Talk:List of multinational corporations

2006
There are eight MNC's which control all the rest of the 87 little baby ones. coke and pespi are are the samwe thing. You don't even know how bad it really is [12 December 2006‎ 198.53.206.74]

2007
Interesting, i think this is some valuable input. very educational and informative. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.90.54.52 (talk) 14:29, 10 October 2007 (UTC)


 * please put them in order of country of origin. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.147.38.10 (talk) 08:16, 29 October 2007 (UTC)


 * (the dispute) the list is just... For starters - some of the companies here are actually just brands... and some of the companies are already owned by another company so why should it be in the list - like Audi is basically Volkswagen!
 * Then then you get the feeling that 30% of MNCs are car manufacturers, other 30% is game-studios then 30% IT/electronics and the rest is 10% or smth...
 * Well - if any1 cares about this stuff, may be worth taking note, i will try to flag it but i dont have the experience to flag it properly etc. --81.198.24.139 (talk) 21:14, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

2008
On 27 February 2008‎, Gordonsdempster corrected a spelling error on this talk page. Demonstrating interest. Fractal618 (talk) 17:58, 11 March 2013 (UTC)

2009
I know. It's basically a list of the most famous companies (or most popular among Wikipedians most likely, hence all the tech companies). You could probably add 99% of the publicly traded companies to the list. [23 September 2009‎ 69.113.104.82]

Improve massively or delete
This article is ridiculous. No sources, it list hardly any companies, there's no extra information about them such as where they're headquartered or what countries they operate in (i.e. what makes them multinationals). The opening sentence is stupid, because it exposes just how incomplete the list is. And why are the companies numbered? Surely that just discourages people from adding to the list for fear of ruining the numerical order. I would suggest that this article needs radical improvements, even starting over, or else it should just be deleted. --ThunderingTyphoons! (talk) 14:07, 26 January 2013 (UTC)
 * I am glad that this article has not yet been deleted. Although, I do agree with what ThunderingTyphoons is saying. The page is potentially very educational and informative, but must be maintained. I recommend 2 changes:
 * Provide citations, addresses, or some kind of evidence that supports the claim that each corporation on the list is multi-national.
 * Group any corporations that are owned by others on the list. (citations would be appreciated)

Fractal618 (talk) 18:05, 11 March 2013 (UTC)
 * http://unctad.org/en/PublicationsLibrary/unctaddiaeia2012v203_en.pdf This might be a good place to start.

Fractal618 (talk) 18:10, 11 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Here is an article by the Economist, it has a list of the top 10 biggest Transnational Corporations. http://www.economist.com/node/21558505

Fractal618 (talk) 18:18, 11 March 2013 (UTC)

2017
This 2013 paper indicates that there were 9,022 Multinational companies in the Orbis ownership data and Compustat databases. This number might be a good foundation for a rewrite: http://www.nber.org/papers/w19621 Thadk (talk) 08:12, 3 May 2017 (UTC)

Needs a major rewrite
Many of those companies no longer exist or are owned by other companies. Their are countless companies that operate in two or more countries so how do you decide which companies deserve to be multinational corporations? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 100.8.99.65 (talk) 20:33, 23 December 2021 (UTC)

Cleaning up
Some of those companies are subsidiaries of other companies or governments or simply don’t exist anymore — Preceding unsigned comment added by 100.8.99.65 (talk) 12:50, 23 May 2022 (UTC)