The Globally Integrated Enterprise

The globally integrated enterprise is a term coined in 2006 in the name of Sam Palmisano, CEO of IBM Corp, used to denote a company that fashions its strategy, its management, and its operations in pursuit of a new goal: the integration of production and value delivery worldwide. State borders define less and less the boundaries of corporate thinking or practice.

"The multinational corporation (mnc),often seen as a primary agent of globalization,is taking on a new form,one that is promising for both business and society. From a business perspective,
this new kind of enterprise is best understood as “global”rather than “multinational.” PDF