Syed Kashif Mushtaq, PMP®, SPHRi Published May 18, 2016 We tend to read the following terms and think they refer to any company doing business in another country. 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. Syed Kashif Mushtaq, PMP®, SPHRi
Strategic Planning & Budgeting Unit Manager at PRINCE SULTAN DEFENSE STUDIES AND RESEARCH CENTER
- International companies are importers and exporters, they have no investment outside of their home country.
- Multinational companies has locations or facilities in multiple countries, but each location functions in its own way, essentially as its own entity.
- Global companies also has locations in multiple countries, but they’ve figured out to create one company culture with one set of processes that facilitate a more efficient and effective single global organization.
- Transnational companies are much more complex organizations. Its a commercial enterprise that operates substantial facilities, does business in more than one country and does not consider any particular country its national home. One of the significant advantages of a transnational company is that they are able to maintain a greater degree of responsiveness to the local markets where they maintain facilities.
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