CHAPTER 2
THEORY OF FDI
2.1 Concept of FDI
In this globalization era, many firms worldwide try to expand their business abroad in order to gain the advantages that FDI has offer. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) itself can be defined as a category of investment made with the objective of establishing an enterprise by a company or entity in one country into a company or entity in another country OECD (2009).
FDI can be divided into two types based on the direction of the investment. The first type is Inward Direct Investment which can be explained as the investment made in the reporting country by non-resident investor. The value of inward direct investment is called FDI net inflow.
The global trend of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in this
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The production facility in the designated country is either leases or purchase by the parent company. Tata Motor chooses this strategy when it acquired Jaguar and Land Rover from Ford in 2008.
In order to choose between the two strategies, foreign company first need to understand the advantages and disadvantages that each of the methods provided. Irwin (2012) highlighted the pros and cons of using both methods.
In Greenfield Investment strategy, the biggest advantage that company has is the degree of control over the entire operation. Company undergoes this strategy will have total control over all aspects of their business such as their brand and the staff. Since the company can oversee the whole production process in their entire department, it has the ability to formulate and implement the best strategy to achieve the desirable financial goals. The ability to work directly with foreign country authorities will also be a good addition of choosing this method because they will know the detail of the negotiation. Despite all the benefits of choosing this strategy, company choosing this method has to spend time and a large sum of money to build their production facility and to enter the foreign country. Moreover, the companies also have to face a tough competition on competitive market in the foreign
California headquarters companies such as Facebook, Google, Intel, and Netflix.
By exporting and selling their goods through and affiliated firm in Country B it provides growth, increased profit and potential for future direct investment, while still being the simplest and low-risk method for the company. The largest sector within Country B is agriculture as 48% of the labour force is focused in the sector, compared to Country A where agriculture only takes up 10% of the labour force. Therefore, the data suggests that there is already a large market for the company, and since the company is marketing modern but affordable products they have the potential to replace outdated and equivalent equipment, further complementing the countries lower GDP Per Capita of only US$6,900. Furthermore, since one of Country B's main imports is Machinery and equipment its verifies that selling to country B would be the most economically reliable decision for the firm as there is already a developed market for the goods. Consequently, Country B's larger agriculture sector and its main imports being products which the firm is exporting, it would be the best choice out of the two countries to set up an intra-corporate transfer
The history already observed such a situation, when BMW built the production facilities in Spartanburg, South Carolina. In 1990’s the new BMW factory in North America turned the struggling region into the new center of the automotive production and
TESLA Motors In The Netherlands 1. Introduction Tesla Motors Inc. is an American car manufacturer based in California. Founded in 2003, it has become one of the fastest growing companies in the electric vehicle (EV) market. In 2016, Tesla had a revenue of $2.28 billion and sold 76,230 units (Ferris, 2017).
oreign Investment of Housing in Toronto: The Disadvantages of Excessive Foreign buyers Over the past several years, Toronto has characterised an attractive city as the globalization of cross-border investments. An event launched by John Tory, the Mayor of Toronto, that encourages foreign investors could do businesses in Toronto to grow Toronto’s economy and bring more employment opportunities. Due to the fact of Toronto is on the international stage and Toronto is able to provide enough and necessary resource to investors for making businesses. (France, 2012)
By looking for pros and cons in moving abroad gives a clear idea what it can be or weather company has to proceed with plan or not. Reference Moving to foreign country to start up with a business can be very stressful. Organizations
Due to different country’s policy, different business model are required for IKEA to run their business. For examples, IKEA will need to implement joint ventures as their business model to become successful in the Indian and China marketplace. Since the government for these countries requires that local business operations own about 51% control by Indian nationals, IKEA 's should find the right partner for its own. There are some advantages and disadvantages for IKEA to implement Joint venture as their business model. For the advantages are provide an opportunity to IKEA to access to the new markets and distribution networks, increased capacity to expand their business in foreign market, IKEA can share the risks and costs together with their partners and it will help IKEA to access to local resources, including specialised staff, technology and finance aspect.
Firstly, the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) matrix that concentrate the market position of different products. Secondly, the experience curve and the Profit Impact of Market Strategies model which identified a number of strategic variables. Furthermore, competitive advantages model (Porter, 1985) which focus on five different forces in environment of organization, but suit with only stable market. Generic strategy was developed strategies under this school, especially it can identify position in the market. Advantages: -Provide content in a systematic way to the existing way of looking at strategy -Particularly useful in early stage of strategy development, when date is analyzed -This school emphasis on analysis and calculation can be a very strong support to the strategy development process -This strategy suit with big businesses or organization which have ability for operate effective market research in the environment
A key factor also lies in the fact that they have distribution centres at every manufacturing plants. • Opportunities CarParts desires and plans of moving into the subcontinent by entering the markets of China and India. A great incentive to make the market grow in India for them is by partnering with Tata Motors who are one of the leading dealers in India.
Ford motors charges ahead into globalization 1. Identify influences from the classical, behavioral and quantitative viewpoints in the way the Ford Motor Company is managed today. Classical viewpoint includes: For achieving efficiency upgrading of technology is done regularly. Ensuring efficiency and effectiveness principle of classical theory. Designing and manufacturing of Escort size cars carried out at different locations.
What is normally suggested is that if a firm is producing, manufacturing or reselling goods that they usually export since it is the easiest and least risky method. The risk that occurs if this type of strategy is used is that the firm depends on the company that will be exporting to and their customers in order for their product to be known. Yet other strategies include a joint-venture, licensing and franchising, foreign direct investment, and strategic alliances which even though they have more risk than just exporting they are more likely to be used than full ownership. These strategies give the firm the opportunity to still have some control, at different levels, of how the product will be managed in the foreign country. An example of this is Kia Motors direct investment in Slovakia in 2004 or Volkswagen’s joint-venture with Skoda for a period of time in 1991.
SUBMITTED BY TEAM DIGBY ASWANTH KUMAR (13UTA07) LAVANYA V (13UTA19) PRIYANKA R (13UTA27) VIGNESH.P (13UTA37) SHRUTHI.R (13UTA46) I) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Harley Davidson is an American motorcycle manufacturer who is known for their heavy weight motor cycle. Harley has a very strong brand name and reputation.
INTRODUCTION In June 2008, TATA Motors announced the acquisition of brands Jaguar and Land Rover from the car producing giant Ford Motors. The deal was valued at US$ 2.3 billion and is considered an overall success even from intercultural perspective. On the contrary, the deal was speculated to be a huge failure as the world was entering into recession in 2008 and Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) was incurring huge losses. The deal was an all cash deal with 100% acquisition of Jaguar Land Rover’s businesses.
P-Political factor: - In the political factor, this alludes to government approach for example, the utilization of renewable vitality. Political choices can affect on numerous indispensable ranges, for example, the earth of the workforce, the people 's wellbeing and the quality of innovation, for example, crossover framework. There are few points under the political factor that affects the Toyota motors in the Indian market like… Government support and attachment in businesses of Toyota Motor in India. There has additionally been a proposal for expense unwinding on venture of more than Rs. 500 Crore.
Analyze the company internationalization. (Are they operating internationally, if so where? And how are they performing over there?) Shangri-La hotel and resorts was originated in 1971 and was a flagship hotel in Singapore. Currently there are fifty five deluxe resorts and hotels around the world based on the Hong Kong hotel chain.