Business giants in the world turn to Asia

Successful greeting we meet again .... this time I will discuss about the giant company's Brita world shift to asia .... NEW YORK (SI) - The greatest power the world economy began to shift to Asia. One obvious indicator is the spread of companies with largest market capitalization of the world has changed significantly in the last decade.


According to research conducted in The Wall Street Journal recently, during 1999-2009 have been major changes in the list of top 25 companies that showed a shift in world power.


Ten years ago (1999), recorded 7 of the 10 corporations of the world's top companies based in the United States (U.S.). However, now (2009) only four U.S. companies that survive in the list of companies with largest market capitalization is itu.Keempat corporation Exxon Mobil (USD322, 8 billion), Microsoft (USD262, 8 billion), Wal-Mart Stores (USD201 billion) , and Google (USD188, 4 billion).

Energy company Exxon Mobil to be number one this year displacing the software giant Microsoft that debuted in 1999. What is surprising is the inclusion of three companies of China in the top ten. Bank of China with a capitalization value of USD267 billion, USD216 billion Petro China and China Construction Bank USD191, 6miliar. All three companies Bamboo Curtain country has never entered the list of world's 25 largest companies in 1999. Besides China and the United States, Brazil, Australia, and England were each placed a single company in the top ten in 2009. What caused the change was shocking?

One is the collapse of the largest U.S. investment firm Lehman Brothers which then led world economic crisis in 2008. Another factor, according to Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Harvard Business School professor the U.S., is growing very fast internet that can move the trade and gave birth to rich people who destroy baru.Kelompok this traditional industry. Global players from emerging nations growing economy strengthens its position in the list of world's top businesses. While Wall Street is still busy cleaning themselves after the crisis hit government reverse finansial.Adapun reduce their dependence on the global economy.

In that situation, growing companies that instant, too competitive, and make the world more just one step sempit.Salah result fatal.Para corporate executives can fall from its position as the hero becomes a loser in one week alone. "Depression and joy (fall and up) seem to be greater and broader impact, "said Rosabeth Moss Kanter. Internet euphoria had predicted the world would change the color really ini.Menurut decades of research, it did happen, although not in accordance with the expected path.

Two icons of the U.S. Internet-based industry, Time Warner Inc. and America Online Inc., merger with a value of USD156 billion and a sign of the birth of a new era that trend could media.Namun dammed by a combination of traditional and new media made very quickly by their owners. As a result, revenues were actually two companies agreed to shrink and split this year.

Tergusurnya U.S. domination of the world list of major companies are also triggered by globalization factors. For example retail companies large and small U.S. such as General Electric Co. (GE) now harusmelihatpenyuplai, markets, and their global competitors.