Aerospace and Defense Companies Facing Slow (or no) Growth?
As the US and European countries face the realization of spending cuts, companies in the Aerospace and Defense sector and probably watching nervously. Those who sell to them also need to be watching as target marketing efforts and sales quotas get set for the upcoming year, banking on big sales numbers from Aerospace and Defense […]
European Banks and Nervous Markets
The roller coaster like headlines over the past week have given businesses and consumer a wild ride. If your business looks to the financial sector and banks as a source of revenue and expect growth, it is indeed a white knuckle experience. We took a look in our database of The Global 5000 to look […]
Just like M&A – some companies are splitting into two
Tracking the ebb and flow of corporate activity among The Global 5000, we find not only mergers and activities (see our recent post on July M&A companies) but also companies who have announced they are splitting into 2 or more entities. Keeping track of these is important for B2B sales and marketing teams. Starting with […]
M&A and Corporate Activity for July 2011
In any given week or month, there are 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 […]
Fortune Global 500 in The Global 5000 Data
This past week, Fortune released their updated Global 500 list of public companies. As we have done for the past few years, we compare lists to ensure the Global 5000 data set has not missed any companies. We also code the Fortune ranking in the company records for each of the Global 5000 records. As […]
Average Employees at Global 5000 Companies
The Global 5000 companies are the largest in the world and as such, employ large numbers. On average, the companies have nearly 29,800 employees but it varies by region and type of ownership. Private companies in the Global 5000 employ an average of 18,800 Looking at various parts of the globe, we find the average […]
Delta Airlines & Using Social Media at Global 5000 Companies
We often hear that social media is about individuals and consumers and not really the realm of the corporate world. Or if it is, most corporations use it the same way they do mass marketing & emailing — as a push mechanism to sell “stuff” While that may be true for many organizations, it does […]
Exxon, Chemicals and the Oil Companies
This past week, Exxon received a great deal of press about their petrochemical business and the contribution it is making to their bottom line. With the plastics and chemical products derived from petroleum products, these industry segments are tightly linked and many oil companies have petrochemical divisions. In large part, plastics is part of the […]
Global 5000 – Where Does the Revenue Come From?
There has been a fair amount of business press lately about the nationalization vs globalization moves of large companies. Are these large companies really global giants? To look at where some of these firms get their revenue, we examined 10 of the largest US companies and looked at the % of revenue coming from international […]
The Ups and Downs of the Technology Markets
This past week we read the news of impending layoffs at Cisco, a strong financial report from Dell and a cautious outlook from HP. A mixed bag for sure. Looking back at the past few years of revenue reporting from the technology companies in The Global 5000, we find a pattern of ups and downs […]