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Globalisation of markets and
Internationalisation of firms
IBUS 1101 Global Business
Outline
• Canvas module 2
• The focal firm
• Internationalisation of the firm
• International environment
• Review the implications
• Q & A
Internationalization Process of the Firm
Johanson & Vahlne: “Uppsala” model (1977) observed that firms
internationalised in incremental steps, and do not undertake huge foreign
investment commitments especially to distant locations.
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Exporting
Sales agent
office,
licensing,
franchising
Joint
venture
Wholly
owned
subsidiary
Risk
Psychic Distance - - ->
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Entry modes
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More in Week 6
Internationalization Process of the Firm
• Market knowledge comes with experience
• Positive correlation between experiential learning and commitment
• Relationship building through networks
• Evolution of the firm’s capabilities (not stages, but process)
• Firm coevolves with partners and parties in the environment
For details please refer to assigned reading for the week
(Vahlne, 2020)
Quiz
• What are the main differences between conventional firms that grow and
internationalize organically and born global firms?
28/02/2023
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Born Global firms
• Examples of BG in Australia:
• Biota Holdings Limited (VIC) –a publicly listed company involved in the discovery and development of
antiviral drugs
• Cochlear Ltd (NSW) –a publicly listed company that designs and markets multi-channel cochlear implants
for the hearing impaired
• CSL Ltd (VIC) –a publicly listed company that develops, manufactures and markets vaccines and
medications of biological origin
• MYOB Ltd (VIC) –a publicly listed company that designs and supplies business and management
software, services and support for businesses and accounting practices
• Rising Sun Pictures (SA) –provider of visual effects services for filmmakers, chiefly Hollywood studios
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Born Global Firms?
Critique
- BG is not distinct from conventional firms (Dow, 2017)
- Some categorized as BG are actually not (Rumyantseva & Welch, 2023)
- Majority of BG start-ups did not sustain performance and competitiveness
- Founders tend to exaggerate their contribution and downplay failures
- Some BG firms did not last
Liability of Disruption
• Gig economy, digital business, disruptive business model
• Newness is not necessarily an advantage
• Negative responses of host country government, industry and society
• Some countries are not ready to accept certain types of innovation / changes
• Different to conventional concept of liability of foreignness
(Marano, Tallman & Teegen, 2020)
The world is flat
Communications → elimination of distance?
Is the world getting flatter & smaller?
The world is flat
2.0 hot and crowded – we need renewal
3.0 update on globalization
• opportunities for individual empowerment, achievements at lifting millions out of poverty
• drawbacks –environmental, social, and political
• Support for globalization
Distance still matters
• Ghemawat
• Cultural, Administrative, Geographic and Economic
differences or distances between countries (C A G E)
• How do we cultivate a cosmopolitan corporation?
Extent of Globalisation
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• Only few MNEs can be considered truly global
• Most are focused in some regions and hubs
• The world is semi-globalised or partially globalised
• New challenges
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Discussion
• Is the world flat of spiky?
• It depends …
• When?
• From spiky to flat to spiky?
• Why?
• Despite drivers and benefits …
Global Value Chain
• The focal firm
• Motivations
• Choice of location
• Which part of value chain
• Resources, R&D, manufacturing, distribution, retail
Internationalization of the Firm’s Value Chain
Challenges
• Pros and cons of globalization
• Unprecedented challenges: trade wars, pandemic and geopolitical tensions
• How do firms operate in a more complex and changing environment?
Summary
• Opportunities vs Risk assessment
• Efficiency vs non-economic considerations
• Distance (cultural, institutional) pose challenges
• Negotiate and leverage differences
• Consider the growing importance of context and non-economic factors
• Uncertainties: internationalization is non-linear
• Firms select, adapt and innovate to overcome challenges