The paper seeks for the analysis of the Foreign Direct Investment withdrawal of multinational automotive companies from the Australian territory. This is an interesting event to study, because is a situation currently suffered by this country and is impacting it in a considerable way since this industry is the largest manufacturing sector in Australia. We will see that a country, that has been showing a stable and healthy economic growth can unexpectedly experience remarkable setbacks due to manifestations of this growth as can be currency appreciation, general increase in wages, free trade agreements, or many other factors that affect business. In this document we presented an evaluation based on an international economic context. Focusing on Toyota as a case study for other car manufactures like Ford and General Motors, we analyzed their decision of closing their plants and withdrawing their investments. This project aims at providing facts and data, performing analysis and obtaining conclusions to confirm if the reasons presented by the automotive firms for their retreat of Australia are truthful and to see if there are no others hidden motives. Finally, this paper will present a base to assess the possibility of having similar outcomes in other Australian industries or in other countries facing similar cases and show what host countries should prevent if they want to avoid losing their FDI.
Il documento studia l'analisi del ritiro Investimenti Diretti Esteri (FDI) delle aziende automobilistiche multinazionali del territorio australiano. Questo è un evento interessante da studiare, perché attualmente è una situazione sofferta da questo paese ed ha un impatto notevole dal momento che questa industria è il settore produttivo più grande in Australia. Vedremo che un paese, che ha mostrato una crescita economica stabile e sana, può inaspettatamente incombere in notevoli battute d'arresto a causa di dimostrazioni di questa crescita come può essere la rivalutazione monetaria, l'aumento generale dei salari, gli accordi di libero scambio, o molti altri fattori che influenzano il business. In questo documento abbiamo presentato una valutazione basata su un contesto economico internazionale. Concentrandosi su Toyota come caso di studio per gli altri produttori di auto come Ford e General Motors, abbiamo analizzato la loro decisione di chiudere i loro impianti e revocare i loro investimenti. Questo progetto mira a fornire fatti e dati, a compiere delle analisi e trarre conclusioni per confermare se le ragioni presentate dalle imprese automobilistiche per il loro ritiro in Australia sono veritiere e per vedere se non ci sono altri motivi nascosti. Infine, questo documento presenta una base per valutare la possibilità di avere risultati analoghi in altri settori australiani o in altri paesi che affrontano casi simili, e mostrare ciò che i paesi ospitanti devono evitare se non vogliono perdere il loro IDE.
The retreat and relocation of the FDI in the automotive industry in Australia : analysis of the Toyota case
MIRO QUESADA PACHECO, ALBERTO;JIMÉNEZ ESCAMILLA, CLAUDIA CECILIA
2013/2014
Abstract
The paper seeks for the analysis of the Foreign Direct Investment withdrawal of multinational automotive companies from the Australian territory. This is an interesting event to study, because is a situation currently suffered by this country and is impacting it in a considerable way since this industry is the largest manufacturing sector in Australia. We will see that a country, that has been showing a stable and healthy economic growth can unexpectedly experience remarkable setbacks due to manifestations of this growth as can be currency appreciation, general increase in wages, free trade agreements, or many other factors that affect business. In this document we presented an evaluation based on an international economic context. Focusing on Toyota as a case study for other car manufactures like Ford and General Motors, we analyzed their decision of closing their plants and withdrawing their investments. This project aims at providing facts and data, performing analysis and obtaining conclusions to confirm if the reasons presented by the automotive firms for their retreat of Australia are truthful and to see if there are no others hidden motives. Finally, this paper will present a base to assess the possibility of having similar outcomes in other Australian industries or in other countries facing similar cases and show what host countries should prevent if they want to avoid losing their FDI.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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