Global 5000 Spending by Country
Recently, we added dollar estimates for the amount each company in The Global 5000 spends in three areas – Corporate Training, IT and Marketing. If we look at these three areas, they all represent corporate spending on both internal staff and external products and services … and offer some of the best opportunities for outsourcing […]
IT Spending by Industry for The Global 5000 Companies
As we explore various aspects of The Global 5000 companies, their size, footprint and spending power is unmistakable. They make the most money and spend the most money compared to any other segment of the market. One area of spending we looked at is IT. Taking available data on the % of revenue spent on IT […]
Spending on Corporate Training & Education in Global 5000 Companies
In previous posts, we have outlined the size and footprint of The Global 5000 set of companies. The combined revenue of this group of the largest enterprises in the world equates to approximately 2/3 of the world GDP. They make most of the money in the business world and spend like it too. One of […]
IT Spending Added to Global 5000 Company Database
We have made some significant enhancements to the Global 5000 database including the addition of a $$$ estimate for IT spending on each company record in the database. Along with this, we have also added a spending estimate for training dollars and marketing spend. Each company record in the Global 5000 has standard data fields […]
A Global Metric for B2B Sales – how do your sales measure up?
As B2B companies look for areas of growth, going global and looking at emerging markets comes to the top of the list these days. The US economy has been on a good run from last year into 2012 but Europe is a big question mark. Sizing up market estimates, sizes and plans is always a […]
B2B Social Media & The Global 5000
As social media in B2B continues to evolve, we have added a way to measure and compare the social media involvement of Global 5000 companies. Rather than try to evaluate the corporate presence, we have looked at using the LinkedIn profiles of employees in each of the Global 5000 companies. Using this data and looking […]
From Billions to Trillions – The Global 5000 Footprint on World Economy
One question we get asked about The Global 5000 companies is – “How much of the market do these companies represent? One way to put this top tier of companies in perspective is to look at their collective revenue and the overall global economy. Consider this — if we add up the revenue for the Global 5000 […]
American Airlines, Eastman Kodak and Facebook
Within a few short weeks the reports came out about 2 traditionalGlobal 5000 firms — American Airlines and Eastman Kodak — filed for bankruptcy. At the same time Facebook is filing for what is shpaing up to be one of the largest IPO’s ever. None of this is exactly news. American is one of the […]
Global 5000 Companies in BRIC Countires
Emerging Markets and the BRIC countries seem to come in and out of popularity in recent years. The acronym BRIC has become synonymous with emerging markets. As the economy suffered in 2008 and 2009 many had hoped that growth in BRIC-like countries would help keep the world from all falling at the same time. We […]
Where do Private Companies fit in your Database Plan?
Most of the business press and financial news focuses our attention on public companies. Because they are public, information on those companies is easy to find and they issues all forms of communications to keep up their visibility. Private companies are private for a reason and they do make that much information avaialble. It all […]