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Subject
The expansion of multilatinas.
Significance
Latin American multinationals (known as 'multilatinas') have gained increasing attention over the past decade, with a number of notable success stories. Nonetheless, many such firms have struggled to internationalise beyond the region, while state-owned multinationals are vulnerable to commodity price fluctuations and political instability.
Impacts
Family-controlled business groups will prefer to operate in markets with similar institutional characteristics to their home countries.
State-controlled firms will retain their international presence, but their fortunes will depend on conditions in their home countries.
Technology firms will often internationalise relatively quickly, but generally to other emerging markets.
Keywords:
Latin America,
LA/C,
Brazil,
Colombia,
Costa Rica,
Mexico,
Peru,
Venezuela,
economy,
industry,
corporate,
foreign investment,
investment,
politics,
government,
natural resources
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2016
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