| Type | Conference presentation |
| Event | Emerging Economies’ Multinationals: Global Challengers? |
| Organized by | CEFC (Hong Kong) & SciencesPo Paris |
| Location | Beijing, China |
| Date | November 27–28, 2008 |
| Slides | Download the presentation (PDF) |
A talk delivered at the International Conference on Emerging Economies’ Multinationals: Global Challengers?, Beijing (November 27–28, 2008).
In short: How Indian multinationals moved beyond developing-country markets to invest in the advanced economies of North America and Europe — the scale of that shift, what drove it, and what it meant.
About the talk
This presentation examined the growing presence of Indian multinationals in the developed world — a notable turn for firms from an emerging economy. It traced how Indian outward investment in North America and Europe grew over time, what motivated firms to target rich-country markets (technology, brands, market access), and how this challenged the conventional picture of where multinationals come from and where they invest.
From the conference
“In Beijing, 2008”
What the talk covered
- A shift toward developed markets — Indian OFDI increasingly targeted North America and Europe, rather than only other developing economies.
- Strategic motivations — firms pursued advanced technology, established brands, and direct access to large, sophisticated markets.
- Acquisition as the favoured route — much of the developed-market expansion came through buying existing firms, gaining capabilities that would take years to build.
- A challenge to received wisdom — the pattern complicated traditional theories that expect emerging-market firms to invest mainly in markets less advanced than their own.
Get the slides
The full presentation is available as a PDF:
⇩ Download the presentation (PDF)
Related research on this site
This presentation led to the author’s published work:
- India’s Emerging Multinationals in the Developed Region — the related working paper (Pradhan, MPRA Paper No. 12361, 2008).
