Master a complete roadmap for emerging market business success and profitability! Emerging markets are generating unprecedented opportunities, but they are far more complex and risky than they may seem. Profiting in these markets entails retooling business models, products, and strategies to exploit these differences, instead of falling victim to them. Too many American, European and Japanese companies continue to operate with a “developed world” mentality that seeks to merely adapt existing products and strategies, while underestimating the unique challenges of managing a business in radically different contexts. Operating in Emerging Markets draws from real-life examples and today’s most valuable research to offer a step-by-step blueprint for improving profitability in emerging markets. Pioneering researchers Dr. Luciano Ciravegna and Dr. Robert Fitzgerald walk you through understanding the true risks and challenges; identifying and investing the right resources; developing the right strategies, products, and processes; and learning from both the successes and failures that have come before you. An indispensable resource for all decision-makers in companies that are (or plan to) operating in emerging markets; and for all graduate business students who may do so in the future.   "Publications devoted to rapidly transforming economies are on the rise, but the contribution is often marginal. This new book, Operating in Emerging Markets, authored by  Luciano Ciravegna, Robert Fitzgerald, and Sumit Kundu, is an exception. It provides valuable insights into what makes these economies grow and prosper. Most importantly, it responds to the need for practical approaches to tapping emerging markets. Thus it should assist current and future managers in navigating these high-potential but high-risk countries."  --S. Tamer Cavusgil, Callaway Professorial Chair and Executive Director, CIBER, J. Mack Robinson College of Business. Georgia State University

Table of Contents:
Map: Emerging Markets, BRICS, N11, and Civets   xii Introduction Emerging Markets and the New International Economy   1   Part I Opening the Black Box of Emerging Markets   13 Chapter 1 What Are Emerging Markets?   15 Chapter 2 Markets and Institutions   49 Chapter 3 A Historical Perspective   69   Part II Operating in Emerging Markets: A Step-by-Step Guide   104 Chapter 4 The Determinants of Attractiveness and the Four Dimensions   106 Chapter 5 Managing Risk   149 Chapter 6 Targeting Emerging Market Clients I: The Rich and the Middle Classes   184 Chapter 7 Targeting Emerging Market Clients II: Strategies for the Base of the Pyramid   213   Part III The Emergence of Emerging Market Multinationals–Implications for Managers and Scholars   239 Chapter 8 Multinationals Based in Emerging Markets: Features and Strategies   242 Chapter 9 The Internationalization of Emerging Market MNEs: A Critical Examination of International Business Theories (Written with Ying Liu* )   266 Chapter 10 Conclusion   294   Appendix From Third World to Emerging Markets: Definitions, Contexts, and Meanings   305 Index   325