Research Paper on:
Less Developed Countries and Transnational Companies' Impact

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a result of the advantages they perceive. The most basic of these is increased profit. This may be due to the ability to access new markets, or the way in  which they may be able to increase profits by reducing costs of production. If we consider the way that this practice can be seen to occur then we will  also appreciate that the impact any transnational company will have on a country will be dependant on the development status of the country. The less developed countries are less powerful  in economic terms, and as a result the companies that invest in their economies may be seen as holding a disproportionate level of power, creating an uneven relationship in the  economy between government and commerce. We may argue that this results in the transfer of culture and the subservient position of many  countries that are developing and need the income that is brought in by transnational companies setting up in their economies. If we  wish to understand the nature of the commercial trading of transnational companies and how they are able to gain a commercial advantage by seeking to undertake trade in poorer or  less developed countries then we can look at international trade theory and apply this to the way both side benefit, but not in an even handed manner, with the less  developed nations seeing the gap between the develop and undeveloped world increase as a result of these practices. Despite this the trade still continues, and as such we must argue  there is more than the short term economic need for hard currency that is the motivational factors for the less developed countries to continue to seek the investment. Here we