GLOBAL STRATEGY IN THE INTERNET ERA

The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) annually surveys the world’s 100 largest public companies ranked by market value. Comparing the rankings in 1999 to that of 1990, there were five new firms (Microsoft, Wal-Mart, Cisco Systems, Lucent Technologies, and Intel) in the top ten. Four of the five new firms were not even in the top 100 in 1990. ................
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