Table A1 Characteristics of the major... | Emerald Publishing

Table A1

Characteristics of the major business groups (Unit: Billion)

Year		Samsung		Hyundai-Kia motors			LG corporation			SK corporation			GDP	$\frac{S U M (A S S E T)}{G D P}$ (%)
Year	Asset	Sales	Profit	Asset	Sales	Profit	Asset	Sales	Profit	Asset	Sales	Profit	GDP	$\frac{S U M (A S S E T)}{G D P}$ (%)
2001	47,379	47,596	969	36,136	36,446	1,232	51,965	75,287	2,037	69,873	130,337	8,327	688,164.9	29.8
2002	46,754	50,319	1,157	41,266	45,904	2,859	54,484	79,966	1,627	72,351	128,739	5,320	761,938.9	28.2
2003	47,463	53,415	1,862	44,060	55,381	2,767	58,571	85,045	2,911	83,492	144,410	10,744	810,915.3	28.8
2004	47,180	49,847	3,845	52,345	56,610	2,797	61,648	70,940	3,557	91,946	120,998	7,418	876,033.1	28.9
2005	47,961	56,137	4,564	56,039	67,008	3,364	50,880	63,116	5,498	107,617	139,175	13,274	919,797.3	28.5
2006	54,808	64,520	4,562	62,235	73,769	5,797	54,432	64,033	3,338	115,924	142,570	9,449	966,054.6	29.7
2007	60,376	70,479	4,278	66,225	77,555	3,771	52,371	66,493	1,209	129,078	150,455	12,356	1,043,258	29.5
2008	71,998	69,067	4,897	73,987	84,351	3,908	57,136	72,686	5,120	144,449	160,658	12,363	1,104,492	31.5
2009	85,889	105,171	2,904	86,945	96,304	4,370	68,289	83,911	4,309	174,886	188,960	11,774	1,151,708	36.1
2010	87,522	95,118	2,625	100,775	94,652	8,429	78,918	94,638	7,332	192,850	220,120	17,664	1,265,308	36.4
2011	97,042	112,003	4,969	126,689	129,643	13,540	90,592	107,113	4,639	230,928	254,562	24,498	1,332,681	40.9
2012	136,474	155,252	6,431	154,659	156,255	11,804	100,777	111,804	2,094	255,704	273,001	20,243	1,377,457	47.0
2013	140,621	158,530	3,765	166,694	163,801	13,396	102,360	115,884	2,410	306,092	302,940	29,537	1,429,445	50.1
2014	145,171	156,868	4,547	180,945	158,798	14,725	102,060	116,468	2,155	331,444	333,892	24,150	1,486,079	51.1
2015	152,388	165,469	5,757	194,093	165,631	12,677	105,519	115,926	2,882	351,533	302,897	20,999	1,564,124	51.4
2016	160,848	137,798	13,626	209,694	171,409	12,227	105,849	114,290	3,285	348,226	271,880	18,779	1,641,786	50.2
2017	170,697	125,920	6,838	218,625	170,203	11,376	112,326	114,610	3,963	363,218	279,652	15,575	1,730,399	50.0
2018	189,531	158,080	17,355	222,654	171,033	7,731	123,135	127,396	7,124	399,479	315,852	35,538	1,782,269	52.4

Year		Samsung		Hyundai-Kia motors			LG corporation			SK corporation			GDP	$\frac{S U M (A S S E T)}{G D P}$ (%)
Year	Asset	Sales	Profit	Asset	Sales	Profit	Asset	Sales	Profit	Asset	Sales	Profit	GDP	$\frac{S U M (A S S E T)}{G D P}$ (%)
2001	47,379	47,596	969	36,136	36,446	1,232	51,965	75,287	2,037	69,873	130,337	8,327	688,164.9	29.8
2002	46,754	50,319	1,157	41,266	45,904	2,859	54,484	79,966	1,627	72,351	128,739	5,320	761,938.9	28.2
2003	47,463	53,415	1,862	44,060	55,381	2,767	58,571	85,045	2,911	83,492	144,410	10,744	810,915.3	28.8
2004	47,180	49,847	3,845	52,345	56,610	2,797	61,648	70,940	3,557	91,946	120,998	7,418	876,033.1	28.9
2005	47,961	56,137	4,564	56,039	67,008	3,364	50,880	63,116	5,498	107,617	139,175	13,274	919,797.3	28.5
2006	54,808	64,520	4,562	62,235	73,769	5,797	54,432	64,033	3,338	115,924	142,570	9,449	966,054.6	29.7
2007	60,376	70,479	4,278	66,225	77,555	3,771	52,371	66,493	1,209	129,078	150,455	12,356	1,043,258	29.5
2008	71,998	69,067	4,897	73,987	84,351	3,908	57,136	72,686	5,120	144,449	160,658	12,363	1,104,492	31.5
2009	85,889	105,171	2,904	86,945	96,304	4,370	68,289	83,911	4,309	174,886	188,960	11,774	1,151,708	36.1
2010	87,522	95,118	2,625	100,775	94,652	8,429	78,918	94,638	7,332	192,850	220,120	17,664	1,265,308	36.4
2011	97,042	112,003	4,969	126,689	129,643	13,540	90,592	107,113	4,639	230,928	254,562	24,498	1,332,681	40.9
2012	136,474	155,252	6,431	154,659	156,255	11,804	100,777	111,804	2,094	255,704	273,001	20,243	1,377,457	47.0
2013	140,621	158,530	3,765	166,694	163,801	13,396	102,360	115,884	2,410	306,092	302,940	29,537	1,429,445	50.1
2014	145,171	156,868	4,547	180,945	158,798	14,725	102,060	116,468	2,155	331,444	333,892	24,150	1,486,079	51.1
2015	152,388	165,469	5,757	194,093	165,631	12,677	105,519	115,926	2,882	351,533	302,897	20,999	1,564,124	51.4
2016	160,848	137,798	13,626	209,694	171,409	12,227	105,849	114,290	3,285	348,226	271,880	18,779	1,641,786	50.2
2017	170,697	125,920	6,838	218,625	170,203	11,376	112,326	114,610	3,963	363,218	279,652	15,575	1,730,399	50.0
2018	189,531	158,080	17,355	222,654	171,033	7,731	123,135	127,396	7,124	399,479	315,852	35,538	1,782,269	52.4