Why Do You Think GE Has Invested So Aggressively In Foreign Expansion?

1. Why do you think GE has invested so aggressively in foreign expansion? What opportunities is it trying to exploit?
Because GE tries to accomplish its fundamental objective: To be number 1 or 2 globally in every business in which it participates. Nowadays GE is not just an American company doing business abroad, but it had become a true global company. The revenues from international sales are growing significantly. This expansion is being powered by growing economies of Asia (particularly China and India).GE accomplish its objective through:
• Increasing revenue from the international sale, more revenue from international sales will logically generate more funds, which can be used for purchasing and acquiring new companies. It may also increase its market share globally.
• Expanding its market share and sales volume at its home country and overseas GE necessarily needs to own more and more local and overseas companies.

The opportunities that they are trying to exploit:
• To take advantage of economic uncertainty caused by the currency market collapse for the aim of purchasing or acquiring companies.
• To help in process of development in under

(GE) is a major American corporation and one of the largest and most diversified corporations in the world. Its products include electrical and electronic equipment, aircraft engines, and financial services that help millions of homes, offices, factories and retail facilities around the world. GE was founded by Thomas Edison and has been operating abroad for a long time with revenues of $ 180 billion, its main goal is to be number 1 or 2 globally in every business. GE took advantage of economic weakness in Europe to invest $ 17.5 billion in the region, half of which was used to acquire some 50 companies. Also it took advantage of economic uncertainty caused by the currency market collapse for the aim of purchasing or acquiring companies. In Japan alone, the company spent $ 15 billion on