Host Communities

• Host communities are represented by national (home and abroad), state/province, and local government entities with which the firm must deal.
• Governments want companies willing to be long-term employers and providers of tax revenue without placing excessive demands on public support services.
• Host communities also influence the firm through laws and regulations.
• firms must deal with laws and regulations developed and enforced at the

  national, state, and local levels (the influence is polycentric:

  multiple levels of power and influence).