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How "Global" is the Global Economy
Everyone thinks we live in a global economy. However of the top 500 Multi-National Enterprises (MNEs) only 1.8% are truely global. There are four types of MNEs:

Global: Sales of 20% or more in each of the three regions, but less than 50% in any one region

Bi-Regional: 20% of sales in at least two regions, and less than 50% of sales in their homw region.

Home Region: At least 50% of sales in their own region

Host Region: Over 50% of sales in a region other than their own

Based on 2004 data, of the top 500 MNEs 1.8% are global, 5.0% are bi-regional, 2.2% are host region and 64.% are home region orientated. For the remainder there is insufficient data to classify. Therefore home region still dominates.

Of the top 500 MNEs the only true "Global" companies based on the above definition are:

IBM
Sony
Royal Philips
Nokia
Intel
Canon
Coca-Cola
Flextronics
LVMH

Home region based MLEs still dominate the world economy and include companies such as:

Wal-Mart
GM
Ford
GE
Mitsubishi
Hitachi