Finishing "Elements of Programming Interviews in Python" .
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A multinational corporation is an international company that maintains operations
in multiple countries. A multidomestic organization is an MNC that decentralizes
management and other decisions to the local country (the polycentric
attitude). A global organization is an MNC that centralizes management and
other decisions in the home country (the ethnocentric attitude). A transnational
organization (the geocentric attitude) is an MNC that has eliminated artificial
geographical barriers and uses the best work practices and approaches from
wherever. Global sourcing is purchasing materials or labor from around the
world wherever it is cheapest. Exporting is making products domestically and
selling them abroad. Importing is acquiring products made abroad and selling
them domestically. Licensing is used by manufacturing organizations that make
or sell another company’s products and gives that organization the right to use
the company’s brand name, technology, or product specifications. Franchising
is similar but is usually used by service organizations that want to use another
company’s name and operating methods. A global strategic alliance is a partnership
between an organization and foreign company partners in which they share resources
and knowledge to develop new products or build facilities. A joint venture is a specific
type of strategic alliance in which the partners agree to form a separate, independent
organization for some business purpose. A foreign subsidiary is a direct investment in
a foreign country that a company creates by establishing a separate and independent
facility or office.