The aim of this diploma work is to point out the importance, influence and activities of transnational corporations and to discuss the related trends in foreing direct investments (FDI) in the world economy. The basic questions which are to be discussed are the clarification of the term transnational corporation, how is it possible that these corportions became so successful, what is their role in the world economy and what are the trends in FDI flows in the past two decades
