Multinational Organization: by Alexander Dime

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MULTINATIONAL

ORGANIZATION

BY ALEXANDER DIME
WHAT IS MULTINATIONAL
ORGANIZATION?
• Organizations that conduct business
operations across its national borders.
• A very large company that has offices,
stores, factories and etc. in different
countries.
• A company with a quarter or more of its
sales in other countries is considered
multinational.
CHARACTERISTICS OF
MULTINATIONAL ORGANIZATION
1. Very high assets and profits
2. Network of branches
3. Control
4. Continued growth
5. Sophisticated technology
6. Forceful marketing and advertising
7. Good quality of products
Multinational Organizations
• International firms or multinational corporations
face many complex variables:
– Social
– Cultural
– Demographic
– Environmental
– Political
– Governmental
– Legal
– Technological
– Competitive opportunities and threats
TOP 5 MULTINATIONAL
ORGANIZATION
1. WALMART - $482 billion
Arkansas, USA
Founded in 1962
11,000 stores around the world
27 countries
Employs over 2.3 million
TOP 5 MULTINATIONAL
ORGANIZATION
2. STATE GRID CORPORATION OF
CHINA– $330 billion
TOP 5 MULTINATIONAL
ORGANIZATION
3. CHINA NATIONAL PETROLEUM
CORPORATION – $299 billion
TOP 5 MULTINATIONAL
ORGANIZATION
4. SINOPEC – $294 billion
TOP 5 MULTINATIONAL
ORGANIZATION
5. ROYAL DUTCH SHELL – $272 billion

TOP 10 MULTINATIONAL
ORGANIZATION
Potential Advantages of International
Operations
• Gain new customers
• Absorb excess capacity, reduce unit
costs, and spread economic risks
• Allow firms to establish low-cost
production facilities
• Competition may be less intense

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Potential Advantages of International
Operations continued
• Reduced tariffs, lower taxes, and
favorable political treatment
• Joint ventures can enable firms to learn
new technology, culture, and business
practices
• Economies of scale
• Power and prestige in domestic markets
may be significantly enhanced
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Potential Disadvantages of
International Operations
• Foreign operations could be seized
• Different and often little-understood social, cultural,
demographic, environmental, political,
governmental, legal, technological, economic, and
competitive forces
• Weakness of competitors overestimated
• Different language, culture, and value systems
• Understanding of regional organizations needed
• Dealing with two or money systems

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