一、政治风险的概念、来源与分类目前国际上关于政治风险的定义还没有统一的看法,但大多数都认为所谓跨国企业海外投资的政治风险是指跨国企业投资的目标国(东道国)中的各种政治力量使该国的商务环境发生剧烈变化,并影响到某个具体跨国企业的经营目标的实现。它一般具有不连续性和不确定性特点。政治风险的来源很多,最常见的来源是那些与占支配地位的政府政策有尖锐分歧而敌视外国企业的各种政治力量。其它来源还有: I. The concept, origin and classification of political risk There is no unified view on the definition of political risk in the world. However, most people think that the political risk of so-called transnational corporations’ overseas investment is in the target country (host country) of multinational corporations’ investment. Various political forces have drastically changed the country’s business environment and affected the realization of the operational goals of a specific multinational corporation. It is generally characterized by discontinuities and uncertainties. There are many sources of political risk. The most common sources are political forces that are sharply divided from dominant government policies and hostile to foreign companies. Other sources include: