ASSIGNMENT | Dimensions of a Strategy to Capture Low Cost and Availability of Capital

Global integration has given many firms access to new and cheaper sources of funds beyond those available in their home markets. What are the dimensions of a strategy to capture this lower cost and greater availability of capital?

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Global integration is arguably one of the best ways through which companies have gained more opportunities in doing business. By definition, global integration implies the process through which a country’s local market is opened up to the global economy. Consequently, letting foreign factors to influence the business environment of local industries. It can also entail processes of product standardization and centralization of technology development (Ansoff, Kipley, Lewis, Helm-Stevens & Ansoff, 2019). It is also through global integration that many firms have gained access to new as well as cheaper sources of funds which could not be found in home markets. The question that lingers in one’s mind is the different dimensions of a strategy that can help capture the lower cost as well as the greater availability of capital.
Cost and capital availability strategies can be divided into ones that are characteristics to the firm, the security of the market liquidity of a firm as well the implication of segmenting markets both on the security and the capital cost of a firm. In…