The latest official figures indicate that
there are now more than 37,000 transnational companies controlling
almost a quarter of a million subsidiaries. Ninety per cent or 34,000
are based in industrialised countries. Just over half of their
subsidiaries are operating in the Developing World. 56% of the parent
corporations have their base in the European Union but only 24% of
their subsidiaries operate within European boundaries.
The number of multinationals is growing daily and increasingly have a
base in the newly industrialised countries. These companies have a
major impact on home and host country output, demand patterns, trade
and technology flows and employment and labour practices. They also
set the tone for the structure and pattern for competition in their
sector.
Transnational companies are continuing to expand their activities and
at a rapid rate. One can see this when measuring foreign direct
investment flows. During the 1990´s there has been a major growth in
flows to developing countries. The increase was 32% in 1992; 55% in
1993 and between 1983 - 1993 the increase was fivefold. The reasons
for this are straightforward. Transnational companies are searching
for lower cost sources of production and the greater flexibility
offered by developing country governments as well as incentives and
privatisation. It is worth noting that 60% of all privatisations have
fallen into the hands of transnational companies.
And, of course, competition for inward investment is intense. Success
usually depends on the incentives being offered. Increasingly these
include the establishment of export processing zones where the inward
investors are freed from taxation and often from the legislation of
the country concerned, including labour legislation.
The benefits to the host country are limited; usually the production
being carried out is based on assembly operations. The labour force is
generally young women. There is little transfer of technology and
skills and while there is a huge growth in exports, there are very
limited local benefits. This is not surprising when the wages paid are
often below subsistence level with the only benefit to the local
community or local economy being the wage payments as all raw
materials are imported with no flow back into the domestic economy.
When greater opportunities offer themselves elsewhere the companies
are quick to quit and move on. In reality, the situation is not too
much different to that of logging in the rain forests where the
loggers come in and chop down all trees in their path and leave the
waste behind. Unfortunately it is human beings who constitute the
waste as transnational corporations forage through nations in search
of cheaper and cheaper labour.
Their economic strength is reflected in the political power of the
Transnational Corporations (TNCs) are firms that have the power to coordinate and control operations in more than one country, even if they do not own them. Many of the overseas branches of TNCs are located in less developed countries (LDCs), including newly industrialised economies (NIEs), recently industrialised economies (RIEs) and least developed economies. Generally, the socio-economical, environmental, cultural and political impacts brought by TNCs are more positive in more developed LDCs such as NIEs and some RIEs than other countries, mainly least developed countries.
Off-shoring is the establishment of business operations outside national boundaries. The process of moving business outside these boundaries is to garner an advantage either through tax breaks, lower wages, lower transportation cost and/or relaxed regulations ("Offshore definition," 2014). Many firms either branch out as a horizontal multinational or vertical multinational. Horizontal multinational’s produce the same good or services as abroad. This foreign direct investment (FDI) is done to strategically place production closer to the target market. Doing this provides advantages surrounding transportation cost while enhancing learning associated with local needs. A vertical multinational is one that fragments a portion of its good to take advantage of lower cost (i.e. cheap labor). Markusen and Maskus found horizontal multinational replaces trade whereas, a vertical multinational positively correlates with trade (Markusen & Maskus, 2001).
Gillies, G. (2005) Transnational Corporations and International Production. Concepts, Theories and Effects, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham
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