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An internationalization strategy in which the firm establishes a physical presence abraod through acquisition of productive assets such as capital, technolog, labor, land, plant, and equipment
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Foriegn Direct Investment (FDI)
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cross-border business alliance in which partnering firms pool their resources and share costs and risks of the venture
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International collaborative venture
also called international partnership or international strategic alliance |
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a form of collaboration between two or more firms to create a jointly owned enterprise
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Joint venture
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-Gain access to new markets or opportunities
-Follow key customers -Compete with key rivals in their own markets |
Market-seeking motivies
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-Access raw materials
-Gain acess to knowledge or other assets -Access technological and managerial know-how available in a key market |
Resource or asset-seeking motives
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-Reduce sourcing and production costs
-Locate production near customers -Take advantage of government incentives -Avoid trade barriers |
Efficiency-seeking motives
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Passive ownership of foreign securities such as stocks and bonds for the purpose of generating financial returns
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International portfolio investment
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Direct investment to build a new manufacturing, marketing, or administrative facility, as opposed to acquiring existing facilities
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Greenfield investment
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direct investment to purchase an existing company or facility
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Acquisition
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A special type of acquisition in which two firms join to form a new, larger firm
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Merger
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acqusition of partial ownership in an exisiting firm
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equity participation
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a foreign direct investment in which the investor fully owns the foreign assets
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wholly owned direct investment
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a type of partnership in which a separate firm is created through the investment or pooling of assets by two or more parent firms that gain joint ownership of the new legal entity
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Equity joint venture
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an arrangement whereby the firm owns or seeks to own, multiple stages of a value chain for producing, selling, and delivering a product or service
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verticle integration
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an arrangement whereby the firm owns, or seeks to own the activities involved in a single stage of its value chain
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horizontal integration
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a collaboration in which the partners create a project with a relatively narrow scope and a well-defined timetable, without creating a new legal entity
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project-based, nonequity venture
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a project based nonequity venture with multiple partners fulfilling a large-scale project
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consortium
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a type of project-based, nonequity venture where partners agree to access licensed technology developed by the other, on preferential terms
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cross-licensing agreement
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Operating a business in a manner that meets or exceeds the ethical, legal, commercial, and public expectations of stakeholders,
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Corporate Social Responsiblity
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