scholarly journals Estratégias de Internacionalização de Empresas Multinacionais Brasileiras Fabricantes de Implementos Agrícolas: Estudo de Dois Casos

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 270-302
Author(s):  
Ricardo Leonardo Rovai ◽  
Priscila Rezende Da Costa ◽  
Renato Ribeiro Nogueira Ferraz
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Organizational Structure ◽  
Strategic Alignment ◽  
Multinational Companies ◽  
Cultural Dimensions ◽  
Unskilled Labor ◽  
Strategic Assets ◽  
Internationalization Strategies ◽  
Empirical Framework

The objective of this pape ris to analyze the internationalization strategies of Brazilian multinational companies that manufacture agricultural implements. For the realization of theoretical-empirical framework are adopted the Dunning Typologies, the Nordic School and the Cultural Dimensions of Hofstede. For this, two pilot cases of competing companies that have very similar characteristics in terms of organizational structure are analyzed. This study evidenced to what extent strategic alignment is goal-oriented in terms of: (i) exploitation of natural resources and cost advantages of unskilled labor; (Ii) location seeking advantages and market synergies; (Iii) investments oriented to the search for strategic assets of the type efficiency seeking (those that seek to rationalize production and explore economies of specialization and location); (Iv) strategic asset seeking investments (aimed at the acquisition of resources and competences with the objective of increasing their competitiveness through innovation and growth of strategic capacities).

scholarly journals Strategies of Internationalization of Multinational Brazilian Enterprises: Evaluation of the Cultural National Dimensions.

2014 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 54-69
Author(s):  
Ricardo Leonardo Rovai ◽  
Guilherme Ary Plonski
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Strategic Alignment ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Cultural Dimensions ◽  
The Public ◽  
Strategic Assets ◽  
Financial Strategies ◽  
Public Politics

This article has since objective sketches an evolutive picture of the Brazilian multinationals, from the perspective of the development of the Latin-American multinationals, from the point of view of his insertion in the process of globalization. It is looked to characterize the typical profile of these enterprises in agreement with the Model of Dunning to be confirmed if this typology still if adequate the characterization of the strategies of internationalization. In the complementary form, there is used the Theory of the Cultural Dimensions of Hofstede .While doing this, one checked in which measure the strategic alignment is orientated á marks in terms of: (i) exploration of natural resources and advantages of costs of labour not qualified (resource seeking); advantages (ii) of location and synergies of market (market seeking); investments (iii) orientated to the search of strategic assets of the type efficiency seeking (for what they look to rationalize the production and to explore savings of specialization and location); investments (iv) of the type strategic asset seeking (turned to the acquisition of resources and competences with the objective to develop his competitiveness through of the innovation and growth of the strategic capacities). There is claimed also summarize the picture referential system that makes possible the development of a future diary of inquiries for the delineation of the principal strategies, of the public politics of the National States and the financial strategies of these enterprises.

scholarly journals Innovation in the strategies of Internationalization of Brazilian Multinationals: Evaluation of the Cultural National Dimensions: A Study Case of the Meat Processing Sector

2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Riccardo Rovai ◽  
Marcos Roberto Piscopo ◽  
Emerson Antonio Maccari
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Multinational Companies ◽  
Cultural Dimensions ◽  
Meat Processing ◽  
The Public ◽  
Strategic Innovation ◽  
Strategic Assets ◽  
Internationalization Strategies ◽  
Public Politics

This article sketches the evolution of Brazilian multinational companies, from the perspective of the development of Latin-American multinational companies, with respect to the process of globalization. With this article, we looked to characterize the typical profile of these enterprises in agreement with the Dunning Model to confirm if this typology is adequate for the characterization of internationalization strategies. We also explored the Theory of the Cultural Dimensions of Hofstede. While doing this, we analyzed which model measures the strategic alignment and is more orientated in terms of: (i) exploration of natural resources and advantages of costs of labor not qualified (resource seeking), advantages; (ii) location and synergies of market (market seeking), investments; (iii) search of strategic assets of the type efficiency seeking (for what they look to rationalize the production and to explore savings of specialization and location), investments; and (iv) type of strategic asset seeking (turned to the acquisition of resources and competences with the objective to develop competitiveness through of the innovation and growth of strategic capacities). We also summarize the referential system that makes possible the development of future inquiries for the delineation of the principal strategies, of the public politics of the National States, and also the financial strategies of these enterprises. Keywords: Strategic innovation; Brazilian multinationals; foreign investment; globalization; Latin American multinationals and multinationals from emerging countries

Cultural distance and inter-organizational knowledge transfer: a case study of a multinational company

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dasun Bhagya Sapuarachchi
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Knowledge Transfer ◽  
Cultural Distance ◽  
Organizational Knowledge ◽  
Multinational Companies ◽  
Cultural Dimensions ◽  
Business World ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Usa

Purpose The purpose of this study is to explore a phenomenon in knowledge management that has been given scant attention: the influence of cultural distance on inter-organizational knowledge transfer in the context of multinational companies involving headquarters in the USA and a subsidiary in Sri Lanka. Design/methodology/approach Designed as a qualitative exploratory study, data was collected through in-depth interviews of 15 participants and documents review. Findings The findings of this study implied that the theoretically introduced cultural dimensions shall be relevant to analyze the phenomenon of this study. Consequently, through the findings of this study, it is argued that inter-organizational knowledge transfer in multinational companies is influenced by cultural distance. Research limitations/implications This study theoretically and empirically contributes to the debates on knowledge transfer in knowledge management research in general and, inter-organizational knowledge transfer in multinational companies between headquarters and subsidiaries with respect to the influence of cultural distance in particular, through the light of Trompenaars’ (1993) cultural dimensions theory. Practical implications The findings of this study could motivate the practitioners to take into account: the influence of cultural distance on inter-organizational knowledge transfer, if inter-organizational knowledge transfer happens in similar contexts: multinational companies with a headquarters in the USA (a western context) and a subsidiary in Sri Lanka (a non-western context) in the practical business world. Originality/value This study provides theoretical and empirical insights into the influence of cultural distance on inter-organizational knowledge transfer in multinational companies between headquarters and subsidiaries in the selected context while suggesting various avenues for further research toward the influence of cultural distance on such phenomenon in similar/dissimilar contexts.

scholarly journals An assessment of the moderating role of employees’ cultural orientations amongst foreign manufacturing multinational companies in Kenya

2013 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Beatrice A. Dimba ◽  
Robert Rugimbana
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
Power Distance ◽  
Multinational Companies ◽  
Uncertainty Avoidance ◽  
Cultural Dimensions ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Cultural Orientations ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role

Orientation: This article investigates the question, of whether culture really matters in implementing international strategic human resource management (SHRM) practices.Research purpose: Specifically, this study sought to investigate the extent to which employee cultural orientations moderate the link between SHRM practices and firm performance in large foreign manufacturing multinational companies in Kenya. Motivation for the study: Large foreign multinational companies have generally applied SHRM practices without adaptation when trying to improve employee performance even though resource based perspectives argue for the consideration of employees’ cultural orientations. Research design, approach and method: SHRM practices were conceptualised as independent variables measured through distinct practices. Organisational performance as a dependent variable was measured using constructs of image, interpersonal relations, and product quality. Cultural dimensions adopted for this study were power distance, uncertainty avoidance, individualism or collectivism, and masculinity or femininity. The above conceptual framework was tested by the use of both quantitative and qualitative techniques with data from fifty (50) large foreign multinational companies operating in Kenya. Main findings: Findings indicated that the relationship between SHRM practices and firm performance depend to a greater extent on employee cultural orientations when power distance is considered. Power distance (PD) refers to the extent of people accepting that power in institutions and organisations when distributed unequally. The greater the PD, the greater the acceptance of this inequality. Practical/managerial implications: The study supported the notion that the relationship between SHRM practices and firm performance is moderated by power distance through motivation but not by the other three bipolar dimensions namely, Uncertainty Avoidance, Masculinity or Femininity and Individualism or Collectivism. Contribution/value-add: This is the first large-scale empirical article that has focused on the moderating role of employees’ cultural orientations in large foreign manufacturing companies operating in Kenya.

scholarly journals Foreign investment activities of Chinese companies

2014 ◽  
Vol 66 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 231-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miroslav Antevski ◽  
Sanja Filipovic
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Foreign Investment ◽  
High Growth ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
Private Companies ◽  
Industrial Countries ◽  
Geographic Dispersion ◽  
Strategic Assets ◽  
Investment Capital

Chinese investments abroad have recorded high growth rates in the last decade, but its scope is still small in comparison to those of developed industrial countries. The state plays a key role in its encouragement and support directly and indirectly. Large state corporations are the biggest investors abroad, somewhere investments of Chinese private companies dominate, e.g. in Africa. There is a great geographic dispersion of investment flows, while the highest concentration is in developing countries. The main drivers of investment capital are trade, energy sources, natural resources, infrastructure projects and acquisition of strategic assets. These drivers are often are combined from two or more ones which are mutually supportive.

scholarly journals Climate Change and Global Warming in Namibia: Environmental Disasters vs. Human Life and the Economy

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Chalene Keja-Kaereho ◽  
Brenden R. Tjizu ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Computable General Equilibrium ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Climate Change Impacts ◽  
Native People ◽  
Unskilled Labor ◽  
Environmental Disasters ◽  
Unique Approach

Climate change is one of the concepts in Namibian languages that does not have any meaning or cannot be easily translated into the native dialects. It is very alien to many Namibians but yet growing in popularity, as it has become a problem that is affecting the economy, natural resources, and tradition and culture of the native people. Climate change is probably going to worsen the dry circumstances that are currently experienced in Southern Africa or Namibia to be specific. If it happens that rainfall does come in good amounts regularly, it will probably erupt in greater power. This will eventually lead to floods and erosion damages in some parts of the country, though these expectations have had very little influence on Namibian policy. Reid et al. (2008) stated that over the past 20 years there has been annual decrease in the Namibian economy of up to 5%, which has been a result of the climate change mostly impacting natural resources in the country. The result was reported using the computable general equilibrium (CGE) model simulations for Namibia. However, this result has negatively impacted the poorest people the most, which is a consequence of decline in wages and employment opportunities, especially for uneducated or unskilled labor in rural areas. It is of utmost importance for Namibia to take initiatives to ensure that most of its policies and activities are environmentally proofed. Namibia should have a unique approach to deal with displaced farmers and farm workers and citizens of such nature by looking into its issues of colonialism. In addition, there is a clear need to mainstream climate change into policies of developing countries like Namibia, because it is the responsibility of these countries to muddle through with climate change impacts and plan for a climate-constrained future.

scholarly journals Strategies for Industry Internationalization Brazilian Pulp and Paper the Perspective of Eclectic Paradigm: A Case Study of Pulp and Paper Company Suzano

2012 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 205-233
Author(s):  
Mayra Batista Bitencourt Fagundes ◽  
Carla Christina de Oliveira Viana ◽  
Leandro Sauer ◽  
Jeovan De Carvalho Figueiredo
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Methodology ◽  
Paper Industry ◽  
Pulp And Paper ◽  
Strategic Assets ◽  
Internationalization Strategies ◽  
Eclectic Paradigm ◽  
Paper Company ◽  
Paper And Pulp ◽  
Matching Techniques

This article aims to analyze the process of internationalization of the Brazilian pulp and paper. This analysis has an economic bias, basing on the model of internationalization of Eclectic Paradigm of Dunning (1980) in order to identify the internationalization strategies, as well as the key drivers that have enabled reach new markets. We adopted a qualitative methodology, developed through a case study in the company Suzano, a Brazilian company, a global leader in the pulp and paper industry, with a strong presence in the international market. The data were obtained from literature searches, statistics, press releases and official documents of the company. For the treatment of these was used to pattern matching techniques, which enabled contrast them with the theory selected. The results revealed that Suzano differentiated adopted guidelines for the marketing of paper and pulp. The paper is intended primarily for the domestic market, whereas most of the pulp produced is intended to international trade. The company went international for having, according to the Eclectic Paradigm, the advantages of ownership and internalization over their competitors. The strategies used consists in finding markets (market seeking), search efficiency (efficiency seeking) and search for strategic assets (strategic asset seeking). We conclude that the theory is Eclectic Paradigm in an appropriate tool for analyzing the internationalization process of the pulp and paper industries.

IDENTIFICATION OF CULTURAL DIFFERENCES IN MANAGEMENT IN MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES BASED IN SLOVAKIA

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 570-574
Author(s):  
Elena Delgadová ◽  
Monika Gullerová
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Intercultural Competence ◽  
Culturally Diverse ◽  
Multinational Companies ◽  
Cultural Dimensions ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Literature Research ◽  
S Model ◽  
Research Analysis

: In 2004, Slovakia became a full-fledged member of the European Union. Since then, Slovakia has been one of the attractive investment locations for multinational companies in the region of Central Europe for its skilled and educated labor force. Managers who want to succeed in running multinational companies in culturally diverse settings must have the intercultural competence, i.e. the capability of thinking and acting in interculturally appropriate ways. The lack of intercultural competence skills in managers may result not only in miscommunication but can also be detrimental to the financial and economic success of organizations. The purpose of the paper was to identify cultural differences in management in German, Korean and French multinational companies operating in Slovakia. In the paper, the methods of questionnaire, literature research, analysis, synthesis were utilized. 160 respondents participated in the research on establishing cultural differences in management based on Hofstede’s model of cultural dimensions.

scholarly journals The Geography of Interstate Resource Wars *

2015 ◽  
Vol 130 (1) ◽  
pp. 267-315 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesco Caselli ◽  
Massimo Morelli ◽  
Dominic Rohner
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Geographic Location ◽  
Interstate Conflict ◽  
World War ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Interstate Conflicts ◽  
The Empirical Analysis ◽  
Empirical Framework

Abstract We establish a theoretical and empirical framework to assess the role of resource endowments and their geographic location in interstate conflict. The main predictions of the theory are that conflict is more likely when at least one country has natural resources, when the resources in the resource-endowed country are closer to the border, and, in the case where both countries have natural resources, when the resources are located asymmetrically vis-à-vis the border. We test these predictions on a novel data set featuring oilfield distances from bilateral borders. The empirical analysis shows that the presence and location of oil are significant and quantitatively important predictors of interstate conflicts after World War II.

scholarly journals Determinants of Internationalization as Levers for Sustainability: A Study of the Portuguese Pharmaceutical Sector

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jorge Vieira ◽  
Rui Frade ◽  
Raquel Ascenso ◽  
Filipa Martinho ◽  
Domingos Martinho
Keyword(s):  
Pharmaceutical Industry ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Institutional Support ◽  
Competitive Advantages ◽  
Complete Understanding ◽  
Export Sector ◽  
Internationalization Strategies ◽  
Small Economy ◽  
Sustainable Competitive Advantages ◽  
Empirical Framework

The pharmaceutical industry is facing the pressure of a global economy, loss of value in local markets and the highly intense innovation that characterizes this sector. This has a heavy impact, particularly in smaller economies. With this investigation, we intend to identify the determinants of internationalization as levers for sustainability in the pharmaceutical export sector of a small economy. Data was collected from a sample representing 63% of the total universe, Portuguese pharmaceutical organizations with exporting activity. Contextualization of the sector and a bibliographic review were previously carried out, which laid the groundwork for the empirical framework. This study revealed a deeply internationalized sector conditioned by a few shortcomings, namely a certain lack of sustainable competitive advantages, relatively low investment in research and development (R&D), insufficient innovation in internationalization strategies as well as scarce institutional support. Our findings may help pave the way for a more complete understanding of the dynamics of internationalization in highly competitive sectors.

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