Multinational corporations (MNCs) play a significant role in our economic world. Accounting for approximately one third of total world trade and including around 80 million people outside their home bases in complex supply and dependency networks, they seize seemingly endless economic power what has given way to strong opposition and causes fear amongst ordinary people who feel at the mercy of their power.
In my paper I will try to clarify the relationship between MNCs and nation states and therefore answer the question what kind of forces drive MNCs, which objectives they have and which measures they take to reach their individual aims.
The paper will start with the definition of MNCs (chapter 2) and their emergence. I will then refer theories of MNC evolution that are closely linked to Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and patterns of labour division (chapter 3 and 4). The following chapter shall explore the power relationship between nation states and MNCs in general (chapter 5). The example of oil extraction through Royal Dutch Shell in the Nigeria's delta region will further illustrate the interdependencies especially many resource rich but underdeveloped or developing countries face and identify the sources of friction between government, state, peoples, NGOs and MNCs. The findings will be summarized and an outlook on possible future developments will be given in the last chapter (or Chapter 6).
Table of Contents:
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List of Abbreviations
1. Introduction: The perception of multinational corporations
2. Definition and distinction of the term "Multinational Corporation"
3. The Emergence of Multinational Corporations
3.1 The Role of Foreign Direct Investment3.2 Internationalisation Reasons
3.2.1 Dunning's OLI-Framework
3.2.2 "Newer" International Division of Labour
4. Organisational forms of Multinational Corporations
5. Power Relationship: Nation State vs. Multinational Corporation
5.1 Bargaining Power
5.2 Raw oil extraction in Nigeria: Oil MNC and the role of the state
6. Summary: Multinational Corporations and the global economy
Bibliography
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- Eva Lena Richter (Author), 2014, The Emergence of the Multinational Corporation, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/387936
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