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chapter 11
International Strategic
Management
International Business, 6th E
dition
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Chapter Objectives
• Characterize the challenges of international strategic management
• Assess the basic strategic alternatives available to firms
• Distinguish and analyze the components of international strategy
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Chapter Objectives (continued)
• Describe the international strategic management process
• Identify and characterize the levels of international strategies
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International Strategic Management
International strategic management is a comprehensive and ongoing
management planning process aimed at formulating and implementing strategies that enable a firm to
compete effectively internationally.
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Strategic Planning
The process of developing a particular international strategy is often referred
to as strategic planning.
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Fundamental Questions
• What products and/or services does the firm intend to sell?
• Where and how will it make those products or services?
• Where and how will it sell them?
• Where and how will it acquire the necessary resources?
• How does it expect to outperform its competitors?
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Factors Affecting International Strategic Management
• Language
• Culture
• Politics
• Economy
• Governmental interference
• Labor
• Labor relations
• Financing
• Market research
• Advertising
• Money
• Transportation/ communication
• Control
• Contracts
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Sources of Competitive Advantage
Global efficiencies
Worldwidelearning
Multinational flexibility
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Global Efficiencies
Location efficiencies
Economies of scale
Economies of scope
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Location Efficiencies
Mercedes-Benz has achieved economies of scale by focusing production of its M-class at its assembly plant in Vance, Alabama.
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Strategic Alternatives
Home replication strategy
Multidomestic strategy
Global strategy
Transnational strategy
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Figure 11.1 Strategic Alternatives
Global StrategyFirm views the world assingle marketplace. Goal is to create standardizedproducts.
Home ReplicationFirm uses core competency or firm-specific advantage
Multidomestic StrategyFirm operates as a collection of relativelyindependent subsidiaries
Transnational StrategyFirm combines benefits of global scaleefficiencies with benefitsof local responsiveness
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Components of International Strategy
DistinctiveCompetence
Scope of Operations
ResourceDeployment
Synergy
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Distinctive Competence
• Answers the question:
– What do we do exceptionally well, especially as compared to our competitors?
• Represents important resource to the firm
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Scope of Operations
• Answers the question
– Where are we going to conduct business?
• Aspects of scope
– Geographical region
– Market or product niches within regions
– Specialized market niches
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Resource Deployment
• Answers the question
– Given that we are going to compete in these markets, how will we allocate our resources to them?
• Resource specifics
– Product lines
– Geographical lines
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Synergy
• Answers the question:
– How can different elements of our business benefit each other?
• Goal is to create a situation where the whole is greater than the sum of the parts
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Developing International Strategies
Strategyformulation
Strategy implementation
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Figure 11.2 Steps in International Strategy Formulation
Develop a Mission Statement
Perform a SWOT analysis
Set Strategic Goals
Develop Tactical Goals and Plans
Develop a Control Framework
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Mission Statements
• Clarifies the organization’s purpose, values, direction
• Communicates firm’s strategic direction
• Specifies firm’s target customers and markets, principal products, geographical domain, core technologies, concerns for survival, plans for growth and profitability, basic philosophy, and desired public image
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Mission Statements (continued)
• Wells Fargo– Satisfy all our customers’ financial needs,
help them succeed financially, be known as one of America’s great companies and the number-one financial services provider in each of our markets
• Carpenter Technology– Major, profitable, and growing international
producer and distributor of specialty alloys, materials, and components
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SWOT Analysis
• Strengths
• Weaknesses
• Opportunities
• Threats
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Environmental Scanning
An Environmental Scan is a systematic collection of data about all
elements of the firm's external and internal environments, including
markets, regulatory issues, competitors' actions, production costs,
and labor productivity.
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Figure 11.3 The Value Chain
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Strategic Goals
Strategic goals are the major objectives the firm wants to
accomplish through pursuing a particular course of action.
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Tactical Goals and Plans
• Middle management issues
• Details of implementation
• Examples
– Hiring
– Compensation
– Career paths
– Distribution and logistics
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Control Framework
A Control Framework is the set of managerial and organizational
processes that keep the firm moving toward its strategic goals.
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Figure 11.4 Levels of International Strategy
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Corporate Strategy
• Single-Business Strategy
• Related Diversification
• Unrelated Diversification
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Advantages of Related Diversification
• Less dependence on single product
• Greater economies of scale
• Entry into additional markets more efficient and effective
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Business Strategy
Differentiation
Focus
Overall Cost Leadership
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Functional Strategies
Financial
Marketing
OperationsR&D
Human resources
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