I was slightly surprised to see in its latest annual ranking, Businessweek picked 4 from Taiwan for the top 10 IT companies in the world, with 5 other Taiwan companies rounding out the top 50. bwnt.businessweek.com/interactiv … t100_2009/
I haven’t read the details yet, but did see the rankings are based on financial performance, including factors such as shareholder return, return on equity, total revenues, and revenue growth.
Anyway, I may print out this list and come back to it if I ever feel a need to seek other employment (though I discussed that with my wife and apparently most of hte companies are in crappy locations or are otherwise unattractive).
Not a single Japanese company in the top 50 list!!!
I think the title is a bit misleading, Japan does have a few in the 50~100 range, But no Sony, Matsushita, Toshiba, NEC, Canon, Yamaha, Fujitsu. I know most of these (if not all) posted losses for last year. But they are still IT giants, and Amazon is number 1? For the second year running.
Plus Mcaffe is on the list, but no AMD, Intel or Atmel and Phillips.
In terms of profit making Taiwanese companies are always up there (low wage structure). There is also the fact that many Taiwanese made products are ideal for a recession…good quality, medium cost.