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Multinational Corporations in developing countries

• Environmental costs. Multinational companies can outsource parts of the production process to developing economies with weaker environmental legislation. For example, there is a trade in rubbish, which gets sent to developing economies like India for disposal and recycling.
• Profit repatriated. Although multinationals invest in developing economies, the profit is reptriated to the location of the multinational, so the net capital inflows are less than they seem.
• Skilled labour. When undertaking new projects, the multinational may have to employ skilled labour from other economies and not the developing economy. This means best jobs are not received by local workers and the investment is diffused.
• Raw materials. A large component of multinational investment in developing economies is seeking out raw materials – oil, diamonds, rubber and precious metals. The extraction of raw materials can cause environmental externalities – polluted rivers, loss of natural landscape.
• Sweat-shop labour. Not all economists are convinced sweat-shop labour is a good thing. Critics argue that weak labour conditions allow multinationals to use their monopsony power and pay lower wages to workers than they should get paid

Host country a nation in which representatives or organizations of another state are present because of government invitation and/or international agreement. Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms.

Business enterprises wants to be international because it has many advantages. It avoids trade barriers which are the rules and regulations that regulates foreign trade and investment. Tarrif is the tax imposed by the government on the import and export of goods. MNC get some relaxation in these tarrifs. Secure, timely and cost effective supply of raw materials is the backbone of any enterprise. MNC can get easy access to the raw materials as it can set up operations where the raw materials are easily found which in turn reduces the production cost.

Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology

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(IBM) International Business Machines Corporation is an American multinational information technology company headquartered in Armonk, New York, with operations in over 170 countries. The company began in 1911 as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company and was renamed "International Business Machines" in 1924.

Walmart Inc. is an American multinational retail corporation that operates a chain of hypermarkets, discount department stores, and grocery stores. Headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas, the company was founded by Sam Walton in 1962 and incorporated on October 31, 1969.

Public enterprise, a business organization wholly or partly owned by the state and controlled through a public authority. Some public enterprises are placed under public ownership because, for social reasons, it is thought the service or product should be provided by a state monopoly.

Advantages of multinational companies. Multinationals create jobs which boosts the local economy and more workers to tax. They bring expertise in that skills of workforce are improved, some may use IT that would never have before or other skills now deemed basic by the western or developing world.