The State and the multinational enterprises

The main purpose of this article is to make clear the several types of State intervention that result in the international expansion of the enterprises. The article retakes the State’s role within the theory of multinational enterprises. The authors make a study of multinational public enterprises, identifying them as the most notable case of Government’s intervention. The increasing number of state enterprises and their international expansion make the authors to believe it is necessary to make a theoretical revision, putting the State as the major element of the multinationalization of enterprises.

KEYWORDS:
Multinationals; State intervention; state-owned enterprises; role of the State