Advantages and disadvatages of multinational corporations?

Wow, that is a broad and open-ended question. Depending on the product or service - and where the manufacturing and supply-chain exists - you have a lot of flexibility. If you make a product that contains parts made in China, Japan and Mongolia - it wouldn't make much sense to ship all those components to the United States for assembly, and then ship the completed product out to Europe, if that's where the primary market is for your product. You could build a factory in Singapore, have very short supply-lines to your assembly plant, and then do a one-way shipping (at lower cost) - to Germany, for example. If you have business partners that are native to the country you want to do business in, they will most likely be better at finding and keeping business relationships that you would be across the water. In most cases, Chinese only do business with Chinese, as well is the same in most places around the world. Even if you have an American business - Having someone of the same nationality as the country you're doing business in will make a big difference in how successful you are abroad. There are a number of other risks and benefits of a diverse logistical footprint. These are just a couple examples to think about.