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Last month Hansen Transmissions International, a maker of gearboxes for wind turbines, was listed on the London Stock Exchange.
Last month Hansen Transmissions International, a maker of gearboxes for wind turbines, was listed on the London Stock Exchange.
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2012-03-23
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Last month Hansen Transmissions International, a maker of gearboxes for wind turbines, was listed on the London Stock Exchange. Nothing noteworthy about that, you might say, despite the jump in the share price on the first day of trading and the handsome gain since: green technology is all the rage, is it not? But Hansen exemplifies another trend, too, which should prove every bit as durable: the rise of multinational companies from emerging economies. Its parent is Suzlon, an Indian fin that began life as a textile manufacturer, but is now among the world’s five leading makers of wind turbines. Along the way, Suzlon has acquired not only Hansen, originally Belgian, but also RE power, a German wind-energy firm, spending over $ 2 billion on the pair.
The world is now replete with Suzlons: global companies from emerging economies buying businesses in rich countries as well as in poorer places. Another Indian company, Tata Motors, looks likely to add to the list soon, by buying two grand old names of British car-making, Jaguar and Land Rover, from America’s enfeebled Ford. As a symbol of a shift in economic power, this is hard to match.
Economic theory says that this should not happen. Richer countries should export capital to poorer ones, not the other way round. Economists have had to get used to seeing this turned on its head in recent years, as rich countries have run large current-account deficits and borrowed from China and other emerging economies (notably oil exporters) with huge surpluses. Similarly, foreign direct investment (FDI)—the buying of companies and the building of factories and offices abroad—should also flow from rich to poor, and with it managerial and entrepreneurial prowess.
It is not yet time to tear up the textbook on FDI. According to the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD),in 2006 the flow of FDI into developing economies exceeded the outflow by more than $ 200 billion. But the transfer of finance and expertise is by no means all in one direction. Developing economies accounted for one-seventh of FDI outflows in 2006, most of it in the form of takeovers. Indian companies have done most to catch the eye, but firms from Brazil, China and Mexico, in industries from cement to consumer electronics and aircraft manufacture, have also gone global. Up to a point, emerging-market multinationals have been buying Western know-how. But they have been bringing managerial and entrepreneurial skill, as well as just money, to the companies they buy: British managers bear grudging witness to the financial flair of Mexican cement bosses; Boeing and Airbus may have learnt a thing or two from the global supply chains of Brazil’s Embracer.
Perhaps no one should be surprised. Half a century ago, Japan was a poor country: today Sony and Toyota are among the best-known and mightiest companies on the planet. South Korea is still listed as a developing country in Uncial’s tables, but that seems bizarrely outdated for the homes of Samsung. Now another generation is forming. To its critics, globalization may be little more than a license for giant Western companies to colonies the emerging world, yet more and more firms from poorer economies are planting their flags in rich ground.
Alas, further liberalization is not certain. The Doha round of global trade talks has been bogged down, partly in squabbles about farm trade but also over industrial tariffs in the emerging world. The services negotiations are half-hearted and direct talks on FDI were ruled out long ago, largely because of developing countries’ fears about rich invaders. And the gains forgone are considerable: a new book by the World Bank estimates that reforming services in developing countries could raise their growth rates by a percentage point. Were OECD countries to allow temporary immigration of skilled workers in service industries, the global gains might exceed $ 45 billion.
A few emerging-market giants—notably India’s software firms—have been prepared to stand up for liberalization. But most have not made their voices heard. How sad for free trade: such companies would provide much better illustrations of the success of globalization than the familiar Western names do (unless you think Coca-colonization sounds really cool). And how short sighted of them. Even if some of these adolescents grew up behind tariff barriers, that represents their past: their future will surely lie in global markets. If the Doha round fails, the next opportunity may be a long time coming.
Which of the following is INCORRECT about Hansen Transmissions International?
选项
A、It’s a multinational company characterized by green technology.
B、It was originally a Belgian company acquired by an Indian firm.
C、It’s an example of emerging economies buying businesses in rich countries.
D、The parent of the company started from a business in wind energy.
答案
D
解析
细节题。第一段指出“Hansen exemplifies another trend,too,which should prove every bit as durable:the rise of motional,ional companies from emerging economies.”由此可知,汉森公司代表了另一种长盛不衰的趋势,即来自新兴经济体的跨国公司正在崛起。第一段进而指出,汉森公司原属比利时,其母公司为印度的苏司兰跨国公司,作为全球五大风力涡轮机制造商之一,凭制造纺织品起家,还并购了德国的风能产品公司,由此可知,[D]指出汉森公司的母公司,即印度苏司兰公司凭风能工业起家,与第一段论述事实不符:该公司凭制造纺织品起家(an Indian fern that began life as a textile manufacturer),故[D]为答案。根据精解分析,[B]、[C]符合文意,故排除。同时,第一段指出,汉森传动国际公司在伦敦证券交易市场当天股票价格暴涨,其后收益颇丰的原因是绿色科技正风靡时下(green technology is all the rage),由此可知[A]符合文意,故排除。
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