If you need to know more about important companies from around the world, this book is your ultimate resource. Whether you're investing in international stocks, selling or buying overseas, or searching for a new career, you'll find a wealth of information about the world's largest and most influential businesses. Each company profile includes up to 5 years of financial data and features the people, events, products, and strategies that make these companies global players. Hoover's Handbook of World Business profiles 300 of the largest and most interesting enterprises headquartered outside the United States, from more than 40 countries. - Publisher.