1. Multinational (MNCs)& Transnational Corporations (TNCs)

2. GLOBAL 500 COMPANIES - QUIZ
What company headed the Global 500 list in 2010?
Profits $14,335,000,000

3. GLOBAL 500 COMPANIES - QUIZ
2. What are the next top four companies on the list?

4. GLOBAL 500 COMPANIES - QUIZ
3. What country had the most companies on the Global 500 list? How many companies did this country have?
139

5. GLOBAL 500 COMPANIES - QUIZ
4. What are the next top four countries with the greatest number of Global 500 companies?
2008 Japan 64, France, 39, Germany 37 , Britan 34 46 39 37 71

6. GLOBAL 500 COMPANIES - QUIZ
5. How may Global 500 companies does Canada and India have? 11 8

7. GLOBAL 500 COMPANIES - QUIZ
6. What company had the largest profits?
24,555,700,000 (2010)
Gazprom is one of the world’s largest energy companies. Its major business lines are geological exploration, production, transportation, storage, processing and marketing of hydrocarbons as well as generation and marketing of heat and electric power.

8. GLOBAL 500 COMPANIES - QUIZ
7. What is the name of the largest Canadian Company on the list? Where did this company rank?
Ranked #208 - $35,144,000,000

9. GLOBAL 500 COMPANIES - QUIZ
8. Name Canada’s other Global 500 countries.
2. Royal Bank of Canada
3. Power Corp. of Canad
4. George Weston (Food)
5. Sunlife Financial
6. Suncor Energy
7. Onex
8. Toronto-Dominion Bank
9. Bank of Nova Scotia
10. Bombardier
11. Magna International

10. GLOBAL 500 COMPANIES - QUIZ
Estimate the number of Global 500 companies that have their head offices in
The Core:
Semi Periphery:
Periphery:
415 (83%) (84%)
85 ( 17%) (15.6%)
0 (0%) 2 (0.4%)

14. Countries With Low GDP - 2009
Country
Continent
GDP ($US 2009)
Malawi
Africa
2.2 billion
Niger
3.5 billion
Somalia
4.4 billion
Haiti
North America
5 billion
Chad
6.5 billion
Afghanistan
Asia
8.4 billion
Zambia
10.5 billion
Sudan
37.5 billion
Bangladesh
61.9 billion
Kazakhstan
77.2 billion
Total
217.1 Billion

15. Countries With Low GDP - 2009
Kazakhstan
Niger
Haiti
Afghanistan
Sudan
Bangladesh
Chad
Somalia
Malawi
Zambia

17. Issues of Growth of MNC (TNCs)
Growing power of MNCs
Global expansion of global trade
Protests against MNCs(TNCs) that operate sweatshops to produce clothing shoes and other goods in developing countries
Anti-globalization protests in North America and Europe made on franchieses of companies like McDonalds and Starbucks

18. Benefits of of MNC (TNCs)
Provides consumers with ever-widening range of products and affordable prices
Overall increase in world economic growth that will make everyone wealthier by providing more jobs and greater economic production
Stimulus for the economic development of developing nations
Faster more equitable sharing of the most recent technological breakthroughs

19. Criticisms of of MNC (TNCs)
Loss of local cultural identities as products from Japan, US and Europe become commonly used
Corporations are becoming so large - not clear whos laws apply when a company’s operations extend far beyond the borders of any one country
Old Core nations become richer - most of the best jobs and profits go to Core --> rest will get low paying jobs, provide markets & suffer possible environmental damage
Economic uncertainty --> MNCs shop around for best places in which to do business (play 1 country against another in search for cheapest labour or weakest environmental standards