If the trend is extrapolated, the home bases of Europe’s largest companies will account, on average, for less than half of their European revenue, and less than a third of their global revenue, before the end of this decade. These companies are “Europeanizing” fast, and the relative weight of their home base is declining even faster.
如果这样的趋势得以延续，那么到2010年，欧洲最大公司在所在地获得的收入占其欧洲地区总收入的平均比重将低于一半，而在其全球总收入中所占的比重将低于三分之一。这些公司正在迅速实现“欧洲化”，其所在地的相对重要性则下降得更为迅速。