A través de un email de Toni Mascaró recibo la lista de las mejores 40 empresas del mundo. Una lista preparada por la revista Business Week con la consultora A.T. Kearney, en base a criterios como innovación, expansión, liderazgo, visión de futuro, etc.

Nintendo, Google y Apple encabezan la lista, en la que figuran tres empresas españolas: Inditex (en el puesto 9), Mapfre y Telefónica. En la lista también están dos empresas latinoamericanas como America Móvil (de México) y Petrobras (Brasil).

Rank	Name	Industry	Country	Value CAGR (2004-2008)	Sales CAGR (2004-2008)	Market Cap ($ Millions, Dec. 31, 2008 )	2008 Sales ($ Millions)	International Sales (%)
1	Nintendo	Electronics	Japan	38.11	35.75	52,930	16,802	81.00
2	Google	Internet Services	U.S.	8.62	61.69	96,953	21,796	51.00
3	Apple	Electronics	U.S.	24.16	40.74	75,871	32,479	28.00
4	Doosan Heavy Industries	Construction Products & Services	Korea (South)	25.79	34.21	5,241	15,269	70.00
5	Hyundai Heavy Industries	Shipbuilding	Korea (South)	42.59	17.37	12,038	21,820	82.00
6	GDF Suez	Utilities	France	16.67	39.91	105,346	94,420	48.00
7	MTN	Telecommunications	South Africa	17.61	30.81	21,923	11,090	63.00
8	Monsanto	Chemicals	U.S.	23.74	20.13	38,547	11,365	50.00
9	Inditex	Apparel	Spain	18.57	25.05	27,563	13,969	66.00
10	BHP Billiton	Mining & Metals	Australia	13.51	29.49	113,807	63,140	90.00
11	Reliance Industries	Chemicals	India	10.29	30.35	39,858	34,055	59.00
12	Jacobs Engineering	Engineering & Contracting	U.S.	14.59	25.10	5,913	11,252	38.00
13	World Fuel Services	Oil & Gas Services	U.S.	3.96	34.51	1,084	18,509	54.00
14	Fluor	Engineering & Contracting	U.S.	10.26	24.21	8,146	22,326	44.00
15	ABB	Industrial Machinery	Switzerland	21.09	11.77	33,412	35,262	55.00
16	CNOOC	Oil & Gas	China	3.25	28.58	41,727	18,273	27.00
17	Amazon.com	Online Retail	U.S.	1.22	29.00	21,948	19,166	47.00
18	America Movil	Telecommunications	Mexico	10.33	19.87	50,974	24,960	61.00
19	Occidental Petroleum	Oil & Gas	U.S.	8.56	20.81	48,607	24,217	40.00
20	Teva Pharmaceutical	Pharmaceuticals	Israel	8.60	20.38	36,443	10,458	99.00
21	Mapfre	Insurance	Spain	4.24	24.28	9,157	19,827	33.00
22	Petrobras	Oil & Gas	Brazil	5.54	22.67	85,934	92,246	48.19
23	Kühne + Nagel	Transportation	Switzerland	7.65	20.49	7,493	16,904	34.00
24	Sasol	Chemicals	South Africa	10.83	14.43	18,941	16,599	30.00
25	Komatsu	Construction Machinery & Equipment	Japan	4.64	18.31	12,361	22,535	77.50
26	Tenaris	Oil & Gas Services	Luxembourg	0.61	26.37	11,922	11,476	83.14
27	Li & Fung	Trading Company	Hong Kong	1.17	23.87	6,227	14,286	97.82
28	Schlumberger	Oil & Gas Services	U.S.	0.47	24.02	50,546	27,163	70.27
29	Saipem	Engineering & Contracting	Italy	0.12	23.54	7,148	13,423	80.10
30	Apache	Oil & Gas	U.S.	0.12	23.46	24,946	12,390	45.40
31	Oracle	Software	U.S.	1.21	21.91	91,310	22,430	48.80
32	Telefónica	Telecommunications	Spain	2.85	18.24	100,898	80,550	38.30
33	Bilfinger Berger	Engineering & Contracting	Germany	3.46	16.39	1,772	13,563	39.10
34	Anheuser-Busch InBev	Beverages	Belgium	2.02	17.74	36,458	22,383	44.60
35	ConocoPhillips	Oil & Gas	U.S.	1.54	17.39	78,784	225,424	30.90
36	Praxair	Industrial Gas Supplier	U.S.	5.56	13.12	18,215	10,796	39.70
37	Bidvest Group	Trading Company	South Africa	3.96	14.36	3,709	14,113	42.60
38	ExxonMobil	Oil & Gas	U.S.	4.11	12.65	397,234	425,071	87.00
39	Fresenius	Medical Devices & Services	Germany	1.42	14.77	9,168	17,148	55.00
40	Kao	Cosmetics & Toiletries	Japan	4.04	11.16	16,204	13,247	30.00

1. Amado ha dicho el 20 de Octubre de 2009

   Y Microsoft?

2. Juan Huguett ha dicho el 22 de Octubre de 2009

   Juan Huguett, es un orgullo para mi trabajar en praxair y estar entre las empresas mas grande del mundo sigamos adelante.

3. Links – Popurrí de octubre « VENZARIO – Ingeniería, Empresa, Construcción, Máquinas ha dicho el 7 de Noviembre de 2009

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