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D a n n y C o r n e l i aM a r i e k e M a r t e n s
Redo Group assignmentGeneral MotorsInternationalBusiness, General Motors
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IntroductionThis report is written as part of the International Business and Study Trip course
at Nyenrode Business Universiteit. The report researches theinternationalization process of General Motors Company by using theoretical
concepts taught in the lectures.
Company BackgroundIn 1908, General Motors Company was found by William C. Durant in Flint,
Michigan. Now General Motors has been in business for more than a century has
produced almost 450 million cars globally and these cars are available in
practically any country in the world. The current GM automotive brands are
Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC, Holden, Opel, Vauxhall and Wuling. General
Motors is divided up in four main regions, which are GM North America (U.S.,
Canada and Mexico), GM Europe (Western and Central Europe), GM
International Operations (Asia-Pacific, Eastern Europe, Africa and the Middle
East) and GM South America (Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela,
Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela). Their vision is to design,
build and sell the best vehicles in the world.
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Table of Contents
Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 1
Company Background ....................................................................................................... 2
How Did General Motors Expand .................................................................................. 4Stages of international expansion ......................................................................................... 4So which Pathway did General Motors follow? ......................................................................... 5
Market selection and Modes of Entry .......................................................................... 7Modes of Entry .............................................................................................................................. 7
Export based modes .............................................................................................................................. 7Intermediate based mode ................................................................................................................... 7Hierarchical modes................................................................................................................................ 7
Factors deciding their mode of entry strategy .................................................................. 9
Eclectic approach ............................................................................................................. 11Ownership advantage........................................................................................................................ 11Locational advantages ....................................................................................................................... 11Internationalization advantages ................................................................................................... 12
Prahaladad & Doz ............................................................................................................ 13
Bibliography ...................................................................................................................... 15
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How Did General Motors ExpandStages of international expansion
In this chapter we discuss stages of international expansion of General Motors. In
describing the stages we use to the Uppsala model. A theory of how firms expand
to foreign markets. According tot this theory a firm takes a 4-step approach
before going abroad.
1) No regular export activities2) Export via independent representatives3) Establishment of a foreign sales subsidiary4) Foreign production/manufacturing units
In addition to this theory companies can decide to take the Organic pathway of
expanding to foreign markets, which is equal tot the Uppsala model. Or to take
the Born Global pathway. Trough the Organic pathway a company first starts
operating at his home market. Then it will start exporting activities in one
market in its near distant. And over time do exporting activities in another
foreign market. But it enters one market at a time, step by step. Via the Born
Global pathway a company starts exporting activities right away. It is serving its
home market simultaneously with other foreign markets. It does not apply a
step-by-step approach. The image below visualizes these different pathways.
Source: Adapted from Aijo et al. (2005), P
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So which Pathway did General Motors follow?
William Durant, the founder of General Motors, first wanted to call the company
the International Motor Company. He had this vision and great idea thatseveral
carmakers combined under one company would have more growth potential than
one brand on its own.(Pelfrey, 2011) Unfortunately this name was already
taken. He then named the company General Motors as it is now.
After he founded General Motors he immediately bought Oldsmobile, another
American car manufacturer. (Motors, Oldsmobile, 2011)
The first name that the founder wanted to use already suggests, that it was
always planned to be an international company. It was borne to be global.
The website of General Motors mentions that ever since the company exists they
were exporting cars to other countries. As well as they did advertising overseas.
(Motors, Beyond North America, 2011) Below you see an actual advertising,
which was used back then.
Source: Gmheritagecenter, 2008
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A year after launch Durant bought 50% shares of Oakland Motor Car Company.
(Bowman, 2011)
In 1925 General Motors bought the United Kingdom brand Vauxhall. (Motors,
Vauxhall, 2011) Since 1926 General Motors also have a sales and distributionnetwork and a manufacture in Australia. Together with Holden an Australian
company they merged and became General Motors Australia. (Motors, Holden,
2011)
About twenty years later, in 1929, General motors bought 80 percent stake of
German company that we all still know today as Opel. (Kim, 2009)
Years went by after GM acquired another foreign company. In the beginning of
the 70s General Motors bought 34.2 percent of Isuzu Motors Ltd. This is a
Japanese brand. Later GM sold this brand again. (Isuzu, 2012)
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Market selection and Modes of EntryModes of Entry
Many modes of entering a foreign country are acknowledged. You have:
Export based modesintermediate modesHierarchical modes
Export based modes
Export based modes are simply exporting the product or service overseas
without any interference of another company. This mode has low control, low
risk and high flexibility.
Intermediate based mode
Contractual modes, also known as intermediate modes, are entry modes, which
uses some kind of contractual partner or intermediate. Examples of this type of
entry mode are hiring an agent. An agent is an intermediary who acts as a
middleman for a specified or unspecified duration in the name of and on the
account and the risk of the principal, against payment that becomes due when an
agreement is entered into, and who is not sub-ordinate to the principal( Article 81
of the EC Treaty)
The agent knows the sales market. For this reason companies can get new
customers faster then when theyre on their own. Another example is licensing.
A company could license to another party to sell his product. Which gives him
the right to sell the (patented) product of the other company. Last example of
indirect exporting is franchising. This is basically using he complete business
model including the name and logos of another company. Best-known example is
Mc. Donalds. It is the exact same formula but there are many different other
owners. Intermediate modes of entry give shared control and risk and split
ownership.
Hierarchical modes
Hierarchical types of entries are closer to what General Motors had mainly done.
These are investment modes like buying another company or manufacturer.
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Looking at all the different types of entries that General Motors has done, we
notice that the most used form of entering a foreign market is by acquiring
shares of a company abroad. These types of entry give high control, have a higher
risk and have low flexibility.
Year Event happened Mode of entry
1908 GM founded in Flint, Michigan. -
1925 Owns factory and brand in Australia
(Holden)
Merger/Acquisition
1926 Acquired Vauxhall (UK) Acquisition
1929 GM buys 80 percent stake in
European Adam Opel AG.
Acquisition
1971 GM buys 34.2 percent of Isuzu
Motors Ltd. GM raises stake to 49percent in 1998 and later sells it.
Acquisition
1981 GM buys about 5 percent of Suzuki
Motor Corp. It raises the stake to 20
percent in 2000 and later sells all
but 3 percent.
Acquisition
1981 GM and Toyota Motor Corp form a
joint venture, known as NUMMI, to
build cars in Fremont, California.
Join venture
1986 GM acquires British sports car
maker Lotus. It sold Lotus in 1993.
Acquisition
1990 GM buys a 50 percent stake inSweden's Saab and purchases the
remaining half a decade later.
Acquisition
1999 GM buys 20 percent of Subaru
maker Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. GM
later sells the entire stake.
Acquisition
2000 GM buys 20 % of Italy'sautomaker Fiat for $2.4 bln inGM stock. The deal includes a"put" option that gives Fiat SpAthe right to force GM to buy the
remainder of the Italianautomaker.
Acquisition
2002 GM signs deal to buy most ofDaewoo Motor Co.
Acquisition
Source (Kim, 2009)
Why General motors chose for his specific mode of entry could lie in the history
of the company and with the vision it was founded. As mentioned before
Durants vision was that several car manufactures under one roof could have
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more growth potential. This is probably the main reason for all the overseas
acquisitions. By purchasing shares they also enhance more overseas control.
Factors deciding their mode of entry strategy
Other possible factors that play a role in choosing a specific mode of entry, exists
out of 4 categories according to Hollensen (2007). These factors are:
Internal factors External factors Desired mode characteristics Transaction- specific factors
The list of factors is summed in the table below.
Internal factors deal with the internal factors of the company itself. Such as the
size of the firm, the employee skills, production process or whether they have
international experience or not. External factors consist of elements like the size
of the home market and its growth potential. General motors mentioned on their
website the following:
We continue to create and leverage strategic global partnerships to bring new
vehicles and technologies to customers faster.
As they mention that one of their strategic choices is to create global
partnerships. In their objective to bring new vehicles and technology to
customers faster, they can establish growth.
Acquiring international brands would extend their market size and would support
them to grow and even get rid of trade barriers.
Internal Factors External factors
Firms size Sociocultural distance between home & host country
International Experience Country risk / demand uncertainty
Product / Service Market size and growth
Direct and indirect trade barriers
Intensity of competition
Small number of relevant intermediaries available
Desired Mode
Characteristics
Transaction-specific factors
Risk Averse Tacit nature of know-how
Control Opportunistic behavior
Flexibility
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Internal factors deal with the internal factors of the company itself. Such as the
size of the firm, the employee skills, production process or whether they have
international experience or not. External factors consist of elements like the size
of the home market and its growth potential. General motors mentioned on their
website the following:
We continue to create and leverage strategic global partnerships to bring new
vehicles and technologies to customers faster.
As they mention that one of their strategic choices is to create global
partnerships. In their objective to bring new vehicles and technology to
customers faster, they can establish growth.
Acquiring international brands would extend their market size and would support
them to grow and even get rid of trade barriers.
Under the desired mode characteristics the outcome of the management decision
is reflected. Depending on if the person making the decision is risk avers, wants
to gain more control or wishes more flexibility. The choice of entry depends on
these characteristics.
Continuously acquiring foreign companies shows that General Motors is notavoiding risk. They want to gain more control.
As for transaction specific factors we can distinguish factors like gaining tacit
knowledge, a certain knowledge that not many others posses. For example
buying a company that posses a special knowledge that is useful for the
company.
The reason why General motors chose to buy Opel was,because of the quality of
its manufacturing network and its management and engineering team. And tostrengthen GMs position in the European. (Motors, 1929, Adam Opel
Corporation Joins the GM Family, 2011) This is a Transaction- specific factor in
practice.
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Eclectic approachIn 1981, John Dunning came up with a model in which he says that the success of
a company going abroad is dependent on the satisfaction of three types of
advantages. These advantages are the ownership advantages, location and
internationalization advantages (Dunning &Narula, 1996). GM is an automotive
company who has to deal with fierce competition and in order to gain
competitive advantage it has to be one step ahead of its competitors. This is not
only the case in terms of R&D but also in choosing the right locations for going
abroad. Below the advantages will be discussed of the country China.
Ownership advantage
General Motors has a globally focused strategy. China was attractive for GM
because of its large market size of 1.3 billion inhabitants. Since the 1920s GM
starting exporting vehicles to China, but it did not seem so profitable as expected.
Than GM discovered that the Chinese people had different tastes than the U.S. or
European population. GM solved this problem in 1997 by making an FDI in the
form of starting joint venture with SAIC to import, produce and sell cars of GM.
One year later the first production facility of GM already started operating in
China (Synergistics Limited, 2011). The joint venture with SAIC made it possible
for GM to take into account the tastes and needs of the chines population.
Especially for China GM and SAIC developed the car brand Baojun in order to
raise brand awareness in the country. The brand means treasured horse and the
price of its cars was aimed at $7000 (Ramsey, 2010). Next to the car brand GM is
creating another ownership advantage by applying two patents for two cars
within the Chevrolet brand.
Locational advantages
GM could have locational advantages in case of factor endowments being
profitable. GM build manufacturing plants for several reasons such as lower
wage rates, cheaper raw materials and cheaper energy. The minimum wage rates
in China can differ between different regions in China. In the poorer regions the
minimum wage level is $90 per month and in the richer regions, such as
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Shanghai, the minimum wage level can be $230 per month. These minimum
wage levels are by far lower than the minimum wage levels of the U.S.
(Bloomsberg, 2012). As a result of manufacturing plants in China distribution
will run smoother instead of exporting all automobiles from the US. Whenfocusing on resources, China is considered as the world leader in terms of gross
weight (Mbendi, 2012).
Internationalization advantages
GM has been creating lots of internationalization advantages. Firstly by
establishing a joint venture with SAIC. Later the second move of GM was building
its first production facility in China in 1998. And up until now there are in total 8manufacturing facilities in China. In 2007, GM invested in its first wholly owned
R&D facility that focused on the customization and global product design. One
step further was taken in 2009 by establishing its headquarter of GM
International Operations in Shangai. Less than a year later the Global Gm
Advance Technology Center in Shangai was build since the technology in China is
the most advanced in the world. Lastly in 2012, the Shangai Wuling platform
base for vans and small cars is launched. These last three events were done inorder to turn China into a Global for the sales and R&D of GM (Synergistics
Limited, 2011).
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Prahaladad & DozThe research done by Prahaladad and Doz focused on the international and
global expansion strategies of companies. They made a distinction between four
strategies:
Global strategy, is characterised by high cost pressure in order to competewith the completion and secondly the company only sells one type of
product e.g. Gucci and Rolls Royce
Transnational strategy, this strategy is usually carried out by theautomotive industry, which deals with reducing the costs and fulfilling
regional demands e.g. Toyota and HP
Multi-domestic strategy, companies who gain little from internationalactivities have this strategy e.g. Philips
International strategy, this adapts to companies who neither haveadvantages of local presence and a global strategy. These companies
mainly operate through export.
Below the model with all the four strategies can be seen and on which
characteristics there are based, which are the relevance of cost pressure and
local responsiveness (Lynch, 2003).
Figure: Different internationalization strategies of companies
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General Motors Company is spot on the largest industrial company in the world.
It produces cars and trucks in 31 countries and these cars and trucks are
available in 157 countries (Haidara, 2011). The automotive industry is an
industry with fierce competition between different car brands. Maintaining itscompetitive cost structure in order to remain profitable at lower industry is one
of the elements of GMs current strategy (GM annual report, 2011). As
mentioned above GM enjoys a locational advantage as the result of moving big
part of its business to China in order to reduce production costs. Also the local
responsiveness of GM is high. This is a result of the emerging economies of the
BRIC, such as Brazil Russia, India and China, where the costumers have different
needs and tastes than the US market. These emerging economies are responsible
for almost 40% of GMs unit sales. Therefore the segments GM South America
and GM International Operations were created in order to focus on these
markets (Haidara, 2011). In conclusion GM moved from a global strategy in the
past to a transnational strategy now.
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