International Location

Multinational businesses locate in more than one country

If you locate overseas you need to consider additional factors

Why locate overseas?

Businesses often locate overseas to:

- Exploit lower costs

- Benefit from less regulation

- Benefit from cheaper labour

- Use minerals / resources in a country

- Exploit market opportunities overseas

- To be closer to overseas customers

- To overcome protectionist trade barriers

- To decrease trade union power

- To decrease exchange rate problems