学习要点

在当今国际经济中，跨国公司具有多方面的影响，跨国公司是国际投资、国际贸易、国际金融与国际技术转让活动的主要组织者和承担者。本章从不同的角度论述跨国公司，先后研究和分析了跨国公司的产生与发展、新特点与新趋势、概念与类型、所发挥的作用、法律与管理组织形式、服务业跨国公司的组织形式与特点等。通过学习本章，学生应理解相关概念，对跨国公司有一个全面整体的把握。

Key Points

Transnational corporations have served as the main organizers and participants as well as the primary type of enterprises in the international investment, international finance, international trade and international economic cooperation activities. From different perspectives, this chapter in sequence analyzes the origin and development, the new characteristics and trends, the definition and types, the influences, the legal and managerial organizational structure of transnational corporations, and also its organizational structures and characteristics in the service industry. By studying this chapter, students are expected to have a general understanding of transnational corporations.