Which of the following is/are advantage of MNC's?
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MNCs bring inward investment to countries that are not their home base.
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MNCs bring with them new ideas and new techniques that can help to improve the quality of production and help boost the quality of human capital in the host country
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MNCs pay large sums in taxes to the host government
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All of the above
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Explanation
- Access to Consumers – Access to consumers is one of the primary advantages that the MNCs enjoy over companies with operations limited to the smaller region. Increasing accessibility to wider geographical regions allows the MNCs to have a larger pool of potential customers and help them in expanding, growing at a faster pace as compared to others.
- Accesses to Labor – MNCs enjoy access to cheap labor, which is a great advantage over other companies. Taxes and Other Costs – Taxes are one of the areas where every MNC can take advantage. Many countries offer reduced taxes on exports and imports in order to increase their foreign exposure and international trade.
- Overall Development – The investment level, employment level, and income level of the country increases due to the operation of MNC’s. Level of industrial and economic development increases due to the growth of MNCs.
- Technology – The industry gets the latest technology from foreign countries through MNCs which help them improve on their technological parameter.
- R&D – MNCs help in improving the R&D for the economy.
- Exports & Imports – MNC operations also help in improving the Balance of payment. This can be achieved by the increase in exports and a decrease in the imports.
- MNCs help in breaking protectionism and also helps in curbing local monopolies, if at all it exists in the country.