THE 'NATIONALITY' OF A COMPANY(A CANADIAN CONTEXT)

摘要

As a company evolves through the market lifecycle from conception into evolution, and finally into market maturity and decline, it often portrays itself in its market space as being "from a particular country". This is noteworthy when countries go through nationalistic or protectionist phases-as they do regularly and many times in a century. A company (often seen as a strategic sector by a country), particularly in its nascent phases, will receive tax credits, tax incentives, financial incentives, and other inducements to stay and grow in a particular country. These inducements vary, and become less meaningful with the position of the company in its lifecycle. Multinationals and late market dominant companies will often pick up and move branches, plants, and even workers to distant geographic markets for a relatively small margin advantage. This paper will explore a number of parameters that seek to identify a company's nationality. This can be a critical component in a company operating within a highly regulated marketplace, and can also be important for the regulators and funders of the organisation. This can be especially important to the engineering manager, as they seek to ensure that their company solicits and garners advantages over others.