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Multinational corporations: the changing landscape

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  • Joseph T. Martelli
  • Patricia B. Abels

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Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to explore how internationalization has impacted the composition and performance of global companies. Trends among continents, countries and across industries are shown in order to further understand the effects of internationalization on these prominent organizations in our world economy. Design/methodology/approach - This is a descriptive study using a cross‐sectional design. The unit of analysis consists of the companies comprising the world's largest 500 companies as reported byFortune Magazinein 2009. Secondary data covering more than 30 variables and 500 cases were collected pertaining to these large organizations. The “world's largest 500 companies” is further divided by continents and countries in order to provide detailed cross tab analysis. Findings - Utilizing the Global Industry Standard Classification (GICS), the authors categorized the diversity of firms based upon the type of products or services rendered by the world's largest 500 companies. It was found that these influential global organizations fall under ten broad classifications for industry sectors, with the financial sector being the dominant classification among 101 multinational firms. The results indicated that the USA dominated in all GICS sectors, except for energy. Europe is producing the largest amount of total global revenue at $10 trillion and employs the greatest number of workers, employing some 18,907,256 global employees. Research limitations/implications - The analysis was not designed to make a generalization for the population of all global organizations. Originality/value - The authors' research not only identifies and describes these characteristics, but is intended to increase awareness of how internationalization has changed the composition and performance of the world's largest 500 companies over the five‐year period spanning 2005 through 2009.

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  • Joseph T. Martelli & Patricia B. Abels, 2011. "Multinational corporations: the changing landscape," Management Research Review, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 34(8), pages 889-909, July.
  • Handle: RePEc:eme:mrrpps:v:34:y:2011:i:8:p:889-909
    DOI: 10.1108/01409171111152501
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    Cited by:

    1. Patrik Vanek, 2023. "The Demographics of World’s Largest Corporations: Focus on the Different Region Levels," MENDELU Working Papers in Business and Economics 2023-85, Mendel University in Brno, Faculty of Business and Economics.
    2. Rajendran Muthuveloo & Teoh Ai Ping, 2013. "Achieving Business Sustainability Via I-TOP Model," American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Science Publications, vol. 5(1), pages 15-21, September.
    3. James B. Box & Judith A. Converso & Efosa Osayamwen, 2015. "Transforming Leaders Through Cultural Intelligence," Global Journal of Business Research, The Institute for Business and Finance Research, vol. 9(2), pages 23-40.

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