Multinational Corporations : The Current Process Of Globalization

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Multinational corporations are evidently playing a starring role in the current process of globalization. This has been fueled by the rising share of cross-border capital flows attributable to foreign direct investment of such multinationals. Further, the multinational corporations have played an integral role in linking financial and product markets globally through transfers of technology, physical capital as well as management techniques. However, in order to venture into foreign markets, corporations have to use well-thought strategies to avoid failure. Some of the strategies used include, operating production facilities in a foreign market to cater for that market and the entire region, fragmenting its global production and research and design, or operating wholesale-trade outlets to import and distribute products into new markets. One of the American multinational corporation that has successfully embraced foreign expansion is Tyson Foods, Inc. which is based in Springdale, Arkansas. The corporation operates in the food industry and is the world’s second largest in processing and marketing of animal products, such as beef, chicken and pork. The company’s mission is to feed the world with trusted food products and oversee the land, animals and environment entrusted to it. However, the corporation has not ventured into the Portuguese market fully to exploit the opportunities that are available in the country despite the expanse in operation it enjoys in the emerging
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