Companies and nationality: Flags of inconvenience

The British East India Company's ships flew an ensign incorporating the Union Jack. Today corporate nationality is harder to determine. Take Coca-Cola, the epitome of Americana. Less than half its sales and staff hail from its homeland, though its boss and most shareholders do. According to The Economist's "domestic density" index, it is 62% American. The measure (which combines the shares of sales, staff and owners that are domestic, and the boss's nationality) casts new light on recent merger ...