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, there a number of mid-size and smaller organizations poised to grow and that represents great opportunity. To explore those companies, we suggest looking at a database from CNC Data which goes beyond the Global 5000 sized companies and has approximately 400,000 company records and 1 ...Read More »

We had a request to look at the Global 5000 companies in Italy and Australia and are sharing that here. There are 42 G5000 companies in Australia and 28 in Italy. Interesting in that Italy has more than twice the population of Australia (approx 58 million vs 21) and twice the GDP as well The G500 companies in Italy tend to be larger than Australia with an average of $28 billion vs $10 billion. Makes for an interesting contrast and analysis for companies looking to size these markets or sell into them  Are you selling a consumer oriented product or a corporate B2B.  You ...Read More »