 Kraków is one of Poland's most important economic centres and the economic hub of the Lesser Poland (Małopolska) region.Since the fall of communism, the private sector has been growing steadily.There are about 50 large multinational companies in the city, including Google, IBM, Royal Dutch Shell, UBS, HSBC, Motorola, Aptiv, MAN SE, General Electric, ABB, Aon, Akamai, Cisco Systems, Hitachi, Philip Morris, Capgemini, and Sabre Holdings, along with other British, German and Scandinavian-based firms.