The Multinational Corporations and the Global Economy

The multinational corporations represent the main actors in the process of globalization. The aim of our paper is to analyze the evolution of the first ten biggest MNCs in the world by their turnover and profit in the period 2010-2011. The research type is a literature review. Despite the...

This paper is trying to illustrate the role of multinational corporations in the global economy and the result of the increase of the FDI share. The impact of multinational corporations in developing economies is based on the principles of economic efficiency and capacity of states to impose...

The contemporary society was given a new feature, called virtual aspect, that gets involved into the daily life of people at a speed close to that of the sun. The Internet and nowadays technologies have become an absolutely perfect integrated part, offering better circumstances for development...

Most often, when one speaks of world power, what is highlighted is the ability of a country or group of countries to impose its/their will on another country, either in a positive way by free acceptance, or in a negative way, by coercion or sanctions. Yet, under the current circumstances where...

Globalization along with the liberalization of foreign economic flows have become a driving force of economic growth, a process that encourages both the national and international business environment and also the players in the international field and the competition among them. The 21st...

This paper`s target is to point the role of political risk in international affairs. Despite the fact that now we live in a globalized world the reality shows that national borders still matters. In this context, multinational companies face a lot broader types of risk when they invest abroad....

The 90s’ represented the first decade through which worldwide national companies started to form a global vision. Still, the present is characterised by the tightening of the global competition. The more the companies fail to adopt the international view, the more increased is the risk of...

The countries in transition need FDI not just to produce more goods and a higher quality. Foreign capital investments are the most efficient and safe way to integrate into the world economy. Further, we shall examine some structural changes, which had been made, under the influence of FDI, in...

The article analyses the possibilities for facilitating Romanian firms’ access to the European Single Market through clusters development and internationalization. Having considered the clusters’ role and characteristics, in order to determine their potential for growth and...