The Global 5000 Company Activities in 2011 – M&A and others
During 2011, The Global 5000 companeis were very active with a number of mergers, acquisitions, divesting assets, new IPO’s and other corporate actions. In total we recorded 245 activities representing over 330 companies. Tallying up the key areas, there were 135 acquisitions, 7 companies filed ch 11 banruptcy while 5 others emerged from bankruptcy protection. Thirty […]
American and the Airlines Dilemma
AMR, the parent company of American Airlines, filed for bankruptcy this week. They are the last of the major carriers to file. When we step back and look at the overall airline industry, there are some interesting differences between the largest airlines and the rest of the leading companies around the world. From The Global […]
The Forbes List & Private Companies in The Global 5000
Forbes magazine has published their annual list of the largest private companies in the US – listed here. They cover US private companies with $2 billion + revenue. This past year (2010 revenue) there were 212 companies that fit the criteria. Except for a few of the very large firms (like Cargill or Koch Industries) […]
AsiaPac Countries in the Database
In our Global 5000 database, we have 761 companies located in the AsiaPac region – slightly more than the 680 in Europe. As many have pointed out, the region is full of promise and developing economies. Over the long term, growth rates are expected to exceed both Europe and North America. In this developing environment, […]
Global 5000 M&A Corporate Activity – October 2011
During the month of October, The Global 5000 companies announced 15 significant deals including M&A, IPO filings, private equity financing, and spin-offs. Focusing on the largest firms – The Global 5000 – there are generally more of these than in smaller companies. These activities and changes become important for Database Marketers as they have to […]
The Saab Journey — now on to China
If Pang Da auto (one of Saab’s new owners) was in the US, they would be in the top 300 of Fortune companies … and hardly anyone knows the name. Saab auto has had quite the journey from its home in Sweden to being part of General Motors and now owned by a firm in […]
BRIC Companies in The Global 5000
Periodically, various analysts and news articles bring the idea of BRIC country development comes to the front. Examining The Global 5000 companies, we find 6.5% of the companies are in Brazil, Russia, India and China. But they represent nearly 10% of the revenue of the total Global 5000 database. One other interesting aspect of this […]
Using Revenue per Employee as a Metric
Many companies look at numerous metrics to see how their own firm stacks up against their peers. One of those benchmarks is revenue per employee and we decided to look at The Global 5000 database and do some calculations. Normally, there are significant differences in these kind of metrics when comparing organizations by geography, industry […]
How Do We Count Revenue For Banks?
When building and updating a B2B database, we try to gather revenue for each company so it is on a comparable basis as companies in other industry sectors. It sounds fairly simple and straight forward – however, it is not always that easy. In those financial organizations that have a mix of business lines in […]
M&A And Corporate Activity for September 2011
With September coming to a close, there were a number of corporate activities including M&A, IPO filings, private equity financing, and spin-offs. Focusing on the largest firms – The Global 5000 – there are generally more of these than in smaller companies. These activities and changes become important for Database Marketers as they have to […]