Globally competitive firms can exploit their ability to move assets between operating units. One of these transfers can be technological, such as plant and equipment. Another type of transfer is cash. You can also move funds internally between your country units. In fact, if you make a large investment in an offshore operation it is almost mandatory that you anticipate the operation's cash needs as it will not be able to generate enough money on its own account. Any funds you transfer are immediately available to the receiving country unit while those same funds are immediately taken from the sending country's cash flow operations.