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Why a company is called multinational company?

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Question added by AHMED IMRUL KAYES , Senior Consultant , HR Bangladesh Ltd.
Date Posted: 2015/01/01
padmakumar pathiyil
by padmakumar pathiyil , Marketing Consultant , Management Consultancy

Multi means many. if a company operates in many countries then this company is called a multi national company.

VENKITARAMAN KRISHNA MOORTHY VRINDAVAN
by VENKITARAMAN KRISHNA MOORTHY VRINDAVAN , Project Execution Manager & Accounts Manager , ALI INTERNATIONAL TRADING EST.

A corporate functional in different countries, but having all its operations controlled from the mother country from which to started operating the business or controlling the entire business all over.

There are four categories of multinational corporations: (1) a multinational, decentralized corporation with strong home country presence, (2) a global, centralized corporation that acquires cost advantage through centralized production wherever cheaper resources are available, (3) an international company that builds on the parent corporation's technology or R & D, or (4) a transnational enterprise that combines the previous three approaches