wk5 IBUS3109 Responding To Institutional Voids
wk5 IBUS3109 Responding To Institutional Voids
wk5 IBUS3109 Responding To Institutional Voids
MARKETS (IBUS3109):
RESPONDING TO
INSTITUTIONS &
EXPLOITING EMs
S2, 2023
Presented by
Dr. Sangeeta Ray
Faculty of Business
Discipline of International
Business
BRAZIL
RUSSIA
The University of Sydney Page 5
OPENNESS IN ENTERTAINMENT & VIDEO GRAMES
INDUSTRY IN CHINA (2021)
• China is the world’s largest video game market - there are more than 665 million
video game players in China, spending $58.8 billion on and during their sessions.
c. introduced new rules limiting the amount of time children can spend on video
games.
• Tencent and other domestic game producers that work closely with state
regulators have a near-monopoly over China’s market.
• All imported games have to be approved. In 2019, 1385 domestic games were
approved compared to 185 foreign games.
Sources: Gabriel Crossley. SMH (Sept. 2, 2021) Beijing bans ‘effeminate’ and ‘vulgar’
screen content, caps pay for actors. https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/beijing-bans-
effeminate-and-vulgar-screen-content-caps-pay-for-actors-20210902-p58o7q.html
Brenda Goh. SMH (Aug. 31, 2021) Game Over: China limits kids to three hours video
games a week. https://www.smh.com.au/technology/video-games/game-over-china-limits-kids-
to-three-hours-of-video-games-a-week-20210831-p58nce.html
Labour Market Many B-schools and Few B-schools; Few B-schools and little
consulting firms; company-specific training; management
certified skills enhance development of talent talent scarce
mobility
Product Market Efficient dissemination Efficient information; Little information;
of information; enforcement of liability limited enforcement of
enforcement of liability laws; some activist liability laws; few
laws; activist consumers consumers activist consumers
Q1/3. How effective are the country’s banks in collecting savings and channelling them into investments?
Can companies raise large amounts of equity in the stock market? Is there a market for corporate debt?
Source: Diaz, Magni and Poh. 2012. From Oxcart to Wal-Mart: Four Keys to reaching emerging market consumers.
McKinsey Quarterly.
INFORMAL INSTITUTIONS
CHINA
– Consumer preference for daily shopping of few fresh grocery items.
– Excessive diversity across China’s cities
– Troubled relationship with politicians – both local and national.
POOR INFRASTRUCTURE
India & China - Lack of infrastructure for refrigerated distribution
Can companies easily obtain Absent market research Replicated: Targeted segment
reliable data on customer tastes providers with relatively known tastes and
and purchase behaviours? where information for small
product modification could be
easily acquired
Can companies access raw Limited intermediaries to Adapted: Built first-class plant
materials and components of identify and assess suppliers with all-inclusive production
good quality? Established technical centre for
design, engineering, and testing
1. Humility
How strong is the country’s Limited agriculture management Attempted to change context:
education infrastructure, training Imported agriculture specialists
especially for technical and to train farmers
management training?
How strong are the logistics and Underdeveloped hard and soft Attempted to change context:
transportation infrastructures? infrastructure for logistics Established own trucking fleet
How strong are the logistics and Absent cold chain distribution Attempted to change market
transportation infrastructures? context: sold goods that
substituted for voids in cold chain
GOOGLE in China
Political – Social system:
Data Security Breach/ Cyber Attack Information
Strategy –
– Moved operations from Mainland to Hongkong
– Exit China market in 2010