Both multinational and Brazilian companies, like Google and Oi, maintain offices in the city.

They will also have to learn from the past mistakes of other multinationals.

A number of both national and multinational high tech and industrial companies, are also responsible for research and development projects.

The gaps are most obvious where people from different countries work together, as in many multinational companies.

US expansion after World War II through the emergence of multinational corporations saw the establishment of the managerial class.

Today, it is multinational corporations that are increasingly being cast as the über villains of our globalized world.

But in countries like South Africa, Namibia, and Zimbabwe, multinational companies may look very different.

State owned and private multinational companies drill fuel in Russia and sell it to Europe and North America.

They will compete with multinationals from a wide range of countries, and will become architects of global supply chains.

With its highly developed communication and transport facilities, Bahrain is home to a number of multinational firms and construction proceeds on several major industrial projects.

Indigenous organizations from all regions of the world stated their strong objections to multinational corporations that violate indigenous peoples' rights to their land and natural resources.

The best European clubs are all multinational now.

The problem is the lack of trust, the lack of confidence, the lack of partnership between NGOs, campaign groups, civil society organizations and multinational companies.

It extends to mainstream hits like The Constant Gardener , in which the idealistic protagonists do battle with a malicious global pharmaceutical company that is bent on exploiting Africa s misery to test experimental drugs.

In 2008, US corporations gained a 33 return on their investments in China, while other multinationals got a 22 return.

Multinational corporations outperform traditional corporations operating in just one country.

Over the last decade, MNCs have increasingly expressed interest in establishing regional and global headquarters and R amp D centers in Shanghai. As of September 2012, Shanghai was home to 393 MNCs regional headquarters.

But what if MNEs provided the funds? Obviously, MNEs want the best possible deal for themselves but they also want durable contracts that won t be repudiated by the next government.

Clearly, the playing field with MNEs should be leveled.

Some argue that the World Cup is only a step towards a much greater development plan for Qatar for which multinational companies such as Siemens have been quick to sign up.

United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, of December 2000 (2002)

This potential is not lost on multinational companies.

Multinational companies were a driving force in Eastern Europe s postcommunist transition, bringing new skills, technology, training, and better working conditions.

What communism failed to provide modern management, new technologies, and marketing know how was what multinationals could offer.

It should be followed by an agreement that all new enrichment and reprocessing activities will be placed exclusively under multinational control, and that all existing such facilities will be converted from national to multinational control.

The Luxembourg army is integrated into the Multinational Beluga Force under Belgian command.

Mr. Dwight Justice, Multinational Enterprises Department, International Confederation of Free Trade Unions

Samsung Life Insurance (Korean 삼성생명, ) is a South Korean multinational insurance company headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, and a subsidiary of the Samsung Group.

As of September 2012, Shanghai was home to 393 MNCs regional headquarters.

Moreover, multinational companies that invest in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, and Estonia produce cars, high end electronics, and industrial machinery both for the domestic market and for export.

With their distribution power and detailed knowledge of the market, multinational companies influence could surely be leveraged to address many development problems, regardless of a country s political or economic legacy.

Without such programs, the multinational squeeze goes on.

The revival of traditional foods has attracted the attention of large multinational corporations.

By restructuring their secondary schools and universities to train graduates with skills demanded by multinational corporations, Asian countries also create more competitive workforces.

The latter have become increasingly vocal and powerful, often represented by large multinational corporations.

But corporate villains, typically multinational companies, have never been so ubiquitous as today.

And enterprise development policies should address linkages with multinational firms.

By contrast, if China s private firms sell to Western multinationals, such as Wal Mart, Target, or Home Depot, they do not have to worry about getting paid.

It started with large multinational companies, which are on as solid a financial footing as I can remember.

If so, then Hollywood s cartoon like caricatures of evil multinational corporations may some day seize mainstream consciousness, leading to political upheavals that shatter today s social contract.

For starters, large US multinational companies are as healthy as I have ever seen them.

But the Indian decision also means less money for the big multinational pharmaceutical companies.

This implies a high level of cohesion, which in the case of multinational forces is not guaranteed.

Under pressure from an international lobby, multinational banks stopped investing in South Africa, resulting in economic stagnation.

One of his most famous works featured an old laborer walking in front of a logo of a transnational company (see the photo above).