Marketing strategy applied in the environment of an international company

The escalating trend of globalization makes enterprises increasingly adapt to the international environment. This can be seen as very demanding and diverse. However, there are many multinational corporations currently being active worldwide. Multicultural differences, either the impacts of the economic, political or legal environment can significantly affect the business scope of enterprises in a global environment. For example, gaining and maintaining a competitive advantage worldwide can be an advantage of global action. The subject of the article is an analysis of a company BHP Biliton, which operations extend to twelve countries around the world spreading across all continents. The company also focuses on current global trends. The articles is focused mainly on the slowdown in economic development, where BHP Billiton has a corporate program in place. The company also tries to tackle the global climate change problems by cutting emissions. The subject of the analytical part of the article is to analyze the competitive position by means of the Porter model on the basis of available data about the BHP Billiton company. Furthermore, Ansoff’s matrix is elaborated in the analytical part, which identifies the specific strategy of targeting the company to products or markets. Based on the analyzed and compared data and outputs from BHP Billiton’s analysis, the article proposes a more effective way of using a marketing strategy and accepting global trends