Who Owns Whom
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Each of the 4 regional directories making up Who Owns Whom is split into two main sections giving you real flexibility when investigating prospects, competitors or when researching sectors, individuals or geographical areas.
Corporate Family Trees
This section lists corporate family trees in alphabetical order by ultimate parent company name. Each entry shows the head office address and a guide to the main business activities of the group, together with the complete breakdown and family tree of all the subsidiaries.
The dots before each company name indicate the level of subsidiary.
Index of Subsidiaries
This section is an index to all the subsidiary companies covered in the volume, showing subsidiary-ultimate parent relationships.
Country of Incorporation: The country of incorporation is given for all subsidiaries and parents.
Alphabetical Order
Initials and acronyms are listed at the beginning of each letter.
Company Names are arranged in strict alphabetical order.
Personal Names where applicable, are listed in strict alphabetical order.
Brackets, apostrophes, ‘the’ and its foreign equivalents and prepositions are ignored.
Names which begin with numerals are shown after the alphabetical entries.
Common foreign company designations, such as Sté (Société), Cie. (Compagnie) and P.T. (Perusahaan Terbatas) are placed at the end of the company name.
Symbols and Definitions
Ultimate Parent
A company with subsidiaries which, unless otherwise indicated, is not controlled by any other company.
Subsidiary
A company is considered to be a subsidiary if another company holds more than 50% of its share capital.
Ascii Characters
These characters are shown at the beginning of each entry e.g. @
SIC Codes
The US 1987 Standard Industry Classification (SIC) system is used as a guide to major trading activities of the corporate group.
Country of Incorporation
The country of incorporation is given for all subsidiaries and parents.