Forbes2000               package:HSAUR               R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     The Forbes 2000 list is a ranking of the world's biggest
     companies, measured by sales, profits, assets and market value.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     data("Forbes2000")

_F_o_r_m_a_t:

     A data frame with 2000 observations on the following 8 variables.

     _r_a_n_k the ranking of the company.

     _n_a_m_e the name of the company.

     _c_o_u_n_t_r_y a factor giving the country the company is situated in.

     _c_a_t_e_g_o_r_y a factor describing the products the company produces.

     _s_a_l_e_s the amount of sales of the company in billion USD.

     _p_r_o_f_i_t_s the profit of the company in billion USD.

     _a_s_s_e_t_s the assets of the company in billion USD.

     _m_a_r_k_e_t_v_a_l_u_e the market value of the company in billion USD.

_S_o_u_r_c_e:

     <URL: http://www.forbes.com>, assessed on November 26th, 2004.

_E_x_a_m_p_l_e_s:

     data("Forbes2000", package = "HSAUR")
     summary(Forbes2000)
     ### number of countries
     length(levels(Forbes2000$country))
     ### number of industries
     length(levels(Forbes2000$category))

