1.6 Multinational Companies (MNCs)

A multinational company (MNC) - is an organization that operates, owns, or controls production and/or service facilities in two or more countries.

Advantages

Disadvantages

Job opportunities, helping to raise the quality of life in the host country

Lose shares and profit

Skilled labor, domestic workers gain invaluable employment skills.

Not everyone welcomes external businesses

Provide extra revenue for local suppliers and support local industries

Quite often, the profits of the MNC are repatriated to the headquarters in the home country; the money leaves the host country