The document outlines 5 stages of internationalization:
1. Domestic operations focus solely within the home country.
2. Export operations expand the market internationally but production remains domestic.
3. Subsidiaries or joint ventures physically move some operations abroad through cost and profit sharing partnerships.
4. Multinational operations establish assembly facilities across several world regions with some decentralized decision making.
5. Transnational operations achieve both global efficiency and local responsiveness using worldwide markets and resources.