How many countries should a company have operations in to be called a 'multi-national company'?

Malty means many, multinational companies are the major cooperation with branches in many other countries, all over the world. e.g Samsung, Toyota and others that franchise.  The multinational cooperation have a huge budget with targets set in different branches and having main office headquarters in the mother country. They manufacture and export or import to the other branches or do it from the same country where they have a branch.  The investment is done with agreement with the hosting countries.  Operations are done to the rules and regulations as per  agreements. This can be partnership, leasing, franchising etc. The strategies are done at the central place and implemented to the other branches world wide.  Research and development is done and finding the market niche.  The world has become a global market. 

Definition of 'Multinational Corporation - MNC' A corporation that has its facilities and other assets in at least one country other than its home country.
Such companies have offices and/or factories in different countries and usually have a centralized head office where they co-ordinate global management.
Very large multinationals have budgets that exceed those of many small countries.
Sometimes referred to as a "transnational corporation".
http://www.investopedia.com/terms/m/multinationalcorporation.asp

Multinational companies have investment in other country than it comes from, but do not have coordinated product offerings in each country.
More focused on adapting their products and service to each individual local market.
International companies are importers and exporters, they have no investment outside of their home country.
Global companies have invested and are present in many countries.
They market their products through the use of the same coordinated image/brand in all markets.
Generally one corporate office that is responsible for global strategy.
Emphasis on volume, cost management and efficiency.
Transnational companies are much more complex organizations.
They have invested in foreign operations, have a central corporate facility but give decision-making, R&D and marketing powers to each individual foreign market.