IBUS1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Target Market, Outsourcing, Per Capita Income

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Understand advanced economies, developing economies, and emerging markets.
Know what makes emerging markets attractive for international business.
Learn how to assess the true potential of emerging markets.
Evaluate the risks and challenges of emerging markets.
Learn the success strategies for emerging markets. 8.6 Understand corporate social
responsibility, sustainability, and the crisis of global poverty.
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Advanced Economies, developing economies and emerging markets
Each economy is at a different technological development stage and different GDP's e.g.
emerging
The developing economies are at a very early stage, whereas the emerging markets are quickly
catching up to the advanced economies.
They are the world’s richest nations and include Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand,
the United States, and most European countries.
Having reached a mature state of industrial development, advanced economies have
largely evolved from manufacturing economies into sophisticated, largely service-based
economies.
democratic, multiparty systems of government.
Their economic systems are usually based on capitalism.
Advanced economies
Often indebted
Developing economies (underdeveloped/third world)
Some 35 countries are considered emerging markets and are found mainly in Asia, Latin
America, and Eastern Europe.
The largest are Brazil, Russia, India, and China (sometimes abbreviated BRIC).
Transition economies = Certain emerging markets that have evolved from centrally
planned economies to liberalized markets ( China, Russia, and several Eastern European
countries)
These countries were once socialist states but have been largely transformed into
capitalism-based systems, partly through a process of privatization (the transfer of state-
Emerging markets (emerging market economies):
Chapter 8: Understanding Emerging Markets
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capitalism-based systems, partly through a process of privatization (the transfer of state-
owned industries to private concern)
What makes emerging markets attractive for international business?
Emerging markets have become important target markets for a wide variety of products and
services.
The largest emerging markets have doubled their share of world imports in the past few years.
The growing middle class in emerging markets implies rising demand for various consumer
products, such as electronics and automobiles, and services such as health care.
Emerging markets as target markets:
Firms from Japan, Europe, the United States, and other advanced economies have invested
vast sums to develop manufacturing facilities in emerging markets.
These markets are home to low-wage, high-quality labor for manufacturing and assembly
operations.
some emerging markets have large reserves of raw materials and natural resources
MNE's use these locations for manufacturing processes
Emerging markets as manufacturing bases:
Many companies outsource (subcontract their noncore business activities to specialized
suppliers, the procurement of selected value-chain activities, including production of
intermediate goods or finished products, from independent suppliers or company-owned
subsidiaries)
Outsourcing helps firms become more efficient, concentrate on their core competencies, and
obtain competitive advantages.
Global sourcing/offshoring = relies on suppliers or production bases located abroad
Emerging markets as sourcing destinations:
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