The Impact of MNC's

Cards (7)

  • multinational company: registered in one country but has manufacturing operating in different countries
  • multinational company's will choose locations based on factors such as cost advantages and access to markets
  • joint venture
    a contractual agreement between firms to combine resources and expertise to achieve a particular goal
  • MNCs are likely to create jobs in the local community and offer more competitive wages and better working conditions than local businesses
  • however, MNCs may exploit workers for low labour costs which is unethical
  • balance of payments
    shows all financial transactions between a country and the rest of the world
  • MNCs can improve the balance of payments of a country