改變世界的12家公司

????2. 英國東印度公司

????荷蘭人也有自己的東印度公司（East India Company），而且是很多人眼里第一家真正意義上的跨國公司。它利用軍事力量，大肆在亞洲開展香料貿易。但是，1600年成立的英國東印度公司（British East India Company）才是真正的帝國巨人：它統治了印度大部分地區，發動了對中國的鴉片戰爭（the Opium Wars），還曾經獨占世界貿易額的半壁江山。—Tim Smith

????2 British East India Company

????The Dutch had their East India Company, considered by many the first true multinational, which rampaged across Asia using military force to pursue the spice trade. But the British East India Company, founded in 1600, was the real imperial colossus: It ruled much of India, sparked the Opium Wars with China, and grew to account for half the world’s trade. —Tim Smith