Hello,
Here is a list of Americas Most admired companies for 2008. The 8 parametes considered for ranking are -
Innovation
People management
Use of corporate assets
Social responsibility
Quality of management
Financial soundness
Long-term investment
Quality of products/services
Thanks for your time.
Raghav
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by Fortune Mag and Hay Group
How we pick the Most Admired companies
The Most Admired list is the definitive report card on corporate reputations. Our survey partners at Hay Group started with the FORTUNE 1,000 -- the 1,000 largest U.S. companies ranked by revenue -- and the top foreign companies operating in the U.S. They sorted the companies by industry and selected the ten largest companies in each. To create the 64 industry lists, Hay asked executives, directors and analysts to rate companies in their own industry on eight criteria, from investment value to social responsibility. This year only the best are listed as Most Admired: A company's score must rank in the top half of its industry survey. Ranks for the rest of the contenders are available online only.
To create the top 20, an overall list of Most Admired Companies, the Hay Group asked 3,721 executives, directors, and securities analysts who had responded to the industry surveys to select the ten companies they admired most. They chose from a list made up of the companies that ranked in the top 25% in last year's survey, plus those that finished in the top 20% of their industry. Anyone could vote for any company in any industry. The difference in the voting rolls is why some results can seem anomalous, for example, Johnson & Johnson is one of the top 10 Most Admired Companies but only second in its own industry.
A total of 622 companies in 65 industries were surveyed. Due to an insufficient response rate, the results of ten companies in the energy industry are not reported. In addition, for 46 companies, only the aggregate scores and ranks are published due to the distribution of responses in the following five industries: (1) Internet Services and Retailing, (2) Mortgage Services, (3) Oil and Gas Equipment, Services (4) Wholesalers: Diversified and (5) Wholesalers: Food and Grocery.
Hay Group, which has conducted the research for the World's Most Admired Companies list since 1997 and for America's Most Admired Companies since 2001, is a global management consulting firm with 88 offices in 47 countries. For information about Hay Group's services, go to haygroup.com.
To create the top 20, an overall list of Most Admired Companies, the Hay Group asked 3,721 executives, directors, and securities analysts who had responded to the industry surveys to select the ten companies they admired most. They chose from a list made up of the companies that ranked in the top 25% in last year's survey, plus those that finished in the top 20% of their industry. Anyone could vote for any company in any industry. The difference in the voting rolls is why some results can seem anomalous, for example, Johnson & Johnson is one of the top 10 Most Admired Companies but only second in its own industry.
A total of 622 companies in 65 industries were surveyed. Due to an insufficient response rate, the results of ten companies in the energy industry are not reported. In addition, for 46 companies, only the aggregate scores and ranks are published due to the distribution of responses in the following five industries: (1) Internet Services and Retailing, (2) Mortgage Services, (3) Oil and Gas Equipment, Services (4) Wholesalers: Diversified and (5) Wholesalers: Food and Grocery.
Hay Group, which has conducted the research for the World's Most Admired Companies list since 1997 and for America's Most Admired Companies since 2001, is a global management consulting firm with 88 offices in 47 countries. For information about Hay Group's services, go to haygroup.com.
Most Admired - People Management
1 Medco Health Solutions
2 BMW
3 Walt Disney
4* Fortune Brands
4* Starbucks
6 General Electric
7 Accenture
8 International Paper
9 Herman Miller
10 Procter & Gamble
2 BMW
3 Walt Disney
4* Fortune Brands
4* Starbucks
6 General Electric
7 Accenture
8 International Paper
9 Herman Miller
10 Procter & Gamble
Source : cnn
