THE INTERNATIONALIZATION PROCESS OF EMERGING MARKETS MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES (EMNC): A THEORETICAL AND CONCEPTUAL EXAMINATION ON TURKEY

Year 2017, Volume: 3 Issue: 1, 48 - 57, 30.06.2017

Esin Can , Nilay Utlu

https://doi.org/10.17261/Pressacademia.2017.391

Abstract

Today, the efforts and achievements of the emerging economies
towards becoming multinational are paying attention to the academic and
international business world. Until today, the internationalization process of
developed countries companies are examined, nowadays a reversal point of view
has developed and the internationalization process of emerging market
multinational companies (EMNC) have begun to be studied heavily. The aim of
this study is to examine the internationalization processes of EMNC by presenting
current model, by making proposals to companies that want to be multinational.
Starting from this aim, the internationalization processes theories of EMNC
have been examined; the statistical data of international organizations are
given by using documentary research method accepted as a quantitative research
method and Turkish Multinational Companies are analyzed. When these theories
and our multinational companies are examined, it has been found that Turkey is
supported in the framework of internationalization process, Uppsala, Network,
Eclectic Paradigm theories.  

Keywords

Emerging countries, multinational companies, emerging markets multinational companies, internationalization process, Turkish multinational companies

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