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South African multinational enterprises : motivators and predictors of headquarter location
Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2010.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/23999 South African multinational enterprises : motivators and predictors of headquarter location Wocke, Albert ichelp@gibs.co.za Hughes, James UCTD Emerging markets Location advantage South africa Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2010. This report considers emerging market multinational enterprise (MNE) maturity paths, with particular reference to firms with a South African origin and the choice of location for the corporate headquarters. A generalised model describing the internationalisation of globalised Emerging Market multinational enterprises is developed, describing three possible trajectories. That is, headquarter relocation, acquisition by another MNE or remaining independent in the country of origin. It is argued that Emerging Markets have offered less location advantage than Developed Markets to multinational enterprise headquarters. Using factor data for 46 nations, significant evidence is found to support this argument. Further, two arguments are built on this conjecture: that Emerging Market multinational enterprises have relocated headquarters to Developed Markets, not to other Emerging Markets, and that firm behaviour was predicted by concentration of private shareholding, levels of state ownership and levels of foreign business interest. Using a firm level sample of 61 South African companies, some evidence was found to support these arguments in this specific context. The implications of the results are considered for policy makers as well as managers, and recommendations for further research are made. Copyright Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) unrestricted 2013-09-06T16:20:00Z 2011-05-20 2013-09-06T16:20:00Z 2010-11-10 2010 2011-04-17 Dissertation Hughes, J 2010, South African multinational enterprises : motivators and predictors of headquarter location, MBA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23999 > F11/207/ag http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23999 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-04172011-161452/ © 2010, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretori application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Emerging markets Location advantage South africa South African multinational enterprises : motivators and predictors of headquarter location |
| title | South African multinational enterprises : motivators and predictors of headquarter location |
| title_full | South African multinational enterprises : motivators and predictors of headquarter location |
| title_fullStr | South African multinational enterprises : motivators and predictors of headquarter location |
| title_full_unstemmed | South African multinational enterprises : motivators and predictors of headquarter location |
| title_short | South African multinational enterprises : motivators and predictors of headquarter location |
| title_sort | south african multinational enterprises motivators and predictors of headquarter location |
| topic | UCTD Emerging markets Location advantage South africa |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23999 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-04172011-161452/ |