Corporations in the World Economy Kryštof Kozák, IMS FSV UK,
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: Namerevenueprofitassetsmarket value Alcatel-Lucent (France) Merrill Lynch (US) , Vodafone (UK) Sprint Nextel (US) General Motors(US) For comparison: ČEZ (ČR)
Biggest losses (bn. USD), 2009:
Forbes 2000 Global Companies, 2006
Forbes 2000 Global Companies, ČEZ (ČR) Utilities Google US Software
Forbes 2000 Global Companies, 2009
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: s_id=fto s_id=fto
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.)
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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
Corporate Social Responsibility