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Chapter 21, Problem 8DQ
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To explain:Â The procedures for an MNC, to study its political risks, and strategies to guard them against such risks.
Introduction:
Multinational firm (MNC):
It is a business organization that operates and produces in at least one more country other than the country in which it has been incorporated.
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