A key difference between Bartlett and Ghoshal's "transnational corporation" and the conventional US multinational corporation (described by Bartlett and Ghoshal as a "coordinated federation")is that communication and coordination occurs between national units rather than exclusively between each national unit and the corporate HQ

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Bartlett and Ghoshal differentiate between two types of multinational corporations: the conventional US multinational corporation, which they describe as a "coordinated federation" with communication and coordination primarily occurring between each national unit and the corporate HQ, and the "transnational corporation," which operates across borders with much greater integration and coordination between national units. In a transnational corporation, communication and coordination occurs between national units as well as with the corporate HQ. Therefore, the statement that communication and coordination occurs between national units rather than exclusively between each national unit and the corporate HQ is true for the transnational corporation as described by Bartlett and Ghoshal.

A Key Difference Between Bartlett and Ghoshal's "Transnational Corporation" and the Conventional