DVM 2505 Chapter Notes - Chapter 83: Multinational Corporation, State Agency For National Security

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: International Development and Globalization
• Course: DVM 2505
• Professor: Modeste Mba Talla

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Semaine 11 - les entreprises privees multinationales et nationales dans le developpement. They invest in economic and social development; important actors today. However, dependency theory has criticized them (we are dependent on them but unequal development) In the second half of the 20th century (1950s onward), transnational firms truly expanded. Motivated to extract resources and control markets. Multinational firms: a multinational corporation (mnc) has facilities and other assets in at least one country other than its home country. Such companies have offices and/or factories in different countries and usually have a centralized head office where they coordinate global management. (mcdonald"s) Transnational firms: a transnational corporation (tnc) is generally regarded as an enterprise comprising entities in more than one country which operate under a system of decision-making that permits coherent policies and a common strategy. Multinational society: of or relating to more than two nationalities. ** tnc is from a country (hudson"s bay) whereas is mnc is an economic corporation.