Transnationals

Abstract

The term “transnational organization” relates to a firm that owns or controls income‐generating assets in more than one country. The term is often used interchangeably with that of international organization or multinational organization and, sometimes, global organization. Increasingly often an organization is described as “transnational” when its strategic influence appears so globally dispersed as to be outside of the jurisdiction of any single national government. This is the context in which its meaning is explored in this entry.