Conclusion
The studies I have reviewed in this chapter would seem to suggest that, in business in particular, English transcends national and cultural barriers. It is used as a first language for some speakers in business, but for millions, perhaps billions, more, it is used either as a business lingua franca or as an international business language. As I have attempted to show in this chapter, situations of all three types have been well documented and dis cussed as separate entities by researchers. In reality, however, particularly in multinational