Emerging Market Global Players: The Case of Brazil, China and South Africa

A remarkable proliferation in the number of non-financial emerging multinational enterprises (NFEMNEs) and their share in the aggregate outward foreign direct investment (OFDI), along with the complexity of their FDI activities, has been witnessed over the past decades. Consequently, considerable in...

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Autores principales: Henri Bezuidenhout, Gabriel Mhonyera, Jacob Van Rensburg, Hsia Hua Sheng, José Marcos Carrera, Xinjian Cui
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:7f0b5369175a43eaa83e9c8c5f3acced2021-11-11T19:48:37ZEmerging Market Global Players: The Case of Brazil, China and South Africa10.3390/su1321122342071-1050https://doaj.org/article/7f0b5369175a43eaa83e9c8c5f3acced2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/21/12234https://doaj.org/toc/2071-1050A remarkable proliferation in the number of non-financial emerging multinational enterprises (NFEMNEs) and their share in the aggregate outward foreign direct investment (OFDI), along with the complexity of their FDI activities, has been witnessed over the past decades. Consequently, considerable interest has been generated within and among countries regarding the implications of these relatively new significant emerging global players for a range of economic and policy issues. In order to understand the gaps in knowledge pertaining to their identities, activities and impacts, this article employs the results of our 2015 emerging markets global players (EMGP) reports to make logical and informed insinuations about the structure and profile of NFEMNEs originating from China, Brazil and South Africa, the largest emerging markets in Asia, Latin America and Africa. We also synthesise and compare the outcomes of the 2015 EMGP reports of these OFDI home countries. We find the existence of a pattern in the ranked top NFEMNEs, from each country, in terms of industry sectors, regionalism and national bias. Furthermore, we establish that the respective NFEMNEs participated in international markets to pursue larger markets, natural resources and strategic assets and were not crowded out of their domestic markets by inward FDI.Henri BezuidenhoutGabriel MhonyeraJacob Van RensburgHsia Hua ShengJosé Marcos CarreraXinjian CuiMDPI AGarticleBrazilChinaemerging multinational enterprisesforeign direct investmentSouth AfricaEnvironmental effects of industries and plantsTD194-195Renewable energy sourcesTJ807-830Environmental sciencesGE1-350ENSustainability, Vol 13, Iss 12234, p 12234 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic Brazil
China
emerging multinational enterprises
foreign direct investment
South Africa
Environmental effects of industries and plants
TD194-195
Renewable energy sources
TJ807-830
Environmental sciences
GE1-350
spellingShingle Brazil
China
emerging multinational enterprises
foreign direct investment
South Africa
Environmental effects of industries and plants
TD194-195
Renewable energy sources
TJ807-830
Environmental sciences
GE1-350
Henri Bezuidenhout
Gabriel Mhonyera
Jacob Van Rensburg
Hsia Hua Sheng
José Marcos Carrera
Xinjian Cui
Emerging Market Global Players: The Case of Brazil, China and South Africa
description A remarkable proliferation in the number of non-financial emerging multinational enterprises (NFEMNEs) and their share in the aggregate outward foreign direct investment (OFDI), along with the complexity of their FDI activities, has been witnessed over the past decades. Consequently, considerable interest has been generated within and among countries regarding the implications of these relatively new significant emerging global players for a range of economic and policy issues. In order to understand the gaps in knowledge pertaining to their identities, activities and impacts, this article employs the results of our 2015 emerging markets global players (EMGP) reports to make logical and informed insinuations about the structure and profile of NFEMNEs originating from China, Brazil and South Africa, the largest emerging markets in Asia, Latin America and Africa. We also synthesise and compare the outcomes of the 2015 EMGP reports of these OFDI home countries. We find the existence of a pattern in the ranked top NFEMNEs, from each country, in terms of industry sectors, regionalism and national bias. Furthermore, we establish that the respective NFEMNEs participated in international markets to pursue larger markets, natural resources and strategic assets and were not crowded out of their domestic markets by inward FDI.
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author Henri Bezuidenhout
Gabriel Mhonyera
Jacob Van Rensburg
Hsia Hua Sheng
José Marcos Carrera
Xinjian Cui
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Gabriel Mhonyera
Jacob Van Rensburg
Hsia Hua Sheng
José Marcos Carrera
Xinjian Cui
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title Emerging Market Global Players: The Case of Brazil, China and South Africa
title_short Emerging Market Global Players: The Case of Brazil, China and South Africa
title_full Emerging Market Global Players: The Case of Brazil, China and South Africa
title_fullStr Emerging Market Global Players: The Case of Brazil, China and South Africa
title_full_unstemmed Emerging Market Global Players: The Case of Brazil, China and South Africa
title_sort emerging market global players: the case of brazil, china and south africa
publisher MDPI AG
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