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Multinational corporation
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A multinational corporation (MNC) or multinational enterprise (MNE) or transnational corporation (TNC) is one that spans multiple nations; these corporations are often very large. Such companies have offices, factories or branch plants in different countries. They usually have a centralised head office where they coordinate global management.
Very large multinationals have budgets that exceed those of many countries. They can be seen as a power in global politics.
Multinationals often make use of subcontractors to produce certain goods for them.
The first multinational, appearing in 1602, was the Dutch East India Company.
Examples
- AOL
- AT&T
- Bombardier
- BP
- Coca-Cola
- Disney
- Enron
- Exxon
- Fiat
- Fonterra
- General Motors
- Halliburton
- Honda
- HSBC
- Hutchison Whampoa Limited
- IBM
- Jardine Matheson
- McDonald's
- Microsoft
- Nestlé
- Nike, Inc.
- Nissan
- Nortel Networks
- Monsanto
- Parmalat
- Shell
- Schlumberger
- Swire Group
- Toyota
- Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
- Yahoo!
See also
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