从事贸易、生产和资本输出的公司,当跨越国界在遥远的国家里扩大了活动时,便被称为跨国公司。在过去二十年里,发达国家和发展中国家的私人投资都有了很大的增长。估计,这样的公司有4,000多家,它们依靠遍布于世界各地的5万多家有关公司的合作,设立了许多附属公司,开办了联合企业和安装 Companies that trade, produce, and export capital are called transnational corporations when they expand their activities in distant countries across borders. In the past two decades, private investment in both developed and developing countries has greatly increased. It is estimated that more than 4,000 such companies rely on the cooperation of more than 50,000 companies in various parts of the world to set up a number of subsidiaries, start joint ventures and install