In this chapter, we will address the following questions: What three important developments of globalization will probably affect me? Why learn about international management, and what characterizes the successful international manager? Why do companies expand internationally, and how do they do it? What are barriers to free trade, and what major organizations and trading blocs promote trade? What are the principal areas of cultural differences? | Chapter Four Global Management: Managing Across Borders McGraw-Hill/Irwin Copyright © 2013 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Major Questions You Should Be Able to Answer What three important developments of globalization will probably affect me? Why learn about international management, and what characterizes the successful international manager? Why do companies expand internationally, and how do they do it? Major Questions You Should Be Able to Answer What are barriers to free trade, and what major organizations and trading blocs promote trade? What are the principal areas of cultural differences? Globalization: The Collapse of Time & Distance Globalization the trend of the world economy toward becoming a more interdependent system Globalization: The Collapse of Time & Distance E-commerce the buying and selling of products and services through computer networks . retail e-commerce sales were estimated at $ billion in the third quarter of 2011. One Big World Market: The Global Economy Global economy the increasing tendency of the economies of the world to interact with one another as one market instead of many national markets One Big World Market: The Global Economy Positive effects more markets for American exports Negative effects vast surplus funds from global investments flowed into the . that were invested badly in subprime mortgages Why Learn About International Management? Multinational corporation business firm with operations in several countries Multinational organization nonprofit organization with operations in several countries The Successful International Manager Ethnocentric managers believe that their native country, culture, language, and behavior are superior to all others Parochialism narrow view in which people see things solely through their own perspective The Successful International Manager Polycentric managers take the view that native managers in the foreign offices best understand native personnel and practices, and so the home office should leave them alone Geocentric managers accept that there are differences and similarities between home and foreign personnel and practices and that they should use whatever techniques are most effective The Successful International Manager Five Ways of Expanding Internationally Figure How Companies Expand Internationally Global outsourcing using suppliers outside the . to provide labor, goods, or services Importing a company buys goods outside the country and resells them domestically Exporting a company produces goods domestically and sells them outside the country Countertrading bartering goods for goods How Companies Expand Internationally Licensing a firm allows a foreign company to pay it a fee to make or distribute the firm’s product or service Franchising a firm allows a foreign company to pay it a fee and a share of the profit in return for using the firm’s brand name and a package of materials and services How Companies Expand Internationally
