They could, for example, mandate that foreign firms that want to establish operations in-country or import products must contribute to a rural development fund.
There are intricate assessments of Exxon Mobil's morally complicated operations in countries like Chad, Indonesia, Equatorial Guinea, Venezuela and Vladimir V. Putin's Russia.
Nor is he the first to argue that he had avoided breaking American law by basing his operations in countries such as Costa Rica and Britain, where such gambling is legal.
They show that Exxon registered at least 67 companies in the secretive tax haven, covering operations in countries from Russia to Venezuela to Azerbaijan.
That is partly because spammers can hide themselves or their operations in countries where law enforcement is lax, from Russia and Eastern Europe to China and Nigeria.
Mr. Daft has also promoted foreign nationals to oversee operations in countries where their cultural expertise might make relations with regulators smoother.
The potential value of the division, which has operations in countries including the US, UK, Netherlands, France, and Australia, has been put at between £1bn and £1.3bn.
ABN Amro's global empire was dismantled by predators because the international business was a collection of mostly unrelated operations in countries ranging from Brazil to Monaco.
The company has also expanded geographically, setting up operations in countries like France, Mexico and the United Kingdom.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission doesn't require companies trading on U.S. markets to disclose the level of investments and operations in countries deemed as terrorist hotbeds.
But companies need to do more than rubber stamp their projects and operations in countries like Bangladesh.
