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外文翻译 原文 Some Effects of the Multinational Coporations Material Source:Intereconomics Author:R.Krishnamurti,Geneva The arguments against the multinational corporations, in the terms in which they have been presented by INTERECO- NOMICS, are obviously designed to stimulate discussion and counterarguments. Therefore the generalisations in these arguments require to be given further precision, detailed qualification and balanced analysis. Multinational or international corporations follow a world-wide strategy in the interest of the head office and therefore without any ties to a country. This must necessarily lead to a conflict of interests with the host country. The nature and degree to which multinational corporations follow a world-wide strategy vary according to the particular sector or sectors in which the corporation operates, the size of the parent firm and the network of subsidiaries which it has built up in host countries. The degree of control also differs as between various decision-making areas. Broadly, the major decision-making areas are financial policies including capital expansion, export policy, pricing policy, production planning, research and development and personnel policy. The structure and the form of organization of, for example, a large US multinational corporation tends to vary from those of a relatively smaller US corporation or for that matter, of a smaller European Corporation. Nevertheless the large corporations, particularly those of the US and quite a number of the larger European corporations, follow global strategies. Integrated networks of production and market allocation arrangements form the essential elements of the world strategy of the corporation which is carried out by centralised decision-making. The extent of autonomy which any particular subsidiary may be permitted to exercise would depend on its own size, and the importance of the market or markets for which it caters. The Multination