Going global: lessons from late movers

it is possible for potential multinationals from emerging economies to compete successfully against global giants firms established long time ago

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the problem for most aspiring multinationals from emerging economies is that they typically enter the global market place at the bottom of the value curve - and they stay there

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it is a valid justification for negative returns on international operations the prestige of being international

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the value curve refers to a progression of products and services that a particular company can produce in terms of added value and profit margin

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to know how to learn is a central skill that allows a company to move up in the value curve

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is an strategic action proposed in the "push from home" strategy

• to push it from the nest - make management to go international market field-

• to overproduce beyond traditional market consumption rate

• to privilege world class standards over local standards

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pull from abroad strategy suggest to invest in management capabilities of their overseas units

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exposure to international competition allows to benchmark and sidestep a business model

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strategy that promotes the introduction of new business models that disrupts the industries established rules of competition

• benchmark and sidestep

• leap of faith

• value curve

• confront and challenge

going abroad implies to reinvent the whole company

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• false