Although not unusual in North America, and in Europe-based multinational companies of U.S. parent firms, it has yet to move across the Atlantic -- until now.

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Multinational firms in India scored better than any other businesses except American multinationals operating in America.

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Matthew Slaughter of Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business and Laura Tyson of Berkeley's Haas School of Business point out that multinational firms (which pay higher wages than non-multinationals) increased employment in America by 24% in the 1990s.

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