20世纪的列车正驶近其终点站。经济全球化的脚步急速加快,令世人瞩目。世界大公司之间的兼并浪潮一浪高过一浪,大集团企业国际扩张的势头越来越猛。美国埃走森石油公司兼并美孚石油公司,成为世界上金额最大的企业兼并案,兼并后的企业取代了荷兰壳牌石油公司的老大地位。德意志银行收购美国第八大银行信孚银行,成为世界第一大银行。德国奔驰汽车公司与美国克莱斯勒公司、日本日产汽车公司的 Twentieth century trains are approaching their terminus. The pace of economic globalization is rapidly accelerating, attracting worldwide attention. The tide of mergers and acquisitions between the big companies in the world has waved one after another, and the momentum of the international expansion of large conglomerates has become more and more fierce. American Ethiopian-Morgen Oil Co. merged Mobil Oil Company to become the largest merger case in the world, after the merger of the company to replace the Dutch giant’s position as the oil company. Deutsche Bank acquired Bankers Trust, the eighth largest U.S. bank, and became the world’s largest bank. German Mercedes-Benz car company and the United States Chrysler, Japan’s Nissan Motor Company