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Machiavelli – The Prince – Lessons in Expansion Strategy

Acquisition and Expansion Strategies

Machiavelli advocated {that a} Prince ought to dwell within the new territory he has annexed to regulate the state of affairs on floor and acquire respect of the folks.

“When states are acquired in a country differing in language, customs, or laws, there are difficulties, and good fortune and great energy are needed to hold them, and one of the greatest and most real helps would be that he who has acquired them should go and reside there. This would make his position more secure and durable, as it has made that of the Turk in Greece, who, notwithstanding all the other measures taken by him for holding that state, if he had not settled there, would not have been able to keep it. Because, if one is on the spot, disorders are seen as they spring up, and one can quickly remedy them; but if one is not at hand, they heard of only when they are one can no longer remedy them.” ( Machiavelli, Chapter 4)

There are opposite views to this philosophy within the trendy enterprise world the place an organization usually have presence into variety of international locations. The Japanese has efficiently exported a Japanese nation head to their firms whereas conglomerate like Nestle believes in growing native expertise that perceive the bottom realities higher than anyone else.

The technique needs to be primarily based upon the character of product and nature of market. If the merchandise want excessive customizations than an area head needs to be a good selection whereas if the product has international requirements than even a Head Office despatched head can do the job. One of the brilliant examples of trans-cultural CEO doing a fantastic job at alien group is that of Mr Ghosn CEO of Japanese motor big Nissan and French auto firm Renault.

Secondly in the present day the communication channels have improves so vastly that an individual sitting in distant nook can handle the operations in far off lands so omnipresence will not be required. Wal-Mart in the present day straight shares its level of sale info in United States to its distributors operating their manufacturing in Hong Kong and China. This actual time info helps them in managing their manufacturing schedule as per the gross sales in Wal-Mart shops.

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