L1 Flashcards

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Methods of establishing presence in foreign markets

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  1. international trade - produce in home, export to host
  2. international licensing- license foreign company to use tech, trademark or know-how for free
  3. international distribution and production
    - establish distribution and production facility aboard and exercise control (FDI)
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FDI meaning

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process where resident of one country (home) gets ownership for production, distribution and other activities of a firm in another country (host)

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Types of FDI

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  1. horizontal
  2. vertical
  3. conglomerate
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Horizontal

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expansion to produce the same or similar products aboard

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FDI

Vertical

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adding a stage in the production process (back or fwd)

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5
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Conglomerate

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involves both horizontal and vertical

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Greenfield Invest

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makes news produc, distri or other facility in host country
positive
+ good for host as creates jobs and increase production capicity

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Cross border M&A

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merge or acquire with established firm
neg:
- politically sensitive due to ownership and control of dom assets being transferred to foreingers
- might not increase production so less welcomed

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Joint venture

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with established firm in host country
each party contributes

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9
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theories of FDI

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  1. Hymers 1976 industrial organization hypotheis
  2. location hypothesis
  3. internalisation hypotheis
  4. Eclectic or OLI Theory
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what theories try to answer

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why comp induldge in FDI and not other types of foreign invest
why do firms locate activites in one country, rather than another

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Hymers 1976 Industrial organization hypothesis

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firms do fdi: possess specific adavatage over domestic comps in that host country:

also called ownership advantage

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Location Hypothesis

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fdi because: access factors of production aboard at lower cost
Immobile factors can create locational advantages, drawing more FDI to them.

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Example of Ownership Advantage

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  • better access to cheap finance
  • superior managerial and organizational capabiliteis
  • superior technology and information
  • privileged access to RM or final goods market
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Examples of locational advantages

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Human capital
natural resource
infrastructure
political, legal
size and develop of financial system

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location developing and developed countries

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Developing
+high potential
+low wage
-high political risk

developed
-more comp markets
+mature financial system

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Internalisation hypothesis

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Firms internally handle some production stages, replacing market transactions
covers why FDI instead of cross border or licensning

17
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what interalising hypothesis say it allows business to do

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full control over product quality
avoid interruption to supplies due to lag or cost of buying and selling

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OLI or Eceltic

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combines the other theories together
by john dunning
3 criteria for busi to choose FDI
1. ownership advatnage (O)
2. internalisation advantage (I) - benefits outweigh that of licensing them to dom firm
3. comp of both O and I advant with factors of production in host (L)

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Motives for FDI

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  1. natural resoruce
  2. market
  3. efficiency
  4. strategic asset

follows OLI paradigm

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Natural resouce seeking

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get:
* higher qual at lower real cost, than that of home country
* unable to get in country

e.g. fossil fuel

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Market seeking

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exploit foreign market by supplying goods to host country/ exporting goods to nearby area

seekers want to protect their Market Share, exploit new markers

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Problems with market seeking

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  • host country barrier to intenrational trade
  • cost and time lag of transport
  • tailoring products and services to meet local demands

horizontal FDI can bypass

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Efficiency seeking

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Maximize benefits of shared ownership and governance for diverse production across regions
usually done by large, expe and diversified comps

Seekers integrate dispersed production facilities to benefit from each location’s strengths and create global synergy

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Stageic asset
promote LT strat by transforming core comptency and competivie position usually knowledge based resources and for: * get foreign supplier to control market inputs * merge with foreign comp to drive another out of busi
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Benefits and cost of FDI
1. output growth 2. employment, wages, income equality 3. technology advances 4. market structure 5. enviroment and qaulity of life
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Output growth + | Benefits and cost of FDI
increase total cap accum more tax revenue spill over to local firms- employee from big firm goes to small, brings knowledge efficiency
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Employment | Benefits and cost of FDI
maybe good or bad: * depends if greenfield or acquistion of firm * empir evid mixed- varies across countries, indus types and motive of invest
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Wages | Benefits and cost of FDI
MNE's usually pay higher causes income inequality- wages of skilled increase from those unskilled
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Income inequality | Benefits and cost of FDI
demand for high skilled workers in both home and host coutnry increased
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Technology advances | Benefits and cost of FDI
technological spill over- local firms can learn about effieceny and tech still tech cap in OECD countries- aerospace tech diffusions stronger in vertical production and distr chain
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tech spillover stages | Benefits and cost of FDI
1. transfer 2. diffusion- tech learned by local firm 3. absorption- host country local adpats tech to their advan e.g., Japenese R&D and production
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Market strucutre | Benefits and cost of FDI
foreign comp may reduce industrial concentration by their entry foreing comp may take up some market share, previously held by domestic producer
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Enviroment and quality of Life | Benefits and cost of FDI
FDI- either boon or bane for enviroment dependant on industry and orginin of country