Report 1

　　Groupe BULL is an interatonal data processing and communications group with 26，800 employees in 75 countries， including a salesforce of 14，000 people， of which more than 5，500 are based outside France； it has modern manufacturing facilities（six plants employing close to 7，000）， and a series of product families built around a distributed and open network architecture.

　　Report 2

　　The Swedish-based Electrolux Group is one of the world's leading manufacturers of household appliances. The Group also holds a strong position in world markets for commercial appliances， chainsaws and car safety-belts. Sales in 1886 rose by 34% to 53，090m Swedish kronor primarily as a result of the acquisition of Wlhite Consolidated， USA， and the consolidation of Zanussi， an Italian white-goods company. Despite extensive restructuring costs and an unfavourable trend for the U.S. dollar， income after financial items was maintained at the level of the previous year.

　　Report 3

　　Brown Boveri is a Swiss-based mechanical， electrical and electronic engineering company. Operating worldwide with 100，000 employees， it has factories， sales companies， technical offices and agencies in some 140 countries. Its main fields of activity are products， systems and installations for the generation， distribution and utilisation of electrical energy and the related automation， protectoiin and control facilities. In 1986 sales increased to 13.8 billion Swiss Francs， and orders received to 11.0 billion Swiss Francs. Net earnings were 96 million Swiss Francs. Almost eight percent of the sales total is spent on R&D. Research topics include electronics， information technologies and process engineering.