings, increased taxation, official’s dishonesty
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Managing Risks
Direct Indirecti.Host operations dependent on i. risk insurance
home control ii. Home country govt. pressuring host country govt
ii.Diversification
Proactive
Joint ventures i. lobbying home & host govts.
ii.Licensing agreements ii. Corporate citizenship in host country
iii.Promote host goals
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Legal Environment
• - refers to rules & laws that regulate behaviour of individual or organization.
• -failure to comply with the laws means penalties to be inflicted by the courts
• INDIA-• GE got back the entire investments of $115
million from Dabhol once the latter vent burst. Its CEO Scott Bayman admitted that nowhere else this would have been possible.
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Systems of law
• Islamic Law
Legal Systems
Common law
Civil or coded law Marxist
Law
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MNC & the legal environment
• -protection of IPRs
• -product liability & safety
• Competition laws bribery & corruption
• Advertising & sales promoition
• Contracts
• Shipping of goods
• Labour laws
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MICROSOFT BATTLES SOFTWARE PIRACY IN CHINA
• China sales in 1996 nothing to $100m by 2000- a target fixed by MS
• -Over 96 % of the softwares used in China was pirated
• Also, Bejing is emerging as a mass exporter of counterfeit software
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Elements of Culture
• -Language
• Customs & manners
• Attitudes
• Aethetics
• Religion
• Education
• Supernatural Beliefs
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‘SINGLISH’ TO MAKE WAY FOR ENGLISH
• Tourism based economy
• Singapore Govt launched a “ speak good English movement”\
• Inhabitants are mostly Chinese, Indians, Tamil, Malaya people etc
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Implications for IB
Multi cultarism
Culture & competitive advantage
Spread cross cultural literacy
Compatibility between strategy & culture
Managing diversity
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Strategy – culture Fit
• P&G- In 1980s, modified its bulky diapers in Japan to ‘trim fit’
• Mc Donald - India, created vegMaharishi burger & non veg lamb minced burger
• Domino’s Pizza - In Banglore, Pizzas to contain curry paste
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• Nokia- introduced Hindi SMS in India
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Technological Environment
• Kind of technologies- emerging technologies, critical technologies,
• Technology Issues:• - Barriers
• -Foreign Technology Acquisition• -Creating Local capability• Choice of Technology• Terms of Technology Transfer• Globalization
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Economic Environment
• elements:• Income wise classification of countries- LIG,
MIG, HIG• Economic policies• Economies in transition• Financial system • economic scenario• Region wise classification• Structural adjustments
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Classification of economies by region
• LIG- < $735
• LMIG-$736-2935
• UMIG- <$ 2936--9075
• HIG >9076
• SOURCE : WORLD DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2004
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COUNTRIES
• India- LIG
• CHINA-LIG
• USA - HIG
• UK -HIG
• SWITZERLAND -HIG
• MALAYSIA -UMIG
• RUSSIA- LMIG