The Emergence of Southern Multinationals : Their Impact on Europe

In today's globalised world there is a need to investigate new trends in the global economy which impact on Europe. The emergence of these southern multinationals in Europe is one such phenomenon. This book explores the existing trends and trajectories of these companies, the evidence of their impact and their strategies and processes, The topic of the emergence multinationals from the emerging economies has garnered much attention. However, thus far little attention has been focused on the impact of this phenomenon on host country recipients of investment by such multinationals. This book is focused not only on seeking to understand the drivers, motives and strategies of such multinationals but uniquely seeks to understand their impact on the host region of Europe. Based on contributions from many of the leading experts on the topic, the book quantifies the extent of the phenomenon as far as Europe is concerned and describes its characteristics. Using a variety of disciplinary and national perspectives including those from home country and host country based specialists, the book offers insights on the initial impacts of this phenomenon on Europe. It provides the most up to date state of the art research on a topic that is likely to be of ever greater significance into the future Front Matter....Pages i-xxii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Introducing Southern Multinationals and their Impact on Europe....Pages 3-10 Front Matter....Pages 11-11 The Rise of TNCs from the South....Pages 13-41 Data Constraints in the Analysis of Southern Multinationals: Evidence from the EU....Pages 42-56 Front Matter....Pages 57-57 Europe in the Internationalization Strategies of the Multilatinas....Pages 59-78 Internationalization of China’s Enterprises and Its Implications for Europe....Pages 79-91 Characterizing the Patterns of Inward and Emerging Outward FDI in Hungary....Pages 92-113 The Westwards Expansion of Russian Multinationals....Pages 114-129 Multinationals from Slovenia — Nano Size, but Giga Important....Pages 130-148 Front Matter....Pages 149-149 Chinese and Indian Firms in Europe: Main Characteristics and Presumed Impacts....Pages 151-164 Chinese and Indian Multinationals in Denmark: Is There Anything Special About Them?....Pages 165-194 Chinese Outward Direct Investment in Europe and Belgium: Characteristics and Policy Issues....Pages 195-225 The European Union, Southern Multinationals and the Question of the ‘Strategic Industries’....Pages 226-241 The Emergence of SWFs and the European Perspective....Pages 242-257 Front Matter....Pages 259-259 Exploring the Configuration of Emerging Country Multinationals — A Value Chain Perspective....Pages 261-280 Cadre-Capitalism Goes Global: Financial Market Reforms and the New Role for the People’s Republic of China in World Markets....Pages 281-300 Front Matter....Pages 301-301 Internationalization Strategies of Firms from Emerging Economies: Is There a Strong Case for Theoretical Extension?....Pages 303-316 Indian Multinationals, Comparative Capitalism and Implications for Global and Host Country Economic Institutions....Pages 317-330 The Impact of Financial Strategy on Internationalization of EMNCs — a Neglected Factor?....Pages 331-341 A Southern Multinational and an Emerging European State in an Entry Bargaining Process....Pages 342-364 Front Matter....Pages 365-365 Southern Multinationals and Their Impact on Europe: What Have We Learnt?....Pages 367-377 Back Matter....Pages 378-387 INTRODUCTION Introducing Southern Multinationals and their Impact on Europe QUANTIFYING THE EMERGENCE OF SOUTHERN MULTINATIONALS The Rise of TNCs from the South The Emergence of Southern Multinationals and their Impact on Europe SOUTHERN MULTINATIONALS FROM A HOME COUNTRY PERSPECTIVE Europe in the internationalization strategies of the Multilatinas Internationalization of China's Enterprises and Its Implications for Europe Characterizing the patterns of inward and emerging outward FDI in Hungary Erzsebet Czako The Westwards Expansion of Russian Multinationals Multinationals from Slovenia -- Nano Size, but Giga Important SOUTHERN MULTINATIONALS FROM A HOST COUNTRY/REGION PERSPECTIVE Chinese and Indian Firms in Europe: Main Characteristics and Presumed Impacts Chinese and Indian multinationals in Denmark - Is there Anything Special about Them? Chinese Outward Direct Investment in Europe and Belgium: Characteristics and Policy Issues The European Union, Southern Multinationals and the Question of the 'Strategic Industries' The Emergence of SWFs and the European Perspective INNOVATIVE PERSPECTIVES ON SOUTHERN MULTINATIONALS Exploring the Configuration of Emerging Country Multinationals -- A Value Chain Perspective Cadre-Capitalism Goes Global: Financial Market Reforms and the New Role for the People's Republic of China in World Markets IMPLICATIONS FOR THEORY AND THEORY DEVELOPMENT Internationalization Strategies of Firms from Emerging Economies: Is there a Strong Case for Theoretical Extension? Indian Multinationals, Comparative Capitalism and Implications for Global and Host Country Economic Institutions The Impact of Financial Strategy on Internationalisation of EMNCs -- a Neglected Factor? A Southern Multinational and an Emerging European State in Entry Bargaining Process CONCLUSION Sothern Multinationals and their Impact on Europe: What have we Learnt? Electronic book text. - Epublication based on: 9780230235571, 2010