The idea of the transnational corporation (TNC) — ‘a firm with operations in more than one country’ — is not always good enough to describe the complex global interactions shaping world economic geography. In particular, an important distinction has arisen between two different types of ‘operation’:
■ Genuine overseas branch plant operations: production or retailing facilities resulting from foreign direct investment (FDI) and owned by the parent company.
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