Corporate venturing strategy of emerging market multinational enterprises

Purpose This study aims to examine the corporate venturing strategy of successful emerging market multinational enterprises and discern commonalities and useful tactics for other firms attempting to follow in their footsteps. Understanding the corporate venturing strategies used by these successful firms may be instructive for other firms whether from emerging markets or developed countries. Design/methodology/approach This authors selected 11 multinationals in emerging markets for this study, from a variety of industries in China, India, Brazil, Mexico, Taiwan and South Korea. Success here is defined as rapid international expansion, increased revenue and greater innovation capacity. These firms have become globally competitive against established companies from the developed countries. Findings Some commonality in corporate venturing strategy has been found along with factors that have contributed to this use being effective. They may provide some worthwhile examples for other firms, both in developing and developed countries. Originality/value The contributions of this research are to add to the understanding of how some multinationals from developing countries have been able to rapidly build up their capabilities to become successful global competitors through their corporate venturing strategy.