INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

    The international corporation or global company has its origin.

Usually it is the outgrowth of the great trading companies of the

17th and 18th centuries. In 1811 a New York statute said the filing

of documents could create corporations. After that it became a

matter of bureaucratic operations to become a corporation. By

1850 it was a very common thing in the United States and was

under general statute in European countries as well. Since that

time the corporate movement began. As the jet plane, satellite

communications and computers began, it became possible for a

company to control business in all the world.

     There are some projects which predict that within a generation

almost a half of the free worlds production will be

internationalised.

     This trend for internationalism presupposes some benefits

such as new jobs, higher living standards and the closing of the

gaps between people – economic, educational and technological.

At the same time serious questions can be asked. Is it the most

efficient way to use world researches? Can the international

corporation be the best force for a   better world? Is it politically

stronger than government? Can it take care of the self-interest

and competitiveness on behalf of the greatest good? And in what

way can the global company work toward easing the world's

crises - monetary, political, energy and food?