World's Most Admired Companies

AOL

CONTENDER^†

Top 50 rank: N.A.
Rank in Internet Services and Retailing: 8
(Previous rank: N.A.)
Overall score: 5.65

Should these companies be admired, or what?

AOL stats

Nine key attributes of reputation	Industry rank
Innovation	7
People management	7
Use of corporate assets	7
Social responsibility	7
Quality of management	7
Financial soundness	9
Long-term investment	9
Quality of products/services	8
Global competitiveness	8

From the March 21, 2011 issue

†Only companies that score in the top half of their industry survey are listed as Most Admired. The rest are listed as contenders.

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Show: Top 50 | All Most Admired: The Americas | Europe | Asia/Australia

Top 3

Company	Industry rank
Apple	1
Google	1
Nike	1

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Company	Industry rank
Goldman Sachs Group	1
Apple	1
Walt Disney	1

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Company	Industry rank
Google	1
Apple	1
McDonald's	1

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How we pick the Most Admired

The Most Admired list is the definitive report card on corporate reputations. Our survey partners at Hay Group start with about 1,400 companies... More

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