was studying ibm and i came across this.
thought it was rather interesting.

How to distinguish different forms of organisations?

An international company has its base(headquarters) in one country, and trades overseas from that single base. eg uol

A multinational company/ multidomestic company (MNC) has a home base in one country( referred to as the home-country), and has then established operations in a number of other countries( referred to as host-countries). So, it trades from a number of bases. eg construction companies.

A transnational company (TNC) is an organisation that is consciously attempting to be global by disassociating itself from one home country. There may be more than one main bases but the company does not see itself "belonging" to those countries. eg. banks

A global company has no national identity. Companies that come closest as being a global company are usually those that have merged a number of different firms, each with different original home bases.

interesting.. :]