A Major Canadian Automaker Has Plants All Over the World

question 11

Multiple Choice

A major Canadian automaker has plants all over the world.It continues to shift its production from Canada,where labour unions have gained high wages for their members,to facilities in Mexico and China,where the wages are substantially lower.The company minimizes distribution and labour costs by locating facilities in central and eastern European countries such as Poland and Hungary for manufacturing and assembling automobiles to sell in the European market.This company is an example of

• A)an international company.
• B)a multinational company.
• C)a global company.
• D)a transnational company.

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