Forces Of Globalization And Its Financial Implications For A Multinational Firm

Today, firms have to deal with a global marketplace; marketers have no other choice. Participation in global marketing has begun to shift from a mere “option” to an imperative. The world is becoming more homogeneous. Distinctions between national markets

“All things are possible with the right technology!” said Helmut Schwartz, the recently appointed CEO of Globe Alive, Inc. (GAI), an Edmonton-based software company. Speaking at a monthly management meeting of GAI executives, Schwartz continued. “With the right technology in our organization, we can facilitate efficient communication between global partners, discern in-bound supply chain elements from out-bound shipments, expedite customer orders in a timely manner, electronically transfer funds around the world, and monitor employees to ensure they are being productive. And that list is by no means exhaustive. Believe me when I say, all things are possible with the right technology. When I shared

As we head into the future, it important for any business organization to be prepared. The evolution of business technologically is rapid, and it’s important to

As the world economy and technology continue to change at a rapid rate, the costs of doing business inadvertently also

The globalization and corporate expansion of American companies has promoted inequality in the United States and the world, largely through means defined to be inhumane. Corporate America has embraced a ‘hands-free’ method of globalization. By both outsourcing labor and targeting more consumer groups, especially those yearning for the American Dream, corporate America has successfully increased profits. Almost everyone on earth is feeling the negative effects of corporate America’s actions. By outsourcing labor, prohibiting unions, disadvantaging women, and driving wages down, globalization and corporate expansion advocates for inequality in both the United States and the rest of the world.

There are so many ways to evaluate the role of TNCs, and how they shape and contribute to the economy. Before all this one must understand what globalization is and why it is very important to TNCs. Globalization is simply the integration of culture, trade, natural resources and factors of production between nations. But, economic globalization refers to increasing economic interdependence of national economies across the world through a rapid increase in cross-border movement of goods, services, technology and capital (Shangquan, 2000). The main key players are transnational corporations (TNC) sometimes known as multinational corporations (MNC).TNC’s are firms that have attained the power needed to co-ordinate and operate across the boundaries of many nations. Usually the main purpose of TNCs is to maximize profit and increase their selling market. This is why many TNCs are interested in globalization because without an effective and free trade global economy, many (if not all) will not be able to function and be successful. Some economist feel differently about how TNC’s

In chapter 4, “Ride the Inflection Rocket”, a central point that Bill Gates bring out is that businesses need to change and adapt to the new digital way of business. There are many people that will one day use computers at work, at home, and at schools. Those businesses will one day, be customers going online to shop while only using customer service for support. Customers’ service is going to be valued a lot more as the internet grows bigger with technology.

At the same time, companies today are faced with many new digital technology. The use of these “next-generation” technologies (e. g. Artificial Intelligence, Robotic Process Automation, Internet of Things, Machines-to-Machines, Blockchain, etc.) enable companies to simultaneously improve the efficiency of value-creating business processes and the level of support processes, while market achieves competitive

Since the mid-1980s, the changing global competitive environment have forced more and more multinational corporations (MNCs) to development worldwide learning as their competitive viability, which requires to create worldwide innovative processes and knowledge transfer (Bartlett and Ghoshal, 1989). Knowledge from a subsidiary could be transferred to both parent company and peer subsidiaries, helping MNCs realize worldwide learning (Miao, Choe and Song, 2011). Knowledge flow from a subsidiary to parent firm could be considered as a critical condition to facilitate “local-for-center” innovation processes (Bartlett and Ghoshal, 1989, cited by Miao, Choe and Song, 2011). Traditionally, MNEs develop innovative capabilities by two classic processes, including “center-for-global” and “local for local” innovation model. Specifically, utilize the centralized resources and capabilities of parent company to create new products and operations and then implement these to subsidiaries, which could be defined as the central innovation process. By contrast, in the local innovation process, based on the local customers’ needs and market environment, subsidiaries development new products by their own resources and capabilities (Bartlett and Beamish, 2014). Based on different strategic roles and organizational specifics, the knowledge transfer includes two types, which are vertical and horizontal way. Horizontal knowledge flows in the multinational enterprise are generally adopted

There are also, of course, new challenges and new conflicts that rise in the world of globalization and ever-faster technology. From directly practical issues in the supply chain to the more abstract elements of brand identity and ethical concerns, every bit of progress in the business world has come with a series of considerations and potentials that required examination and reevaluation of old practices and concepts. Ideas about the ideal workforce and the necessity of centralized control began to change as markets and human resources grew more expansive and

Multinational Corporations are the economic powerhouses of globe. These corporations bring an influx of wealth, power and resources. With the introduction of Corporations in other countries it brings employment opportunities, technological advancements and in best case scenarios raises standards of living; However the cons of Multinational corporations are increasing and in some cases getting out of hand. We are seeing increasing cases of companies forgoing waste management laws and disposal standards as well as the exploitation of workers either violating child labor policies or underpaying employees both in state and internationally. This is creating serious harm the the environment as well as the harm to the well being of those employed. Often times these negative consequences are the reverse of the benefits, yes there are job opportunities that might have not been available before but at 50 cents an hour how much is truly beneficial.

The purpose of this study was to enhance knowledge attained previously on globalization and hot it would empirically affect an organisations performance i.e. investigating and exploring globalization and performance relationships. The results of the study provided a strong and substantial amount of support arguing that globalization can be beneficial at the same time be unfavorable and destructive for organisations. Therefore, it is recommendable that innovative and effective strategies are designed, executed, analysed and implemented to enable firms to capitalize on global market opportunities while carefully managing its intrinsic threats in order to be able to survive for long-term in today 's globalized business environment.

Moving to new country is never easy for any organization and lot of brainstorming and research needs to be done before offering the product in completely new arena. A fundamental shift has been occurring in the world economy. There has been a move away from a world in which national economies were relatively isolated from each other by barriers to

Management plays a crucial role in globalisation of a business, they do research and appoint qualified executives to help implement strategies and plans set by top management and chose the right style of management to manage the global business and strive in a competitive market. Manager of such global business are faced with many problem and issues, ethical issue and environmental issues, management of global business they learn from such problems.

Nevertheless, the growth of multinational corporations has raised a number of concerns. An enormous amount of production power is concentrated in the hands of a few controllers, which means that the countries involved become directly susceptible to economic changes in other parts of the world. The transfer of assets from one country to another may be difficult for governments to manage or prevent, and there are likely to be disparities in the treatment of different countries.