Lancashire Business School Lancashire Business School ------------------------------------------------- MODULE INFORMATION PACK Module Code: MK3111 Module Title: INTERNATIONAL MARKETING Module Size: Standard Module Module Tutor: Peter Frederick Ruddock Chinese Name: Zhou Qijuan English Name: Jean Finish Date:21th ‚ March‚ 2013 Tittle: What are the advantages and disadvantages of a market entry strategy of exporting for SME’s v MNE’s? Use both academic and practical sources
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Internationalization strategies. Internationalization refers to the channel in which an organization can gain access into a new market. This paper will focus on the various internationalization strategies that a firm can use to diversify its products and services. Licensing Licensing is whereby an organization charges a fee or royalty as a result of using its technology‚ brand or expertise (Friesner 2014). Licensing therefore involves giving a foreign organization the right to create a product in
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Long before the globalisation‚ the internet and advanced telecommunications many companies with an international orientation have applied expatriate managers - some even since the early days of international trade. The theme for this essay is critically to evaluate the reasons why international companies continue to use expatriate managers even though it is a very expensive option. The term expatriate originates from the Latin words ex patria (out of fatherland) and refers to an employee from
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I. INTERCULTURAL TRAINING Today‚ many organizations realize the importance of intercultural management and therefore increase the use of cross-cultural training programs offered by specialized companies or provided by internal departments within multinational corporations. For example‚ Fortune 500 companies‚ including Microsoft‚ Wal-Mart‚ Apple‚ Exxon Mobil‚ Procter & Gamble‚ Coca Cola‚ etc. regularly purchase seminars or provide other forms of cross-cultural training. Multinational companies
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Text 1. WHY DO MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISES EXIST? Why do multinational enterprises (MNEs) exist? This seems to be a silly question. The answer seems to be simple – because they are profitable! But the issue is more complicated than it sounds. There is some agreement that five different pieces together provide a good explanation of why multinational firms exist (and why they are as large as they are. The combination of these five pieces into a framework for understanding multinationals is often called
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1Distinguish between international marketing‚ multinational marketing and global marketing. If we talk in general‚ both Global and International marketing are used interchangeably now-a-days. But if we are talking in terms of marketing theories‚ international marketing was a stage in the evolution of global marketing. Let us see how‚ Stage 1 : Domestic Marketing : Companies manufacturing products and selling those within the country itself. So‚ no international phenomenon at all. Stage
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What Is a Global Manager? It is hard today to use the word “globalization” without a certain sense of irony‚ rueful or otherwise. Riven by ideology‚ religion‚ and mistrust‚ the world seems more fragmented‚ more at odds‚ than at any time since‚ arguably‚ World War II. But however deep the political divisions‚ business operations continue to span the globe‚ and executives still have to figure out how to run them efficiently and well. The question that Christopher Bartlett and Sumantra Ghoshal pose—“What
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Introduction. Multinational corporations (MNC’s) also known as International Corporation‚ transnational corporation‚ global corporation and many more. Due to the political changes that have occurred during the years‚ the opportunities for multinationals corporations have increased considerably. As a fact multinationals corporations are growing with rapidity. For example in Mauritius we have KFC‚ Mac Donald’s‚ Pizza hut which are all multinationals and have branches throughout the island. According
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What is a multinational company? A multinational company is one where regional headquarters are set up in different countries. In this example‚ Adidas is a multinational company because aside from its main parent headquarters in the United States of America‚ it has set up regional headquarters in other countries‚ such as China‚ Indonesia‚ Great Britain‚ and so on. Such a globalised company has profound effects on the company itself and the host countries. Benefits to the Host Country Investment
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GE Analysis a) Political As a multinational company‚ General Electric has to deal with political systems of different nations. In spite of some of the countries presenting favorable environment for business survival and growth‚ others present difficult conditions. Tax systems and regulations also differ across countries and so does the level of government intervention in business activity. For example‚ in United States‚ the Internal Revenue Authority requires companies to submit tax returns annually
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