— de produktie van EG-concerns is minder multinationaal dan die van de Amerikaanse en veel lager, indien de intracommunautaire produktie wordt uitgezonderd; ###>On average, EC industrial companies rely more on their own funds than Japanese firms but much less than American ones, while their liquidity seems to be less able to assure the shock-absorber function with the constancy of Japanese firms, espe­cially in the case of bigger corporations.