[58] Examples of such corporations include the British East India Company,[59], the Dutch East India Company, the Swedish Africa Company, and the Hudson's Bay Company. New York: Free, 2004. The Corporation That Changed the World How the East India Company Shaped the Modern Multinational. Robins, Nick. However the economic impact of corporate colonial exploitation has proved to be lasting and far reaching,[67] with some commentators asserting that this impact is among the chief causes of contemporary global income inequality. Economic theories of the multinational corporation include internalization theory and the eclectic paradigm. In addition, corporations may be prohibited from various business transactions by international sanctions or domestic laws. The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power. 78-83. Company, Crown and Colony: The Hudson's Bay Company and Territorial Endeavor in Western Canada. A multinational company is one which is incorporated in one country (called the home country); but whose operations extend beyond the home country and which carries on business in other countries (called the host countries) in addition to the home country. There are certain features that must be met for them to be named as such. 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Corporations can legally engage in tax avoidance through their choice of jurisdiction, but must be careful to avoid illegal tax evasion. [47], The history of multinational corporations is closely intertwined with the history of colonialism, the first multinational corporations being founded to undertake colonial expeditions at the behest of their European monarchical patrons. 175. This has a history of self-conscious cultural management going back at least to the 60s. Multinational companies must keep these changes in mind when doing any type of business abroad. According to the economic realist view, individuals act in rational ways to maximize their self-interest and therefore, when individuals act rationally, markets are created and they function best in free market system where there is little government interference. [15] The two main characteristics of MNCs are their large size and the fact that their worldwide activities are centrally controlled by the parent companies. In other words, it’s a company that has business activities in more than one country. [61] Many of these corporations, such as the South Australia Company and the Virginia Company, played a direct role in formal colonization by creating and maintaining settler colonies. The Journal of Economic History 73(4): pp. [37]:115 Geographic diversification can be measured across various domains, including ownership and control, workforce, sales, and regulation and taxation. (Amsterdam Centre for Law & Economics Working Paper No. London: I.B. FASB dictates the US dollar must be used for all domestic companies’ financial statements, but other countries often require IFRS statements for their markets. 'The Dutch East India Company as an Institutional Innovation,'; in Maurice Aymard (ed.). Political Geography: An Introduction to Space and Power. Print. Print. Howe, Stephen. Political Geography: An Introduction to Space and Power. 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