Increasing intra-firm trade

Trading within companies, usually larger and multinational companies, is both a cause and an effect in the integration of the world economy as production capacities are extended beyond national boundaries.

One third of world trade is intra-firm and some 80% of international payments for royalties and fees is undertaken on an intra-firm basis.

1. Linking needed business expertise
2. Forming transnational economy

1. Increasing international trade
2. Increasing activity of transnational corporations

1. Improving efficiency of trade

1. Increasing intra-firm trade