A Critical Examination of the Challenges Multinational Organizations faces, also the Benefits and Negative Impacts it brings to Nations, and the Strategies Adopted by MNC’s

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DOI: 10.21522/TIJMG.2015.12.01.Art011

Authors : Rajesh Ramsudeen

Abstract:

The aspects of globalization have caused many organizations across the world to spread their operations in several countries across the world, via entering new markets, production facilities, distribution, and franchising. This has resulted the multinational organizations has encountered numerous challenges and issues when developing and implementing their strategies in their subsidiaries around the world. The study explores a detailed examination of MNC’s strategy formulation and execution, which can only be characterized by evolution and dynamism. The study has also shown the benefits, and the challenges of these multinational organizations encounter, illustrating the substantial benefits these MNC’s bring to nations around the world, also a detailed look at the drawbacks of these MNC’s. The research delivers a considerable understanding of strategy, its formulation and implementation within the context of multinational organizations which contributes to knowledge within the arena of International Business.

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