‘‘A new role for business is beginning to take shape as a
consequence of far-reaching changes in the structure of world
commerce . . . at a far faster pace than is sometimes realized, great
trading companies, with home offices in many advanced nations,
are becoming what has come to be known as multinational
organizations . . . This is a powerful unifying influence in the affairs
of mankind that has not yet been fully recognized, but which must
inevitably make itself more felt in the years to come . . . The
multinational company thereby becomes a major vehicle to carry
the have-nots toward ‘takeoff’ and the haves into frontier fields.’’
Courtney C. Brown, Editor, Columbia Journal of World Business,
1966.