Regional Growth – AsiaPac rules
Everyone has their eye on China and how fast it has grown. It is expected that China’s economy will overtake the US to become the #1 in the world. Using the data from the Global 5000 companies over the past few years it is clear to see that they are on track. To look at […]
The Global Growth of China
Over the years, we have seen the growth of China’s global footprint everywhere – and it is no more evident than what we see in their large corporations and financial muscle. Diving into our history data for the Global 5000 companies shows that pattern. We can go back to 2012 and look at the China […]
The Global 5000 Over the Years
The economic hit from COVID has been significant for many business segments and they will undoubtedly be slow to come back while others found news ways that were forced on them thru these circumstances. Economic cycles are not new. They are all different, but always appear. These cycles can be seen by looking at the […]
China’S Growing Business Influence
Each year, Fortune magazine has published a list of the 500 largest public companies in the world. We match this list to our Global 5000 and show the rank of the 500. Looking back 5 years on this same list, it is amazing to see the impact that the growth of China has had on […]
Selling Canada’s Energy Resources – China Calling !
In one of the news announcements yesterday, came word that CNOOC of China is buying Nexen of Canada – an energy exploration company. CNOOC is a $38 billion company and Nexen reported revenues of $6.3 billion in 2011. This is a major step for a Chinese company, a major step in the energy industry and […]
Camel’s Nose Under the Tent? – Fed Approves the Acquisition of US Branches by Chinese Bank
A news report came across the wires earlier announcing that the Fed had approved the acquisition of the US branches of the Bank of East Asia by ICBC, the Chinese bank. This has been a year in the making as we covered back in Jan 2011 in this article. That is when it was announced […]
A Profile of China’s Big Business
This week’s earnings announcement by Apple highlighted the importance of China in the world market. Their sales success in China this quarter has been hailed by some as the reason Apple was able to beat the numbers this quarter. From the earlier days when the term BRIC was created and emerging markets started to be […]
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, […]
The Growing China Influence
Focusing on growth markets whether they are selected geographies, specific industries or sizes of companies is the goal of most companies these days. With growth slowing in the US and across Europe, most eyes are turning to Asia and with China as potentially the biggest slice of the pie. And for good reason. The Global […]
China Acquisition in Aerospace
One of the industry news items today was the announcement that China’s AVIC (Aviation Industry of China) is in talks to buy a small US airplane market. This is interesting on many levels and truly shows how the world is changing — lest anyone thought we are really not that global. AVIC is state owned […]