in 1973, 48% of the world's 260 largest MNEs were U.S. firms
By 2010, just 21 of the world's 100 largest non-financial MNEs were from the U.S. 15 were from France, 11 from Germany, 15 were from Britain, and 8 were from Japan,and 7 of the world's largest 100 MNEs were from developing economies