Multinationals
Concentrates financial management at central home base while decentralizing production, sales, and marketing to other countries
Franchisers
Product created, designed, financed, and initially produced in home country but rely on foreign units for further production, marketing, and human resources
Transnationals
Regional (not national) headquarters and perhaps world headquarters; optimizing resources as needed
entralized systems:
All development and operation at domestic home base
Duplicated systems:
Development at home base but operations managed by autonomous units in foreign locations
Decentralized systems:
Each foreign unit designs own solutions and systems