Now it is a global index of multinational companies operating in many different industries and countries.

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Chinese companies have learned a great deal from multinational ones operating in China.

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Multinational corporations operating in India have a better gender diversity record, with one in five women in management and one in ten in executive roles, but the balance is still very skewed.

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When I worked as a consultant in Beijing, it was clear that my co-workers seemed to be on a constant rotation program among the top multinational management consulting firms operating in China.

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From October 1998 until September 1999, Mr. Jackson served as Chief Executive Officer of Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC, a North American operating unit of DaimlerChrysler AG, a multinational automotive manufacturing company.

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The In Amenas plant - a joint venture between state-owned oil firm Sonatrach, UK multinational BP and Norway's Statoil - has been operating since 2006 and has a production capacity of nine billion cubic meters per year.

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Multinational firms in India scored better than any other businesses except American multinationals operating in America.

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In the past it was only multinational companies that could afford to compete with global supply chains, not just because of the cost and complexity of operating trucks, aircraft and warehouses on different continents but also because of the difficulty of managing all these diverse elements.

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