McDonald’s is an American fast food company headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, that runs one of the largest restaurant systems in the world, most of it through independent franchisees. Its annual report calls the company primarily a franchisor, and it reported revenues of $26.885 billion for 2025. History of McDonald’s The restaurant began as a family
An American fast food company based in Chicago that operates mainly through independent franchisees and reported 2025 revenues of $26.885 billion.
Mercedes-Benz Group AG is a German automotive company headquartered in Stuttgart that makes Mercedes-Benz passenger cars and vans and offers vehicle financing. Its roots reach back to the work of Karl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler in the 1880s, the two firms merged in 1926, and the group reported revenue of 132.2 billion euros for 2025.
Mercedes-Benz Group is a Stuttgart-based German company that makes Mercedes-Benz cars and vans and offers vehicle financing.
Nestlé is a Swiss food and beverage company headquartered in Vevey, Switzerland, best known for Nescafé coffee, infant nutrition, pet food, confectionery and bottled water. It reported sales of 89.49 billion Swiss francs for 2025, according to its full-year results. History of Nestlé The company’s roots lie in Vevey, where the pharmacist Henri Nestlé developed
A Swiss food and beverage company based in Vevey, known for Nescafé, infant nutrition, pet care and confectionery, with 2025 sales of CHF 89.49 billion.
Nike is an American company headquartered in Beaverton, Oregon, that designs, develops, markets and sells athletic footwear, apparel, equipment and accessories. Its annual report states that it is the largest seller of athletic footwear and apparel in the world, and it reported revenues of $46.398 billion for fiscal 2026. History of Nike Nike began as
An American sportswear company based in Beaverton, Oregon, that designs and sells athletic footwear, apparel and equipment through its own and wholesale channels.
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. is a Japanese automaker headquartered in Yokohama that sells vehicles under the Nissan and Infiniti brands. It was established on December 26, 1933, as Jidosha Seizo Co., Ltd., and in December 2010 it launched the Leaf, which it calls the world’s first mass-market all-electric car. At the end of March 2026,
Nissan is a Japanese automaker based in Yokohama, established in 1933, that launched the mass-market Leaf electric car in 2010.
Organizational culture refers to the shared values, beliefs, and underlying assumptions that shape how members of an organization behave, make decisions, and interact with one another. It operates largely beneath the surface of day-to-day operations, yet it strongly influences everything from employee engagement to how a company responds to a crisis. Schein’s three-level model MIT
The shared values, beliefs, and underlying assumptions that shape how members of an organization behave and make decisions.
PepsiCo is an American food and beverage company headquartered in Purchase, New York, whose brands include Pepsi-Cola, Lay’s, Doritos, Gatorade, Mountain Dew and Quaker. Its annual report says it serves customers and consumers in more than 200 countries and territories. History of PepsiCo The company’s best-known drink began in New Bern, North Carolina, where the
An American food and beverage company based in Purchase, New York, known for Pepsi-Cola, Lay's, Doritos, Gatorade, Quaker and Mountain Dew.
The Procter & Gamble Company, known as P&G, is an American consumer goods company headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, that makes household and personal care products such as Tide, Pampers and Gillette. Its annual report describes a business built on a company founded in Cincinnati in 1837 by William Procter and James Gamble. History of Procter
An American consumer goods company based in Cincinnati, Ohio, that makes brands such as Tide, Pampers and Gillette and reports five business segments.
Six Sigma is a data-driven methodology for reducing defects and variation in business processes, with the ultimate aim of achieving near-perfect quality. The name refers to a statistical measure of process performance, where a process operating at six sigma produces extremely few defects relative to its total output. Origins at Motorola Engineer Bill Smith introduced
A data-driven methodology for reducing defects and variation in business processes, aiming for near-perfect quality.
Starbucks is an American coffeehouse company headquartered in Seattle, Washington, that sells coffee, tea, beverages and food through company-operated and licensed stores around the world. It reported revenues of $37.184 billion for fiscal 2025, which ended on September 28, 2025. History of Starbucks The first Starbucks opened in 1971 in the historic Pike Place Market
An American coffeehouse company based in Seattle that sells coffee, tea and food through company-operated and licensed stores worldwide.