过去的二十年中，跨国公司的跨国活动范围与在世界贸易中所占的份额一直在稳步地增长。这就使得人们重新开始考虑跨国公司对欧洲的就业、投资、贸易与经济增长结构所产生的影响。本文将讨论引起对外直接投资不断增长的原因及其对本国和东道国所带来的更加广泛的影响，通过例举 Over the past two decades, the scope of transnational activities of transnational corporations and their share of world trade have steadily increased. This has led to renewed consideration of the impact of multinational corporations on the employment, investment, trade and economic growth structures in Europe. This article will discuss the reasons for the growing FDI inflow and its broader implications for home and host countries, by way of example