Tables and Figures, Chapter 5

Table 7.1 The 25 largest corporations by revenues, 2014 (millions of dollars)

Rank / Name / Country / Industry / Revenue / Profits
1 / Walmart Stores / US / Retailer / 476,294 / 16,022
2 / Royal Dutch Shell / Netherlands / Petroleum / 459,599 / 16,371
3 / Sinopec Group / China / Petroleum / 457,801 / 8,932
4 / China National Petroleum / China / Petroleum / 432,007 / 18,504
5 / Exxon Mobil / US / Petroleum / 407,660 / 32,580
6 / BP / UK / Petroleum / 396,217 / 23,451
7 / State Grid / China / Power / 333,386 / 7,982
8 / Volkswagen / Germany / Automobiles / 261,175 / 12,071
9 / Toyota Motor / Japan / Automobiles / 256,454 / 18,198
10 / Glencore International / Switzerland / Commodities / 232,194 / -7,402
11 / Total / France / Petroleum / 227,882 / 11,204
12 / Chevron / US / Petroleum / 220,356 / 21,423
13 / Samsung Electronics / South Korea / Conglomerate / 208,938 / 27,245
14 / Berkshire Hathaway / US / Conglomerate / 181,250 / 19,478
15 / Apple / US / Electronics / 170,910 / 37,037
16 / AXA / France / Financial services / 165,893 / 5,950
17 / Gazprom / Russia / Energy / 165,016 / 35,769
18 / E.ON / Germany / Conglomerate / 162,560 / 2,843
19 / Phillips 66 / US / Petroleum / 161,175 / 3,726
20 / Daimler / Germany / Automobiles / 156,628 / 9,083
21 / General Motors / US / Automobiles / 155,427 / 5,346
22 / ENI / Italy / Petroleum / 151,408 / 6,850
23 / Japan Post Holdings / Japan / Postal and / 152,125 / 4,782
financial services
24 / EXOR Group / Italy / Investment / 150,986 / 2,768
25 / Industrial & commercial Bank of China / China / Financial services / 148,802 / 42,718
Source: Fortune (2014)

Table 7.2 World FDI flows, 2007–13 (billions of US dollars)

Year / 2007 / 2008 / 2009 / 2010 / 2011 / 2012 / 2013
Inflows / 1,964 / 1,754 / 1,131 / 1,391 / 1,760 / 1,330 / 1,452
Outflows / 2,169 / 1,855 / 2,169 / 1,139 / 1,712 / 1,347 / 1,411
Sources: OECD (2012); UNCTAD (2014, p. xiv)

Table 7.3 Cross-border mergers and alliances, by sector, 2007–8, 2012–13 (millions of dollars)

Year / 2007 / 2008 / 2012 / 2013
World / 1,045,085 / 625,235 / 331,651 / 348,755
Primary Sector / 93,918 / 88,682 / 3,427 / 27,229
Manufacturing Sector / 329,135 / 195,847 / 138,230 / 96,165
Services Sector / 622,032 / 340,706 / 189,993 / 225,361
Source: UNCTAD (2014, pp. 213, 216)