Strengthening Productive Capacities in Emerging Economies through Internationalisation : Evidence from the Appliance Industry

Federico Bonagliai ; Andrea Goldsteini iOECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

关键词: Haier;    latecomer;    emerging economies;    internationalisation;    multinational enterprises;    Mabe;    global value chains;    white goods;   

DOI  :  https://doi.org/10.1787/120466080215

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: OECD iLibrary

【 摘 要 】

The emergence of a “second wave” of developing-country multinational enterprises (MNEs) in a variety of industries is one of the characterizing features of globalisation. These new MNEs did not delay their internationalisation until they were large, as did most of their predecessors, and often become global as a result of direct firm-to-firm contracting. Many grow large as they internationalise; conversely, they internationalise in order to grow large. This is a striking pattern which, if confirmed, indicates that enterprises from developing countries have pursued distinctive approaches to internationalisation. It is a further interesting hypothesis to investigate to what extent such firms, born as suppliers of established incumbents, have leveraged on their “latecomer” status to accelerate their internationalisation. This paper documents how emerging MNEs may follow quite different patterns to reach, or at least approach, global competitiveness. In particular, it investigates how three latecomer MNEs pursued global growth through accelerated internationalisation combined with strategic and organisational innovation. Haier (China), Mabe (Mexico) and Arçelik (Turkey) emerged as Dragon Multinationals in the large home appliances (so-called “white goods”) industry