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Research & Studies

Multi-Polar World 2:The Rise of the Emerging-Market Multinational

The rise of the multi-polar world means that it is no longer sufficient to view globalization solely or mainly through a Western-centric prism. By contrast, this study inverts the lens to understand what the multi-polar world looks like from the standpoint of EMMs. It is the product of indepth interviews with more than 40 emerging-market business executives and experts from around the world,extensive secondary research and our experience of working with companies across the world.

The multi-polar world is characterized by increased economic interdependence across five key dimensions: 

• Capital—the rapid growth of emerging economies as sources of outward foreign direct investment and destinations for portfolio investment.
• Talent—favorable demographics spurring rapid growth of emergingmarket workforces.
• Resources—increasingly intense competition for energy, commodities and raw materials.
• New consumers—rapid income growth creating up to a billion new consumers in emerging markets.
• Innovation—the emergence of new clusters of innovation and specialization in emerging economies.

AmCham Partners