Wiiw Research Report 384: The Role of Multinational ...

Research Reports | 384 |

November 2012

G?bor Hunya

The Role of Multinational Companies in International Business Integration

G?bor Hunya is a research economist at the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw).

This report was prepared as part of the EU-funded Seventh Framework project AUGUR (`Challenges for Europe in the World in 2030', Project no. SSHCT-2009-244565).

This publication reflects only the author's views; the European Commission is not liable for any use that may be made of the information contained therein.

G?bor Hunya

The Role of Multinational Companies in International Business Integration

Contents

Summary .................................................................................................................................. i

1 Introduction ....................................................................................................................1 2 Company concentration and aspects of corporate internationalization .......................2 3 Trends in international sourcing--- ................................................................................4 4 Shifts in outward and inward FDI stocks and Europe's position ..................................8 5 The landscape of multinational corporations: cross-border M&As.............................15 6 The landscape of multinational corporations: greenfield investment projects............20 7 Research finding shaping future growth and the role of Europe

in international business..............................................................................................31 8 Research finding for the AUGUR Scenarios ..............................................................33 9 Scenario 1, `Reduced government'.............................................................................34 10 Scenario 2, `China and US intervention' .....................................................................36 11 Scenario 3, `Regionalization'.......................................................................................36 12 Scenario 4, `Multipolar governance'............................................................................39

References ............................................................................................................................40 APPENDIX: Definition of AUGUR Blocks (List of countries in Blocks) ................................42

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