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Transnational Company

Transnational Company. By Nicole Laviney Barton. Agenda. Definition Development history The influence on the I nternational trade D eveloped and developing countries Chinese economy Examples Problems Summary and Conclusion. Definition.

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Transnational Company

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  1. Transnational Company By Nicole Laviney Barton

  2. Agenda • Definition • Development history • The influence on the • International trade • Developed and developing countries • Chinese economy • Examples Problems • Summary and Conclusion

  3. Definition A multinational corporation is a corporation enterprise that manages production or deliver services in more than one country. Also known as the international corporation.

  4. It has its headquarters in one country, known as home country, and operates wholly or partially owned subsidiaries in one or more other countries, known as host countries.

  5. On 1983, United Nation transnational corporation center: 《三论世界发展中的跨国公司》,the three basic elements for a transnational corporation: • 1. Set up entities in two or more countries • 2. Having a central decision-making system, and a common policy to reflect the global strategic goals

  6. 3.Each entities in corporations share resources, information, and responsibility. Normally, the transnational corporation is founded by the monopoly capital from one home country, and set up subsidiaries in other countries.

  7. Development history I . The beginning ( 1860s) 1.The early transnational company in Western Developed countries 2.Directly related to Colonial expansion and export of commodity and capital 3.Three most representative manufacturing companies: 1865:German FriedrichBayer Chemical Company 1877:Sweden Alfred Nobel Company 1851:American Singer Sewing Machine Company

  8. II. Further development : (The end of 19th century and the beginning of 20th century) Many US big companies begin foreign investment and built factories or Branch companies overseas. For example: International Harvester Unilever Bell Operating company Switzerland Nestle Company

  9. Features 1.Home company are UK, France, Germany, US,etc, operational activity focus on countries which have export markets or raw materials supplies. 2. Investment mainly goes to less developed countries. Meanwhile, UK and other European countries invest on their colonies. 3. Mainly on railways, public utilities, mining, Oil industry and Agriculture.

  10. Reasons for the development 1. Large production from machine industrilization 2. Accumulation of Capital for a few most powerful Capitalistic countries. 3. Monopoly in Industry sector transfer the Raw materials industry to other countries. 4. Export capital to other countries  increase the foreign investment becoming the earliest transnational company 5. Protective trade restrictions  Stimulate those companies to build factories in local countries

  11. III. Faster developmet: Knowledge-based Economy (The End of the Twenties Century) 1.The Economic growth of Japan and Western Europe—contribute to the Transnational company 2. The US’s transnational company decline 3. Development in other developed and developing countries----Multi-polarization development 4. Three Economic Circle-- North-America, EU, Asian-Pacific---Strength Internal Investment 5.Transfer to the Third Industry like service

  12. Reasons for fast development after World Wars Excess capital is the main reason to promote the outward expansion of the transnational company The international division of labor, and the internalization of the production and capital 3. The developed countries’ needs for the international company 4. Developing countries’ needs for national economy development

  13. IV. In New centuries 1. Mergers of the company to strength the power, and improve the Global competitiveness 2. Strategic Alliance to make up for the gap 3. R & D cooperation tend to be internationalized. 4. E-commerce and network economy make the organization structure more flexible

  14. The transnational corporations affect international trade

  15. Promoting international trade volume growth • Transnational companies affects goods structure of international trade • Transnational company expand business field

  16. Promoting international trade volume growth • In 2010, the total value of goods export is more than $15 trillion in the world, the growth rate is 14.5% 2) The total sales of the multinational company are $31 trillion in 2007, a 21% increase compared with 2006. 3) The output value of all transnational branches company accounts for 11% of global GDP in 2007.

  17. Transnational companies affects goods structure of international trade The proportion of manufactured goods trade The proportion of the primary products trade

  18. Transnational company expand business field Manufacturing and oil companies such as GE, BP, Shell, Toyota and Ford rank in the top 25 among non-financial sectors of the large transnational companies. The transnational service corporation in the past 10 years developed rapidly, there are 20 transnational service corporations in top 100 corporations in 2006,compared with 1997 there are only seven service corporations Source: The World Investment Report in 2008

  19. The proportion of foreign direct investment in service rose from 32.2% in the end of 1970s to 52.7% in the early 1980s. In 1993, it reached 78.3%. (US)

  20. In 1990, the proportion of foreign direct investment of the international trade in service is 48.87%, in 2003 , the proportion increased to 59.76%.

  21. The changing trend and degree of the structure in transactional companies’ foreign direct investment is consistent with the change of international trade.

  22. Transnational Companies influence developed countries Promote the total amount of trade in developed countries, and stable the leading position of developed countries in the international trade. The most of foreign trades in developed countries are the trade in transnational companies.

  23. In 2000, there is only 13.8% of the companies are transactional companies, but these transactional companies held 95.1% of total export and 85.4% of total import in Japan. In 1997, the 97% of export and 80.7% of import are related with transactional companies in US.

  24. Transnational Companies influence developing countries 1. The developing areas and countries that received more foreign direct investment develops very fast. Since 1980 these countries’ average economics growth rate is higher than the developed countries and the overall level of developing countries’ economics growth rate.

  25. 2. The structure of the export goods in developing countries and areas had improved a lot. The transactional companies’ high technology product occupies a big part of the total export. It rose from 59% in 1996 to 81% in 2000. High-tech export goods

  26. How transnational companies influence Chinese economy • The transactional companies solve the problem that financial shortage of domestic construction. •  Improve the technology and management level, push forward the industrial structure adjustment and upgrading. •  Lower the unemployment rate, higher the employment quality. • Increase the government taxation.

  27. The influence on Chinese Economy Introduction Source: Database of General Administration of China Customs

  28. The influence on Chinese Economy Brief Ideas Capital Bring Technology Advanced management methods Inject new vitality Continuous annual economic growth rate more than 8%

  29. The influence on Chinese Economy Increase the fiscal Income • one of the fastest growing sources of tax revenue • sustained growth of import and export has become the main driving force for the rapid development of China's foreign trade

  30. The influence on Chinese Economy Export and Import Value and Ratio(US billions) Source: Database of General Administration of China Customs

  31. The influence on Chinese Economy Balance International Payments Source: Database of General Administration of China Customs.

  32. The influence on Chinese Economy Capital Inflow • Introduction and utilization of foreign capital make up for lack of funds, and also form the actual production capacity

  33. The influence on Chinese Economy Technological Improvements • Make up for technology gap • Overcome the drawbacks of lack of research funding • Reduced R&D costs • Promote China's technological progress

  34. The influence on Chinese Economy UpgradeIndustrial Structure • Stimulate and promote related industries and services • Make use of idle resources • Transform the potential productivity into practical productive forces

  35. The influence on Chinese Economy Personnel Training • Create employment opportunities • Train thousands of international business personnel familiar with international business environment, and professional skills, with a multicultural perspective

  36. Example: Yangtze River DeltaVS Pearl River Delta Yangtze River Delta Pearl River Delta

  37. Example: Yangtze River DeltaVSPearl River Delta Source: Zhang, T, & Zhang, R.(2009). Human Capital and technology adoption. Management World. 2: 1-8.

  38. Why? FDI? Romer-Mankiew-Weil Model Y = A KaHb L1-a-b (US billions) Source: Zhang, T, & Zhang, R.(2009). Human Capital and technology adoption. Management World. 2: 1-8.

  39. Why? R&D? Yangtze River Delta: high R&D inputs Pearl River Delta: low R&D inputs Source: Zhang, T, & Zhang, R.(2009). Human Capital and technology adoption. Management World. 2: 1-8.

  40. Why? Labor?

  41. Then why? • Pearl River Delta: leader area in the 1980s “open-door” policy Result: labor-intensive industry Low-technology requirements Low-skilled labor (Migrant workers 农民工) Reason: when the transfer of industry from Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore to China

  42. But Yangtze River Delta • China’s manufacturing industry center since Song Dynasty • Strong industrial base • Large numbers of high-skilled labor • Tradition of developing innovative technology

  43. Case Study: Coke Cola and Future Cola

  44. Coca in China • Coca Total Revenue in 2011: $465.42billion, yearly sales growth rate is 5% • In the market of China:2011 yearly sales growth rate is 13%. The ninth year to achieve double digit growth in China. • Do they really make technical transfer to China, or any other countries? • No! No fundamental technology, but assembling technology Source:http://money.163.com/12/0207/21/7PMISR2T002526O3.html

  45. 非常可乐 • Invented by Wahaha—Chinese own national beverage company • A kind of Disruptive technology---Copy Coca Cola • Slogan:“Chinese own Cola” 中国人自己的可乐,“Revitalize national industry” • Market based on rural places,and encircling the cities • In 2004, the first time, future cola enter the US market source: http://ishare.iask.sina.com.cn/f/20329772.html?retcode=0

  46. The influence on Chinese Economy Problems • Capital outflow • Transfer technology • Occupy the Chinese markets, exclude the local enterprises and businesses • Talent drain

  47. Conclusion Transnational Corporations Problems Benefits Take advantages of foreign capital Faster the pace of own technology innovation 3.Develop domestic consumption Strengthen the national economy

  48. References • China Statistical Yearbook 2010 • Database of General Administration of China Customs • World Investment Report in 2008” • Zhang, T, & Zhang, R.(2009). Human Capital and technology adoption. Management World. 2: 1-8. • Zhou, W, & Sun, W. (2002). Analysis of the influence of the transnational corporations on Chinese economy. Journal of Liaoning Normal University. 25(4): 1-5. • http://www.bob123.com/lunwen23/24386.html • http://commerce.dbw.cn/system/2008/09/26/000081706.shtml

  49. Question • 1. Does the transnational company really promotes technical innovation in China? What’s the regional evidences? • 2. How will it influence Chinese international trade if Chinese government want to slow down the economy? (growth rate change from 8% to 7.5% ) • 3. Considering those problems, what are the futures of transnational corporations in China?

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