Corporations in the World Economy
Kryštof Kozák, IMS FSV UK, 13.5. 2010
Fortune 500 Global, 2007, revenue
1. Wal Mart - United States (retail)
2. ExxonMobil Corporation - United States (oil/retail) 3. Royal Dutch Shell - Netherlands (oil)
4. BP - United Kingdom (oil)
5. General Motors - United States (automobiles) 6. Toyota Motor - Japan (automobiles)
7. Chevron - United States (oil)
8. DaimlerChrysler - Germany (automobiles) 9. ConocoPhillips - United States (oil)
10. Total - France (oil)
Sales 2006
Sales 2009
Profits 2006
Profits 2009
Assets 2009
Market value 2009
Losses (bn. USD), 2008:
Name revenue profit assets market value Alcatel-Lucent (France) 24.35 -4.81 47.99 13.75 Merrill Lynch (US)62.68 -7.78 1,020.05 48.02 Vodafone (UK)61.23 -10.59 214.97 171.94 Sprint Nextel (US) 40.15 -29.58 64.11 20.22 General Motors(US) 181.12 -38.73 148.88 13.18
For comparison:
ČEZ (ČR) 7.65 1.33 17.64 43.86
http://www.forbes.com/lists/2008/18/biz_2000global08_The-Global-2000_Rank.html
Biggest losses (bn. USD), 2009:
Forbes 2000 Global Companies, 2006
Forbes 2000 Global Companies, 2008
462 ČEZ (ČR) Utilities 7.65 1.33 17.64 43.86 213 Google US Software 16.59 4.20 25.34 147.66
Forbes 2000 Global Companies, 2009
Forbes 2000 Global Companies
Forbes 2000 Global Companies
Privately owned corporations in
the U.S., 2009
Saudi Aramco
• state owned
• profits 2006: 194 bn USD
• market value: app. 778 bn USD
• employees: 53 000
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Revenue per employee
Big Five (Oil)
• ExxonMobil (U.S.)
• Chevron Corporation (U.S.)
• British Petroleum (BP) (GB)
• Royal Dutch Shell (Shell) (NL)
• ConocoPhillips (U.S.)
Big Five (Music)
• Universal Music Group (U.S./France)
• Sony Music Entertainment (U.S.)
• EMI (U.K.)
• Warner Music Group (U.S.)
Big Four (Audit, Consulting)
• Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu (U.S.)
• Ernst & Young (U.K.)
• KPMG (NL)
• PricewaterhouseCoopers (U.K.)
Arthur Andersen (+2005) (U.S.)
(bn. USD)
http://www.nielsenmedia.com/nc/portal/site/Public/menuitem.55dc65b4a7d5adff3f65 936147a062a0/?vgnextoid=23922dafb3b61110VgnVCM100000ac0a260aRCRD
Hard disk industry case study
• Where is production?
– US: 4.6 percent of final assembly; Southeast 64 percent
• Where is ownership?
– American firms account for 88.4 percent of unit output, Japan 9.4 percent, Southeast Asia, 0.
• Where is employment?
– Southeast Asia: 44 percent; US: 19 percent; Japan: 8.3 percent
• Where are wages paid?
– US: 39.5 percent; Japan, 29.7 percent; Southeast Asia, 12.9 percent
