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CONTEMPORARY STRATEGY ANALYSIS

tenth edition

Robert M. Grant

John Wiley & Sons Ltd., 2019

Chapter 11

Global Strategies and the Multinational Corporation

  • Implications of International Competition for Industry Analysis
  • Analyzing Competitive Advantage within an International Context
  • Internationalization Decisions: Locating Production
  • Internationalization Decisions: Entering a Foreign Market
  • Multinational Strategies: Global Integration versus National Differentiation
  • Implementing International Strategy: Organizing the Multinational Corporation

Global Strategies and

the Multinational Corporation

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International Trade

Foreign Direct Investment

LO W

LOW

HIGH

HIGH

Patterns of Internationalization

TRADING

INDUSTRIES

  • shipbuilding
  • military hardware
  • diamond mining
  • agriculture

GLOBAL

INDUSTRIES

  • automobiles
  • oil
  • semiconductors
  • alcoholic beverages

MULTIDOMESTIC

INDUSTRIES

  • frozen foods
  • retail banking
  • hotels
  • wireless telephony

SHELTERED

INDUSTRIES

  • taxi services
  • laundries/dry cleaning
  • hairdressing
  • fresh milk

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IMPLICATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION FOR INDUSTRY ANALYSIS

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INDUSTRY STRUCTURE

  • Lower entry barriers into national markets
  • Increased industry rivalry—lower seller concentration

—greater diversity of competitors

  • Increased buyer power—buyers have more potential suppliers to choose from

PROFITABILITY

  • Other things remaining equal, internationalization tends to reduce an industry’s margins and return on capital

What Internationalization Means

for Industry Analysis

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COMPETITION

  • Increased intensity of competition

IMPLICATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION FOR INDUSTRY ANALYSIS

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How internationalization affects

the basic strategy framework

THE FIRM

• Resources &

Capabilities

THE

INDUSTRY

ENVIRONMENT

STRATEGY

INTERNATIONALIZATION

  • Wider market, more

diverse customer preferences

  • More competitors
  • Lower entry barriers
  • Increased buyer power
  • National resource availability

(theory of competitive advantage)

  • Impact of national context on

resource development

(Porter’s national diamond)

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE WITHIN AN INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT

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A country has a comparative advantage in those products that make intensive use of resources that are abundant within that country.

E.g.

  • Philippines relatively more efficient in the production of

footwear, apparel, and assembled electronic products than in the production of chemicals and automobiles

  • U.S. is relatively more efficient in the production of semiconductors and pharmaceuticals than shoes or shirts

When exchange rates are well-behaved, comparative

advantage translates into competitive advantage.

National Influences on Competitiveness:

The Theory of Comparative Advantage

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Note: Revealed comparative advantage is measured as: Country X’s share of world exports in

product category A / Country X’s share of world exports in all products.

Revealed Comparative Advantage for

Selected Product Categories

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COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE WITHIN AN INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT

  US UK Japan Switz. Germany Australia China India
Cereals 1.91 0.13 0.00 0.00 0.44 4.78 0.03 5.33
Beverages 0.72 3.30 0.09 1.38 0.75 1.28 0.10 0.06
Mineral fuels 0.55 0.68 0.14 0.04 0.17 1.49 0.09 1.23
Pharmaceuticals 0.94 2.19 0.15 9.14 1.90 0.00 0.10 1.34
Vehicles 1.15 1.27 2.79 0.14 2.25 0.16 0.36 0.56
Aerospace 4.32 1.96 0.33 0.50 1.78 0.30 0.05 0.71
Electrical & elec-tronic equipment 0.91 0.49 1.29 0.51 0.84 0.10 2.18 0.29
Optical, medical & scientific equipment 1.76 1.16 1.83 2.25 1.53 0.35 1.12 0.23
Clocks & watches 0.30 0.58 0.60 40.13 0.64 0.16 0.99 0.04
Apparel (knitted) 0.15 0.45 0.02 0.03 0.50 0.06 3.52 1.72

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Extends and adapts traditional theory of comparative advantage to take account of three factors:

International competitive advantage is about companies not countries—the national environment provides a home base for the company.

Sustained competitive advantage depends upon dynamic factors– innovation and the upgrading of resources and capabilities

The critical role of the national environment is its impact upon the dynamics of innovation and upgrading.

Porter’s Competitive Advantage of Nations

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FACTOR CONDITIONS

RELATING AND

SUPPORTING

INDUSTRIES

DEMAND

CONDITIONS

STRATEGY, STRUCTURE,

AND RIVALRY

  • FACTOR CONDITIONS—“Home grown” resources/capabilities more important

than natural endowments.

2. RELATED AND SUPPORTING INDUSTRIES—Key role of “industry clusters”

3. DEMAND CONDITIONS—Discerning domestic customers drive quality & innovation

4. STRATEGY, STRUCTURE, RIVALRY. E.g. domestic rivalry drives upgrading.

Porter’s National Diamond Framework

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In globally-competitive industries, firm strategy needs to take account of national conditions:

U.S. textile manufacturers must compete on the basis of advanced process technologies and focus on high quality, less price-sensitive market segments

In the semiconductor industry, US firms concentrate mainly upon design of advanced chips, Chinese firms concentrate upon fabrication of high volume, less technologically advanced items (e.g. DRAM chips)

Dispersion of value chain to exploit different national environments (e.g. Nike conducts R&D in US, components in Korea and Thailand, assembly in Indonesia, China, and India, marketing in Europe and North America)

Consistency between Strategy and National Resource Conditions

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Location decisions must take account of three sets of factors:

National resource conditions: What are the major resources which the product requires? Where are these available at low cost?

Firm-specific advantages: to what extent is the company’s competitive advantage based upon firm-specific resources and capabilities, and are these transferable?

Tradability issues: Can the product be transported at economic cost? If not, or if trade restrictions exist, then production must be close to the market.

Where to Locate Production?

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INTERNATIONALIZATION DECISIONS: LOCATING PRODUCTION

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Hourly Labor Cost in Manufacturing (US$)

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INTERNATIONALIZATION DECISIONS: LOCATING PRODUCTION

  1975 2000 2012
Switzerland 6.09 21.24 57.79
Australia 5.62 14.47 47.68
Germany 6.31 24.42 45.79
France 4.52 15.70 39.81
US 6.36 19.76 35.67
Japan 3.00 22.27 35.34
Italy 4.67 14.01 34.18
UK 3.37 16.45 31.23
Spain 2.53 10.78 26.83
Korea 0.32 8.19 20.72
Taiwan 0.40 5.85 9.46
Mexico 1.47 2.08 6.36
Philippines 0.62 1.30 2.10

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Location and the Value Chain:

Textiles & Clothing

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Indices of Revealed Comparative Advantage

INTERNATIONALIZATION DECISIONS: LOCATING PRODUCTION

  Raw cotton Spun cotton yarn Knittedfabric Knitted apparel
USA +0.68 +0.85 +0.03 −0.89
Germany −1.00 −0.18 +0.30 −0.18
Korea −1.00 −0.28 +0.94 −0.34
China −0.99. −0.54 +0.70 +0.97
Bangladesh −0.98 −0.95 −0.96 +0.98
Note: A country’s revealed comparative advantage in particular product is measured as (exports – imports)/ (exports + imports).

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Where Does the iPhone Come From?

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INTERNATIONALIZATION DECISIONS: LOCATING PRODUCTION

Item Supplier Location
Design and operating system Apple USA
Flash memory Samsung Electronics S. Korea
DRAM memory Samsung ElectronicsMicron Technologies S. Korea USA
Application processor Murata Japan/Taiwan
Baseband Infineon;Skyworks; Triquint TaiwanUSA
Power management Dialog Semiconductor Taiwan
Audio Texas Instruments USA
Touchscreen control Cirrus Logic USA
Accel. and gyroscope ST Microelectronics Italy
E-compass AKM Semiconductor Japan
Assembly Foxconn China

Where

does

the

iPhoneX

come

from?

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Item Supplier Location
Design; operating system Apple US
Flash memory Toshiba Japan
DRAM memory TSMCSK Hynix TaiwanS. Korea
Chip sets and processors AppleQualcomm USUS
Baseband Qualcomm US
Cameras SonyGenius Electronic Optical JapanTaiwan
Mixed signal chips NXP Netherlands
Power management Dialog Semiconductor Germany/UK
Batteries Sunwoda Electronics China
Audio Cirrus Logic US
Touchscreen control Nissha Japan
Sensors STMicroelectronicsBosch ItalyGermany
E-compass Alps Electric Japan
Assembly Foxconn China

Escape slides: Air Cruisers (USA)

Horizontal Stabiliser:

Alenia Aeronautica (Italy)

Centre fuselage:

Alenia Aeronautica (Italy)

Final assembly: Boeing

Commercial Airplanes (USA)

Vertical Stabiliser: Boeing

Commercial Airplanes (USA)

Landing gear: Messier-Dowti (France)

Electric brakes: Messier-Bugatti (France)

Tires: Bridgestone Tires (Japan)

Doors & windows:

Zodiac Aerospace (USA)

PPG Aerospace (USA)

Software: Dassault Systemes (France)

Navigation: Honeywell (USA)

Pilot control system: Rockwell Colins (USA)

Wiring: Safran (France)

Centre wing box:

Fuji Heavy Industries (Japan)

Engines: GE Engines (USA), Rolls Royce (UK)

Wing box: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (Japan)

Wing ice protection: GKN Aerospace (UK)

Engine nacelles: Goodrich (USA)

Aux. power unit: Hamilton

Sundstrand (USA)

Flight deck seats:

Ipeco (UK)

Lavatories:

Jamco (Japan)

Cargo doors: Saab (Sweden)

Forward fuselage:

Kawasaki Heavy Industries (Japan)

Spirit Aerosystems (USA)

Raked wing tips: Korean Airlines

Aerospace division (Korea)

Passenger doors:

Latécoère Aéroservices (France)

Prepreg composites:

Toray (Japan)

Rear fuselage:

Boeing South Carolina (USA)

Globally-dispersed production: Boeing 787 Dreamliner

INTERNATIONALIZATION DECISIONS: LOCATING PRODUCTION

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The optimal location

of activity X considered

independently

WHERE TO LOCATE

ACTIVITY X?

The importance of links

between activity X and

other activities of the firm

Where is the optimal location of X in terms of the cost and availability of inputs?

What government incentives/ penalties affect the decision?

What internal resources and

capabilities does the firm possess in particular locations?

What is the firm’s business strategy

(e.g. cost vs. differentiation)?

How great are the coordination

benefits from co-locating activities?

Determining the Optimal Location

of Value Chain Activities

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Resource commitment

TRANSACTIONS

DIRECT INVESTMENT

Spot

sales

Exporting

Foreign

agent / distributor

Licensing

Franchising

Joint venture

Marketing & Distribution only

Long-term contract

Licensing patents & other IP

Fully

integrated

Wholly owned

subsidiary

Marketing & Distribution only

Fully

integrated

Low

High

Modes of Overseas Market Entry

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Ghemewat’s CAGE Framework

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MULTINATIONAL STRATEGIES

Cultural distance Administrative and Political Distance Geographical distance Economic differences
Distancebetweentwocountriesincreaseswith • Differentlanguages,ethnicities,religions, socialnorms• Lack of connectingethnic /social networks • Absence of shared political or monetary association• Political hostility• Weak legal and financial institutions • Lack of commonborder, or transportationor communicationlinks• Physicalremoteness • Different consumerincomes• Differences in resources• Differentinformation orknowledge
Industries most affected by source of distance Industries with high linguistic content (TV, publishing) or cultural content (food, wine, music) Industries viewed by government as strategically important (e.g. energy, defence, telecom) Products with low value-to-weight (cement), or fragile (glass) or perishable(milk), or where communicationvital (financial services) Products with income elastic demand (luxuries). Labor intensive products (clothing)

  • GLOBALIZATION

–increasing interdependence and homogeneity among countries

  • GLOBAL STRATEGY

At simplest level: Treating the world as a single market: standard products, distributed & marketed worldwide (e.g. YKK and Honda during 1970s and 1980s)

At more sophisticated level: Strategy that recognizes and exploits linkages between countries (e.g. exploits global scale, national resource differences, strategic competition)

World as separate national markets

global strategy

multidomestic strategy

Globalization & Global Strategy:

What Are They?

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World as a single market

World as inter-

related markets

MULTINATIONAL STRATEGIES

Forces for national

differentiation

  • Transportation and communication costs arising from geographical distance and remoteness
  • Differences in customer needs and behavioral norms arising from cultural factors (including institutional, governmental, regulatory and political differences
  • Market and infrastructure differences arising from differences in level of economic development

Forces for

globalization

  • Cost benefits of scale and replication
  • Serving global customers
  • Exploiting arbitrage benefits from national resources—e.g. natural resources, low labor costs, knowledge
  • Learning in multiple national environments
  • Competing strategically—cross-subsidization

Analyzing Benefits/Costs of a Global Strategy

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MULTINATIONAL STRATEGIES

Benefits of national differentiation

Benefits

of

global

integration

Cement

Telecom

equipment

Jet engines

Consumer

electronics

Autos

Funeral

services

Retail

banking

Investment

banking

Auto

repair

Global Integration v. National Differentiation

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Development of the Multinational Corporation (according to Bartlett & Ghoshal)

1900-39: European

MNCs as Decentralized

Federations

  • National subsidiaries self-sufficient & autonomous
  • HQ control through appointing subsidiaries senior management

1945-1970: American MNCs as Coordinated Federations

  • Dominant role of U.S. parent in developing technology and products
  • Foreign subsidiaries autonomous in operations and marketing

1970s and 1980s The Japanese MNC as Centralized Hub

  • Global strategy pursued from home base
  • Strategy, R&D and production home based
  • Foreign subsidiaries conduct sales and distribution

Note: Density of shading indicates extent of decision making authority

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IMPLEMENTING INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY: ORGANIZING THE MULTINATIONAL CORPORATION

The Transnational: an integrated network of distributed, interdependent resources and capabilities.

  • Each national unit a source of ideas and capabilities that can benefit the whole corporation.
  • Each national unit becomes world source for a specific product, component, or activity=.
  • Corporate center orchestrates collaboration through creating the right organizational context.

Tight complex controls and coordination and a shared strategic decision process.

Heavy flows of technology, finances, people, and materials between interdependent units.

Reconciling Global Integration with National Differentiation: The Transnational Corporation

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Ghemawat’s AAA Triangle

ADAPTATION

Proxy: Advertising-

to-sales ratio relative to rivals

ADAPTATION

Proxy: Labor cost to sales

ratio relative to rivals

AGGREGATION

Proxy: R&D-to-sales ratio relative to rivals

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