What defines a multinational corporation?
AIt sells its products in at least ten separate countries
BIt is owned by shareholders drawn from several countries
CIt employs more workers abroad than it does at home
DIt moves resources and skills across national boundaries
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. It moves resources and skills across national boundaries
1. Multinational corporations move resources, goods, services and skills across national boundaries.
2. They do so without regard to the country in which their headquarters are located.
3. Some are so large in sales and employment that they resemble small countries.
4. The successful ones take political and cultural differences into account.
5. Counting countries, shareholders or employees is not how the term is defined.
_Source: OpenStax Introduction to Business (CC BY 4.0), Ch 3 "Competing in the Global Marketplace", section 3.8 The Impact of Multinational Corporations_
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