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We tend to read the following terms and think they refer to any company doing business in another country. * Multinational * International * Transnational * Global
Andrew Hines over at BNET has brief and clear definitions of each of these terms, Get your international business terms right.
Each term is distinct and has a specific meaning which define the scope and degree of interaction with their operations outside of their “home” country. * International companies are importers and exporters, they have no investment outside of their home country.
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Multinational companies have investment in other countries, but do not have coordinated product offerings in each country. More focused on adapting their products and service to each individual local market.
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List of multinational corporations
Below are some multinational companies. * 24/7 Customer * ABB * ABN-Amro * Accenture * Accor * Activision Blizzard * Aditya Birla Group * Advanced Micro Devices * Affiliated Computer Services * Airbus * Air France-KLM * Aitken Spence * Akzo Nobel * Alcatel-Lucent * Allianz * Alstom * Altria Group * Kelsey Motors * Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) * Apple Inc. * Aquent llc * Aéropostale * Arcelor Mittal * Arcor * Asian Paints * Assicurazioni Generali * Atari * Activision * AXA * Bacardi * Banco Santander * Bank of Montreal * Barrick Gold Corporation * Barilla Group * BASF * Baskin-Robbins * Bayer * BBVA * Bic * Billabong * Black & Decker * BMW * BNP Paribas * Boeing * Bombardier Inc. * Bouygues * Bridgestone * BP (British Petroleum) * Cadbury Schweppes