A multi national enterprise (MNE’s) is defined as a business, which owns or controls foreign subsidiaries in more than one country (Host nation). These are also called transnational corporations (TC’s). Multi national enterprises cover the entire spectrum of businesses, including manufacturing, agriculture, service provision and finance. These can be vast, well known companies or smaller specialist firms.
There are three different types of MNE’s which all have different primary motives. Horizontally integrated multinationals produce the same product in each country of operation. The only differentiation is the marketing and promotion of the product to suit the consumers of that particular area. The prime reason for this approach is expansion of the business into new areas. Vertically integrated multinationals operates by having different stages of operations in numerous geographic areas. Primarily the reason for this is control over variable costs, and to reduce the risks of......
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