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

8. Walt Disney

9. Sysco

10. Exxon Mobil*

10. McDonald's*

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Fiscal soundness

No. 1: Google

2. Apple

3. Exxon Mobil

4. McDonald's

5. Qualcomm

6. Marriott International

7. Nestlé

8. Nike

9. Berkshire Hathaway

10. Oracle

Employee retention

No. 7: Facebook

1. Exxon Mobil

2. Apple

3. Marriott International

4. Google

5. Qualcomm

6. Royal Dutch Shell

7. Facebook

8. Whole Foods Market

9. Nike

10. Nestlé

Social responsibility

No. 1: Marriott International

2. Starbucks

3. Whole Foods Market

4. Royal Dutch Shell

5. CH2M Hill

6. Nike

7. Nestlé

8. Walt Disney*

8. Statoil*

10. Wyndham Worldwide

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Use of assets

No. 4: Caterpillar

1. Exxon Mobil

2. Marriott International

3. Royal Dutch Shell

4. Caterpillar

5. Nestlé

6. McDonald's

7. U.S. Bancorp

8. Starbucks

9. Colgate-Palmolive

10. Chevron

Global competitiveness

No. 2: McDonald's

1. Nestlé

2. McDonald's

3. Caterpillar

4. Yum! Brands

5. Nike

6. Apple*

6. Google*

8. Marriott International

9. Exxon Mobil

10. Fluor

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