GEOPOLITICAL IMPACT OF THE CONCEPT OF CORPORATE NETWORKS

It is apparent that firms require efficient networks, including teleco mmunications networks. This affects their strategies and their capital expenditure which, in the case of large-sized firms, is often interna tional. It is in the interest of states that efficient networks should exist as they are useful for firms that carry out takeovers (that is, firms with an attacking attitude), as well as those that have recours e to subcontracting and franchising (that is, firms with a defensive a ttitude). The article deals with the impact of such networks on compan ies and discusses how changes take place in a geopolitical context.