ACCELERATED INTERNATIONALIZATION BY EMERGING MULTINATIONALS: THE CASE OF WHITE GOODS

Accelerated internationalization

Accelerated internationalization is a novel feature of the global business economy, in both advanced and emerging economies (Schrader, Oviatt and McDougall 2001). Latecomers in particular internationalize very rapidly, by making use of prior international connections, leveraging their own expansion through making use of these – as in the case of expanding abroad as contractor to an existing multinational, or being carried by a global customer into new markets (Andersen, Blenker and Christensen 1997). It was as if these firms had executed a “gestalt switch” from domestic to global player – even if their actual pattern of internationalization was incremental. Thus they benefited from surprise in creating their global presence. A firm without this gestalt switch sees the international economy in terms of adding one As newcomers and latecomers, these firms had to find innovative ways to make space for themselves in markets that were already crowded with very capable firms.

The Accenture Public Sector Value Model

Overview of Accenture’s PSV Model

In the private sector, value is generally defined as the total return to shareholders. The Shareholder value methodology states that value is created as a combination of growth and spread, measured as Return on Invested Capital minus the Weighted average cost of capital. Although this definition is not applicable directly to the public sector, it is possible to learn some of the lessons of the SVA and apply them to the government sector. Public Sector Value is the result of this application.

A Fatal Crash, Simoncelli - MotoGP Sepang Circuit, 23th October 2011, Malaysia [VIDEO]

A video that shows a fatal crash in MotoGP at Sepang, Malaysia. Rest in Peace, Marco Simoncelli.

Strategic Management and Michael Porter: a postmodern reading

Is Porter postmodern? 

      The project originated in my need to ‘make sense’ of the strategic management literature, and specifically the place of Michael E Porter within it. The question, what is strategic management?, often leads to the work of Porter. Strategic management texts inevitably contain his models, theories and frameworks which imply that they are ‘fundamental’ to the field.

Put The Shake on The Profit

     Ask any small business owner to come up with ideas on how to market their business and they will say adverts, brochures, leaflets, direct mail etc. Whilst all these are great ways of promoting your business they all cost money! What if I could show you a better and more effective way of marketing your business? In this article I am going to share with you some key strategies to get more business and ultimately increase your profits.

Save Time and Money [Cross Docking]

There are 3 different ways to cross dock, they are direct transfer, order picking, and inbound items which are staged.

The first of all, Direct Transfer. There are three ways in this way, they are:

[UPDATE] FREE PDF FILES, BUSINESS, MARKETING, STRATEGY ETC.

Here some PDF files that i would like to share with you, please feel free to give comment on it. Cheers.

Self-Made Female Billionaires until 2011

Some female billionaires inherited their fortunes but there are only few who gained their money by working for it. Below, some of female billionaires and also their characteristics:

1. OPRAH WINFREY (NET WORTH $2.4 BILLION)

    She was born in Mississippi, she was shuffled around to live with her grandparents due to 

    both her parents were enduring poverty and hardship. Later on, she graduated from

Recommended Book

Inside The Leder's Mind - Five Ways to Think A Leader
By Liz Mellon

Conventional leadership manuals Oftentimes focus on the actions and behaviors of successful leaders. However, what one does is ultimately determined by one's thoughts and beliefs. Hence, in her book - inside the leader's mind, Liz Mellon gets down to the foundation of good and effective leadership by exploring the ways in which successful leaders think.

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Journey at Indonesia

While I was lecturing in Bali, Indonesia, i tried to enjoy my live there. When the holiday was coming to me, one week before the holiday, I booked the ticket and after that i was ready to be the backpackers. First city destination was Jakarta. It was so crowd that i could not spend my holiday there for 2 days. I had no experience to ravel Jakarta because of to take one place to other, it took so many times, i mean, so long. But i enjoyed there because I just came to their National Monument and also Anyar beach and some tourist resorts. After Jakarta, I went to Bandung. This cities is similar to Bali. Not so crowd. Great experiences with the people in Bandung. I ate original satay of Bandung, Pechel Leley and bought some shirts and unique sleepers. After that I went to Makassar city. This city is amazing. A lot of handicrafts i could find there. Friendly people, not jam city. This city is full of spicy foods. That was my first time ate original chili food, what an experience.

Bali Journey

In 2008 until 2010 i lived in Bali, Indonesia. I worked there as visiting lecturer in some private universities. People in Bali are so friendly, they always help me when I need some helps. Sometimes we drink together and spend our times with some funny stories and brilliant notion. This year, 2011, they are still developing their SMEs in order to be the internationalization SMEs. Their products are beautiful handicrafts, shirts, sunglasses with the low price and their quality also can be paved with the well-known brands around the world.

Thailand Journey

Recent years ago, I went to Thailand (Bangkok, Kerabi, Phuket, Hatyai and also Songkhla) I saw so many things easily that I could not find in any other countries.

Mobile Phone is The Next Business Frontier [1]

3% of mobile phone users in the United States use their phones to visit social networking sites on daily basis, sometimes more than once each day. This findings come from an online survey of 2,000 consumers conducted in March 2011.

They were asked a wide range of questions about how they use mobile devices. All respondents owned at least one mobile phone, smartphone or media tablet. Other popular phone-based activities included:

Google Acquisition of Motorola Mobility to Impact Indian Operations

Google's acquisition of Motorola Mobility is expected to impact the Indian operations of Motorola Mobility. Google has stated that Motorola will be operating as a separate company, yet changes are inevitable. The acquisition is good news for the company's Indian operations. Most of the work done in India revolves mobile phone software, with a little more than half dedicated to the Android platform development. Google's involvement hastens the demise of the feature phone work over the next few years, accompanied by a corresponding increase in the Android work.

Building A Successful Business from Scratch

Building a successful business from scratch has been always the dream of every entrepreneur. Smart entrepreneurs will always pay for any knowledge, professional advice or innovative tip that will be beneficial to the process of building a successful business from scratch.

Action Steps to Improve Customer Experience

Here the action steps how to improve customer experience:

1. On the telephone, teach your staff to initiate the personal connection by offering their names to improve customer experience. Such "Hello, This is James in the Accounts Department. How may i help you?"

Be A Success Entrepreneur!

Starting a business and taking it to success is not always easy, but for those with good business sense and the ability to spot start-ups that have potential to be great, entrepreneurship can be the vehicle to great wealth. As an entrepreneur and to become successful entrepreneur, there are two ways but you might work as one of them - either by coming up with the great idea and taking it all the way, as in the case of the Microsoft's Founder Bill gates.

NICHE VERSUS TRADITIONAL

Niche marketing is about to understand the specific needs of specific people and the effectively communicating using some persuasive communication, public relations and or lobbying to get and provide a better solution. People in need want to hear about new ideas and better solutions. Therefore, the only way to reach them is channeling the message to get their attention, interest and business.

Niche marketing has numerous advantages, if compare to the old-style marketing techniques. The old marketing techniques trying to sell things to huge groups of individuals, Hence, niche marketing and mass marketing have many differences. The most common grounds are the size of the market or group being targeted. Aside from targeting a smaller market, a niche marketer has a particular focus and knows which group he needs to concentrate on.

3 Key Areas Systemizing Your Business

Systems are one of the most important areas of business today. it enables the business to work without you. Business is a commercial, profitable enterprise that works without you. People like Bill Gates can take several months off from the business and pursue other passions because they have systems that run the business even when they are not around.

UPS Provide Opportunities for Business in Chengdu

According to UPS Asia Pacific's President Derek Woodward, the China's "Go West" program known as the Chengdu-Chongqing has recently been approved as an economic zone for western China. later on, this will be a grand opportunity for the companies in order to move production facilities into Chengdu. The mayor Chengdu Municipal Government, Ge Honglin said that the airline express industry is an important pillar which supports economic development and globalization.