African countries in particular are often relatively poorly and unstably connected with the international system. Although the playing field of states and other actors has global dimensions, the actual play in most cases has not. Ruud Stokvis 'Strategy and Structure of Multinationals' The strategy and structure of multinationals varies between the extremes of multi-domestic and transnational organizations. The tendency that more multinationals acquire transnational characteristics is the subject of the article. The most important condition that stimulates this development is the economic development of Eastern Asia in recent years.
Enterprises have to become more competitive.
A central problem is the relation between their product divisions and country organizations. Operating units are given more autonomy and become integrated by regional management. Informatization devices enable topmanagement to supervise the complicated networks of interactions. The social consequences of these developments are that national governments become more dependent on the multinationals. To control these enterprises international government structures will be necessary.