South Africa: Multinational Corporations What do we know about South Africa and the effects that multinational corporations have on the economy‚ culture and people of this diverse country? The next few pages will provide the information that will fully answer the above question. Multinational corporations have funneled foreign direct investments into South Africa due to the diverseness and rich resources that has made South Africa very desirable. Unfortunately‚ there
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Introduction In the recent decade‚ international human resource management (IHRM) experienced tremendous research growth due to the increase number of organizations begun to extend their businesses into overseas markets. Multinational Corporation (MNC) is the term used to describe a business with overseas operation. Some of the main reasons for the growth of interest in IHRM are: 1) the number of MNC has increased with rapid growth of global competition which resulted in increased mobility of
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Worker Abuse in Multinational Corporations Multinational corporations produce and sell merchandise to U.S. customers that are mostly made by workers living in third-world countries. Few people are aware of how and where the products they buy are made. People all around the world move to the United States for employment opportunity‚ but instead they receive unfair treatment in work places. Employees who live in third-world countries that are employed by large U.S. companies are treated poorly as
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Multinational Corporation and the Global economy Multinational Corporation A corporation that manages production or renders services in more than one country. Classification of Multinational Corporations Subsidiaries If you company is cash rich‚ then acquisitions may be a better strategy than establishing branches. Acquiring a local company for the purpose of vertical or horizontal integration is fast and comparatively easy‚ provided that you plan to leave the original business (branch
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Reading 1-1 The tortuous evolution of the Multinational Corporation In these days‚ almost of companies in the world desire to becoming multinational corporation. They know that multinational corporation tend to be regarded as more progressive‚ dynamic‚ geared to the future than provincial companies. They want to spread their subsidiaries not only all over the country‚ but also all over the world. Usually‚ the multinational corporation has headquarters in one country and operates subsidiaries
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The role and impact of multinational corporations in the world economy. Introduction: Looking around. Before we will start our topic under consideration‚ let me draw generalized picture form our everyday lives. Imagine that you are coming back home from your lovely work. You are driving your Volvo car of 2002 model year‚ during this you are talking with your darling‚ by your new Nokia N97‚ and she promise to be at home after one hour and cook for you dinner. After 20 minutes you are at home
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mentioned above about some factors that caused the decline of Multinational Corporation‚ and here is the explanation of those factors: • Technical-Efficiency Forces The Technical-Efficiency Forces has two possibilities First‚ the decline of the corporation came from its inabilities to achieve and to maintain economic efficiencies in market transactions. When the economic environments no longer support efficient operations of the corporation‚ it can find other ecological slots or reduce their operations
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MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS IN INDIA MEANING • Multinational corporations (MNCs) are huge industrial organizations having a wide network of branches and subsidiaries spread over a number of countries. The two main characteristics of MNCs are their large size and the fact that their worldwide activities are centrally controlled by the parent companies. POSITIVE ROLE OF MNCs • The frst important contribution of MNCs is its role in flling the resource gap between targeted or desired
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The four forms of multinational corporations are home replication‚ multi-domestic‚ global‚ and transnational. Home replication strategy is the international replication of home based competencies such as production scales‚ distribution and brand power. An example of this is Wal Mart opening in Brazil. Wal Mart has replicated its system which it uses domestically. Multi domestic strategy is a strategy by which companies try to achieve maximum local responsiveness by customizing both their product
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The tortuous Evolution of the Multinational Corporation 3 State of Mind Attitudes • ETHNOCENTRIC - Home Country Attitudes • POLYCNTRIC - Host Country Oriented • GENOCENTRIC - World Oriented 3 State of Mind Attitudes Ethnocentric – Home Oriented – Home Nationals are superior‚ more trust worthy and more reliable than any foreigners in over seas headquarters or subsidiaries – The performance criteria for men and products are “Home made” – Advise/Council flows from headquarters to subsidiaries
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