20/05/2013 CHAPTER 8 STRATEGIC ACTIONS: STRATEGY FORMULATION Estrategia International Strategic Management PowerPoint Presentation by Charlie Cook The University of West Alabama © 2007 Thomson/SouthThomson/South-Western. All rights reserved. Competitiveness and Globalization: Seventh edition Concepts and Cases Michael A. Hitt • R. Duane Ireland • Robert E. Hoskisson Identificando International Opportunities • Estrategia International A strategy through which the firm sells its goods or services outside its domestic market. • Razones de tener una estrategia internacional New market expansion extends product life cycle. Needed resources can be secured. Greater potential product demand. © 2007 Thomson/South-Western. All rights reserved. 8–2 1 20/05/2013 Racionalidad para la Diversificación International : Extender el Ciclo de Vida de un Producto Demanda del Pdto Desarrolla y se exporta Productos Competencia extranjera comienza a producir Empresa Introduce Innovacion en el Mercado Domestico Empresa comienza produccion en el extranjero Producción es estandarizada y recolocada a paises a bajo costo costo.. © 2007 Thomson/South-Western. All rights reserved. 8–3 International Strategy- Beneficios • Aumento del tamaño del Mercado Mercado interno puede carecer del tamaño apropiado para apoyar las instalaciones de fabricación eficientes escala. • Retorno sobre la Inversion (RoI (RoI)) Proyectos de inversión de gran tamaño pueden requerir mercados mundiales para justificar los gastos de capital. La protección de patentes débil en algunos países implica que las empresas deben expandirse en el extranjero rápidamente a fin de anticiparse a imitadores. imitadores. © 2007 Thomson/South-Western. All rights reserved. 8–4 2 20/05/2013 International Strategy Beneficios (cont’d) • Economias deEscala (or Learning) Expanding size or scope of markets helps to achieve economies of scale in manufacturing as well as marketing, R&D or distribution. Can spread costs over a larger sales base. Can increase profit per unit. © 2007 Thomson/South-Western. All rights reserved. 8–5 International Strategy Beneficios (cont’d) • Location Advantages Mercados de bajo costo ayuda en el desarrollo de ventajas competitivas mediante el acceso a: • Materias primas • Transporte • Lower costs for labor • Key customers • Energy © 2007 Thomson/South-Western. All rights reserved. 8–6 3 20/05/2013 FIGURE Determinantes de Ventajas Nacionales 8.2 Source: Adapted with the permission of The Free Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group, from Competitive Advantage of Nations, by Michael E. Porter, p. 72. Copyright ©1990, 1998 by Michael E. Porter. © 2007 Thomson/South-Western. All rights reserved. 8–7 Determinantes • Factores de production Las entradas necesarias para competir • Trabajo Tierra • Capital Infrastructure Natural resources • Basic factors Natural and labor resources • Advanced factors Sistemas de comunicación digital Fuerza de trabajo educada © 2007 Thomson/South-Western. All rights reserved. 8–8 4 20/05/2013 Determinantes (cont’d) • Demand Conditions Se caracteriza por la naturaleza y el tamaño de las necesidades de los compradores en el mercado interno de bienes y servicios de la industria. industria. • Tamaño del segmento de mercado puede llevar a las instalaciones de escala eficientes. • Eficiencia puede liderar el dominio de la industria en otros países.. países • Una demana especializada puede crear oportunidades beyond national boundaries. © 2007 Thomson/South-Western. All rights reserved. 8–9 Determinantes (cont’d) • Industrias Relacionadas y de Soporte Supporting services, facilities, suppliers and so on. • Support in design • Support in distribution • Related industries as suppliers and buyers • Firm Strategy, Structure and Rivalidad El patrón de la estrategia, estrategia, structure, and rivalidad . • Common technical training • Methodological product and process improvement • Cooperative and competitive systems © 2007 Thomson/South-Western. All rights reserved. 8–10 5 20/05/2013 Seleccionando una Estrategia International de nivel Corporativo • El tipo de estrategia de la empresa seleccionada tendrá un impacto en la selección y aplicación de las estrategias a nivel de negocio. negocio. Algunas estrategias proporcionan unidades de cada país, con la flexibilidad de elegir sus propias estrategias.. estrategias Estrategias a nivel de negocio de la oficina central y coordinar el intercambio de recursos entre las unidades.. unidades © 2007 Thomson/South-Western. All rights reserved. 8–11 Estrategia International de nivel Corporativo • Enfocada en el alcance de las operationes: operationes: Product diversification Geographic diversification • Requeridas cuando la firma opera in: Multiple industries, and Multiple countries or regions • La Casa Matriz guia la strategy Sin embargo, los gerentes de empresas o en los países pueden tener insumo estratégico importante. importante. © 2007 Thomson/South-Western. All rights reserved. 8–12 6 20/05/2013 FIGURE 8.3 International Corporate-Level Strategies © 2007 Thomson/South-Western. All rights reserved. 8–13 Multidomestic Strategy Multidomestic strategy • Strategy and operating decisions are decentralized to strategic business units (SBU) in each country. • Products and services are tailored to local markets. • Business units in one country are independent of each other. • Assumes markets differ by country or regions. • Focus on competition in each market. • Prominent strategy among European firms due to broad variety of cultures and markets in Europe. © 2007 Thomson/South-Western. All rights reserved. 8–14 7 20/05/2013 Global Strategy Global strategy • Products are standardized across national markets. • Business Business--level strategic decisions are centralized in the home office. • Strategic business units (SBU) are assumed to be interdependent. • Emphasizes economies of scale. • Often lacks responsiveness to local markets. • Requires resource sharing and coordination across borders (hard to manage). © 2007 Thomson/South-Western. All rights reserved. 8–15 Transnational Strategy Transnational strategy • Seeks to achieve both global efficiency and local responsiveness. • Difficult to achieve because of simultaneous requirements: Strong central control and coordination to achieve efficiency Decentralization to achieve local market responsiveness • Firm must pursue organizational learning to achieve competitive advantage. © 2007 Thomson/South-Western. All rights reserved. 8–16 8 20/05/2013 Environmental Trends • Liability of Foreignness Legitimate concerns about the relative attractiveness of global strategies Global strategies not as prevalent as once thought Difficulty in implementing global strategies • Regionalization Focusing on particular region(s) rather than on global markets Better understanding of the cultures, legal and social norms © 2007 Thomson/South-Western. All rights reserved. TABLE 8.1 8–17 Global Market Entry: Choice of Entry Type of Entry Characteristics Exporting High cost, low control Licensing Low cost, low risk, little control, low returns Strategic alliances Shared costs, shared resources, shared risks, problems of integration (e.g., two corporate cultures) Acquisition Quick access to new market, high cost, complex negotiations, problems of merging with domestic operations New wholly owned subsidiary Complex, often costly, time consuming, high risk, maximum control, potential above--average returns above © 2007 Thomson/South-Western. All rights reserved. 8–18 9 20/05/2013 Dynamics of Mode of Entry What’s the best solution? Situation Optimal Solution The firm has no foreign manufacturing expertise and requires investment only in distribution. Export © 2007 Thomson/South-Western. All rights reserved. 8–19 Dynamics of Mode of Entry (cont’d) What’s the best solution? Situation Optimal Solution The firm needs to facilitate the product improvements necessary to enter foreign markets. Licensing © 2007 Thomson/South-Western. All rights reserved. 8–20 10 20/05/2013 Dynamics of Mode of Entry (cont’d) What’s the best solution? Situation Optimal Solution The firm needs to connect with an experienced partner already in the targeted market. Strategic Alliance © 2007 Thomson/South-Western. All rights reserved. 8–21 Dynamics of Mode of Entry (cont’d) What’s the best solution? Situation Optimal Solution The firm needs to reduce its risk through the sharing of costs. Strategic Alliance © 2007 Thomson/South-Western. All rights reserved. 8–22 11 20/05/2013 Dynamics of Mode of Entry (cont’d) What’s the best solution? Situation Optimal Solution The firm is facing uncertain situations such as an emerging economy in its targeted market. Strategic Alliance © 2007 Thomson/South-Western. All rights reserved. 8–23 Dynamics of Mode of Entry (cont’d) What’s the best solution? Situation Optimal Solution The firm’s intellectual property rights in an emerging economy are not well protected, the number of firms in the industry is growing fast, and the need for global integration is high. Wholly-owned WhollySubsidiary © 2007 Thomson/South-Western. All rights reserved. 8–24 12 20/05/2013 International Diversification and Returns • Expanding sales of goods or services across global regions and countries and into different geographic locations or markets: May increase a firm’s returns (such firms usually achieve the most positive stock returns). May achieve economies of scale and experience, location advantages, increased market size and opportunity to stabilize returns. © 2007 Thomson/South-Western. All rights reserved. 8–25 International Diversification and Innovation • Expansion sales of goods or services across global regions and countries and into different geographic locations or markets: May yield potentially greater returns on innovations (a larger market). Can generate additional resources for investment in innovation. Provides exposure to new products and processes in international markets; generates additional knowledge leading to innovations. © 2007 Thomson/South-Western. All rights reserved. 8–26 13 20/05/2013 Complexity of Managing Multinational Firms • Expansion into global operations in different geographic locations or markets: Makes implementing international strategy increasingly complex. Can produce greater uncertainty and risk. May result in the firm becoming unmanageable May cause the cost of managing the firm to exceed the benefits of expansion. Exposes the firm to possible instability of some national governments. © 2007 Thomson/South-Western. All rights reserved. 8–27 Risks in an International Environment • Political Risks • Economic Risks Instability in national governments War, both civil and international Potential nationalization of a firm’s resources ? Differences and fluctuations in the value of different currencies Differences in prevailing wage rates Difficulties in enforcing property rights Unemployment ? ? ? © 2007 Thomson/South-Western. All rights reserved. 8–28 14 20/05/2013 FIGURE 8.4 Risk in the International Environment © 2007 Thomson/South-Western. All rights reserved. 8–29 Limits to International Expansion: Management Problems • Cost of coordination across diverse geographical business units • Institutional and cultural barriers • Understanding strategic intent of competitors • The overall complexity of competition © 2007 Thomson/South-Western. All rights reserved. 8–30 15