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…century the only real difference is that the huge Petroleum Companies, Gold Miners and Fruit growers only became multinational to get close to there market because the transport of such goods was more difficult than it is today. Thus it was an imperative to become multinational if you were to succeed. Perhaps Richard Longworth in his recent publication, The coming crisis for first world nations, 1998 has got it right with describing multinationals as Global Corporations.