POLITECNICO DI TORINO Collegio di Ingegneria Gestionale Corso di Laurea Magistrale in Engineering and Management Tesi di Laurea Magistrale The multinational enterprise and the localization of its functions: the case of CNH Industrial Relatore prof. Luigi Benfratello Candidato Alessandro Daparma A.A. 2017-2018 TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF FIGURES ................................................................................................................. 4 INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................... 7 1 THE MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE ................................................................................. 9 1.1 What is a multinational enterprise and how it can be measured .......................... 9 1.2 Multinational enterprise through history ............................................................. 10 1.2.1 Precursors of the multinational enterprise ................................................... 10 1.2.2 Birth of the modern multinational enterprise ............................................... 11 1.3 Why do firms become multinational: the types of FDI ......................................... 14 1.3.1 Dunning’s taxonomy of FDI............................................................................ 14 1.3.2 Other taxonomies .......................................................................................... 16 1.4 Impact of the multinational enterprise: the effects of FDI ................................... 17 1.4.1 Host-country effects of FDI ............................................................................ 18 1.4.2 Home-country effects of FDI ......................................................................... 21 1.5 Alternatives to FDI ................................................................................................. 22 2 THE ENTRY MODES OF THE MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE ......................................... 24 2.1 Greenfield and brownfield FDI .............................................................................. 25 2.2 Determinants of the choice between greenfield and brownfield FDI .................. 26 2.2.1 Firm-specific factors ....................................................................................... 27 2.2.2 Industry-specific factors ................................................................................. 29 2.2.3 Country-specific factors ................................................................................. 29 3 THE LOCATION BEHAVIOR OF THE MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE .............................. 31 2 3.1 Location’s factor endowments ............................................................................. 32 3.2 Agglomeration economies .................................................................................... 34 3.3 Value chain fragmentation and co-location patterns ........................................... 36 4 THE CASE OF CNH INDUSTRIAL ..................................................................................... 38 4.1 Structure of the company ..................................................................................... 38 4.2 CNH Industrial’s evolution .................................................................................... 40 4.2.1 1842-1999 ...................................................................................................... 40 4.2.2 2000-2002 ...................................................................................................... 47 4.2.3 2003-2005 ...................................................................................................... 50 4.2.4 2006-2008 ...................................................................................................... 53 4.2.5 2009-2011 ...................................................................................................... 54 4.2.6 2012-2014 ...................................................................................................... 55 4.2.7 2015-2017 ...................................................................................................... 60 4.3 Location behavior: theory vs. practice .................................................................. 64 4.3.1 Manufacturing activities ................................................................................ 65 4.3.2 Research activities ......................................................................................... 67 5 CONCLUSIONS .............................................................................................................. 69 6 SCIENTIFIC BOOKS AND ARTICLES ................................................................................ 71 7 NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES DOCUMENTS ......................................... 77 8 COMPANY REPORTS ..................................................................................................... 80 3 TABLE OF FIGURES Figure 1 Net inflows of FDI (% of GDP). Source: The World Bank, 2017 ............................. 13 Figure 2 The OLI paradigm and the alternative activities available to an MNE. Source: Grünig & Morschett, 2012 ............................................................................................................... 15 Figure 3 The types of FDI ...................................................................................................... 17 Figure 4 Effect and impact of FDI on host-countries. Source: Moura & Forte, 2010 .......... 20 Figure 5 The number of cross-border M&As and of announced greenfield projects. Source: UNCTAD, 2017 ..................................................................................................................... 24 Figure 6 The factors affecting the decision between greenfield and brownfield FDI .......... 30 Figure 7 The top 10 countries in terms of the cumulative value (last five years) of net inward FDI (trillions of $). Source: The World Bank, 2017 ............................................................... 31 Figure 8 Location factor endowments and their correlation with FDI ................................. 34 Figure 9 Types of economies of agglomeration economies and channels through which they impact MNEs. ....................................................................................................................... 35 Figure 10 The sequence of the most important events that led to the creation of CNH Global ............................................................................................................................................. 41 Figure 11 CNH's main facilities at December 31, 1999. The Business lines were Agriculture (AG), Construction (CE) and Components (Comp.), with these last operating as internal suppliers for the other plants. The main functions, instead, were Manufacturing (M) and R&D (R). Source: CNH Global, 1999 ..................................................................................... 42 Figure 12 CNH's main plants in Europe at December 31, 1999. Source: CNH Global, 1999 45 Figure 13 CNH's main plants in the United States at December 31, 1999. Source: CNH Global, 1999 ..................................................................................................................................... 46 Figure 14 CNH's main plants in the rest of the world at December 31, 1999. Source: CNH Global, 1999 ......................................................................................................................... 46 4 Figure 15 Divested, acquired and converted facilities from 2000 to 2002. Source: CNH Global N.V., 2002 ............................................................................................................................. 48 Figure 16 CNH's main plants in Europe at December 31, 2002. Source: CNH Global, 2002 49 Figure 17 CNH's main plants in the United States at December 31, 2002. Source: CNH Global, 2002 ..................................................................................................................................... 49 Figure 18 CNH's main plants in the rest of the world at December 31, 2002. Source: CNH Global, 2002 ......................................................................................................................... 50 Figure 19 Divested and acquired facilities from 2003 to 2005. Source: CNH Global, 2005. 51 Figure 20 CNH's main plants in Europe at December 31, 2005. Source: CNH Global, 2005. ............................................................................................................................................. 51 Figure 21 CNH's main plants in the United States at December 31, 2005. Source: CNH Global, 2005. .................................................................................................................................... 52 Figure 22 CNH Global's main plants in the rest of the world at December 31, 2005. Source: CNH Global, 2005. ................................................................................................................ 52 Figure 23 CNH’s main plants in the United States at December 31, 2008. Source: CNH Global, 2008. .................................................................................................................................... 53 Figure 24 CNH’s main plants in the rest of the world at December 31, 2008. Source: CNH Global, 2008. .......................................................................................................................