World’s Most Admired Top 10 companies in innovation, social responsibility, management

1. Apple

2. Amazon.com

3. Google

4. Qualcomm

5. Royal Dutch Shell*

5. Whole Foods Market*

7. Nike

8. Starbucks

9. Facebook

10. Starwood Hotels & Resorts

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People management

No. 1: Exxon Mobil

2. VF

3. McDonald's

4. Marriott International

5. Starbucks

6. Qualcomm

7. Royal Dutch Shell

8. J.P. Morgan Chase

9. Nestlé

10. IBM*

10. U.S. Bancorp*

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Product quality

No. 1: Apple

2. Nordstrom

3. Amazon.com

4. Whole Foods Market

5. Qualcomm

6. Caterpillar

7. Exxon Mobil*

7. Royal Dutch Shell*

9. Walt Disney

10. Procter & Gamble

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Long-term investment

No. 1: Nestlé

2. VF

3. Qualcomm

4. Visa

5. Caterpillar

6. Hyatt Hotels

7. Nike

9. Sysco

10. Exxon Mobil*

10. McDonald's*

Fiscal soundness

No. 1: Google

2. Apple

3. Exxon Mobil

4. McDonald's

5. Qualcomm

6. Marriott International

7. Nestlé

9. Berkshire Hathaway

Employee retention

No. 7: Facebook

2. Apple

3. Marriott International

4. Google

6. Royal Dutch Shell

7. Facebook

8. Whole Foods Market

10. Nestlé

Social responsibility

2. Starbucks

4. Royal Dutch Shell

5. CH2M Hill

6. Nike

8. Walt Disney*

8. Statoil*

10. Wyndham Worldwide

Use of assets

No. 4: Caterpillar

2. Marriott International

4. Caterpillar

5. Nestlé

6. McDonald's

8. Starbucks

9. Colgate-Palmolive

10. Chevron

Global competitiveness

1. Nestlé

3. Caterpillar

5. Nike

6. Apple*

6. Google*

9. Exxon Mobil

10. Fluor

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