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Record 1 2012-03-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Corporate Economics
  • Commercial Establishments
  • Foreign Trade
DEF

A business organization with activities and invested capital in several countries.

CONT

Multinational corporations are able to use their financial resources, technology, managerial know-how, established systems of distribution, product identity, and economies of scale to set up subsidiaries in countries around the world and to allocate production according to local labour costs and skills, tax policies and incentives, distribution costs, and other such factors.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économie de l'entreprise
  • Établissements commerciaux
  • Commerce extérieur
DEF

Entreprise ayant investi des capitaux et exerçant ses activités dans plusieurs pays.

Key term(s)
  • compagnie multinationale

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Economía empresarial
  • Establecimientos comerciales
  • Comercio exterior
DEF

Empresa con sociedades de producción o distribución en diversos países.

CONT

Las EMN [empresas multinacionales] han adquirido gran importancia en todo el mundo, a partir, sobre todo, de EE.UU., Japón y la CEE [Comunidad Económica Europea].

OBS

multinacional; sociedad multinacional: términos y definición extraídos del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

Key term(s)
  • compañía multinacional
  • transnacional
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