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Are transnational corporations the main beneficiaries of globalisation?  

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Are transnational corporations the main beneficiaries of globalisation? "Two hundred giant corporations, most of them larger than many national economies, now control well over a quarter of the world's economic activity." Anderson & John Cavanagh (2000). Transnational corporations (TNC's) are wielding more power and influence than ever before, they have got so large that some have more financial clout, and employ more people than entire nations. This essay will expose how one of the most well-known Western TNC's (Coca-Cola), has resided in the less developed country (LDC) (India) causing severe drought, then how they were subsequently band from India through legal action. Then discuss if TNC's really are the main beneficiaries of globalisation through the use of case studies and the media. Obviously, there are other beneficiaries of globalisation that have done extremely well: these be entrepreneurs, newly industrialised countries (NIC's) in the East, and in some cases the consumer....

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