what is an example of a multinational corporation that benefits its host country?

Answer 1

Any setup that has a network effect that allows benefits to transverse both ways, such as information flow by the creators of the www ( non-MNC) as benefited by web companies like yahoo and altavista.

Immediate tangible effects would be goods and services affordable to the local consumer demand that has no or little detrimental effects.

Early European and American colonist exported commodities like opium, (unrefined heroine and subsequently cocaine) which fueled social decay and promoted unproductive workforce, such as the now know as Hongkong Shanghai Banking Corporations, then ran by Scots nationals. There were others such as British India Company which subsequently split due to internal business disagreements.

Present day symbiosis at a stretch would include, Pizza hut, McDonalds, Kentucky Fried Chicken whose food, before outsourcing, provided an overall better quality to host country, abeit a tendency of higher prices, but may still be afforded by the masses.

Other corporations, usually pressured in one form or another, may provide jobs or complementary industrial needs, such as banks.

Answer 2

In an effort to reduce health care costs, some countries have tried to force pharmaceutical companies to license their patented drugs to local competitors for a very low fee, thereby artificially lowering the price. When faced with that threat, multinational pharmaceutical firms have simply withdrawn from the market, which often leads to limited availability of advanced drugs. Abbott Labs recently did this in Thailand.

Answer 3

McDonalds

Not only are the restaurants owned by local business men/women, but the products served typically come from the residing country as well.

Answer 4

Cargill, 3M