Apple Tops Fortune's 'Most Admired Companies' List For Sixth Year Running - Page 2

AppleScruff1 · Feb 28, 2013, 10:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Yelmurc

I'd like to see this survey by region. How does Apple hold up outside the U.S. compared to inside the U.S?

I would think they would be highly admired just about everywhere. There is strong desire for their products worldwide. The only problem is price in many areas, but people still like and desire the products.

Lone Deranger · Feb 28, 2013, 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Nightarchaon

Disney is only on the list because everyone wants Iron Man Armour with Jedi Robes ......

You mean like this?

Before Visual Effects.

AZREOSpecialist · Feb 28, 2013, 10:12 AM

How is Google being innovative? Do you mean the stupid Glass thing? *rotflmao*

nefan65 · Feb 28, 2013, 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Hakone

I figured Disney would be top 5, but I guess not.

No, they're on the top "I paid $500 to stand in a line for 40 minutes in 90 degree heat, so I can sit on a ride for 4 minutes, that dumps into a gift shop" list...

jeremy h · Feb 28, 2013, 10:26 AM

Starbucks is the 5th 'most admired' company? I guess this is a US only list.

cxny · Feb 28, 2013, 10:27 AM

FedEx, really? UPS may not be as "sexy" but they are the workhorse there. Great company IMHO. 20 pounds 4 days ground NY to LA for about $14.00!

AppleScruff1 · Feb 28, 2013, 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by jeremy h

Starbucks is the 5th 'most admired' company? I guess this is a US only list.

With Apple at the top you knew Starbucks couldn't be far behind.

UnfetteredMind · 10:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Yelmurc

I'd like to see this survey by region. How does Apple hold up outside the U.S. compared to inside the U.S?

I was wondering how this was compiled and determined since the top 10 is all US companies.

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Originally Posted by cxny

FedEx, really? UPS may not be as "sexy" but they are the workhorse there. Great company IMHO. 20 pounds 4 days ground NY to LA for about $14.00!

And if it's at all fragile or breakable, it will be (broken that is). Fedex will kick UPSes a$$ any time.

I love seeing the big stickers for overweight items that require two people to lift being delivered by one person (typically with smashed corners, etc).

Popeye206 · Feb 28, 2013, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Rogifan

Just more evidence that Apple the company and AAPL the stock don't really mirror each other. I know the company I work for (healthcare, fortune 50) often references Apple as a company they want to be compared to.

I can't think of any company that wouldn't want to be compared to Apple... they are the success story of the early 21st century.

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Originally Posted by AppleScruff1

With Apple at the top you knew Starbucks couldn't be far behind.

MacBooks, iPads and Latte's all mix very well!

jeremy h · Feb 28, 2013, 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by AppleScruff1

With Apple at the top you knew Starbucks couldn't be far behind.

Oh yes, indeed. Starbucks might be successful ...but admired? Worldwide? (They can't have noticed all the demos and boycotts here then!

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UnfetteredMind · Feb 28, 2013, 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by ajvizzgamer101

Chromebook Pixel is remarkable hardware

I'm sure I'm missing something, but how is the Pixel remarkable hardware?

rshanahan · Feb 28, 2013, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by cxny

FedEx, really? UPS may not be as "sexy" but they are the workhorse there. Great company IMHO. 20 pounds 4 days ground NY to LA for about $14.00!

I agree, they may be admired or sexy, but at least UPS gets the package to the right place. I have had more than 2 issues in the last year, with a new one. Two weeks ago had a delivery tag on my door requiring a signature. Funny, I hadn't ordered anything, they were supposed to attempt delivery next day, never showed, and that tracking number is still in 'limbo'. I feel sorry for who was supposed to get that package.

Yeah for Apple, Hope they keep it up!

euvnairb · Feb 28, 2013, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by pgiguere1

I don't know, as much as Google are able to come up with innovative products, those products (the physical ones) rarely ever affect our daily lives because they rarely are worth buying, or even possible to buy.

How many people do you know personally who own (or plan to own soon) a Chromebook Pixel? A Nexus Q? A Google TV? Google Fiber? How many plan to buy Google Glass at launch?

Now how many people do you know who use recent Apple products daily? Who buy new ones at launch?

Google mostly make niche products that aren't necessarily bad, but still niche products for a reason or another. Most of their income comes from services, mostly targeted ads with information mined from services like web search, maps, gmail, youtube etc. which haven't significantly evolved recently.

It's because google pushes the envelope and some/most of their projects aren't geared towards mass-market adoption (yet). Not a lot of companies are willing to innovate crazy products like this so I applaud Google for being one of the few. Kind of reminds me of the iPod, iPhone, and iPad with Apple -- these products came before their time. I see a similar thing happening with some of googles innovations such as self-driving cars.

MacSince1985 · Feb 28, 2013, 11:03 AM

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Originally Posted by UnfetteredMind

I was wondering how this was compiled and determined since the top 10 is all US companies.

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortu...=wma_sp_method

It definitely favors US companies. First, the pool of companies to choose from are 1000 largest US companies and 500 largest worldwide companies. Second, they don't detail who the respondents are, but if they are Fortune readers, they would be a majority US.

MonkeySee.... · Feb 28, 2013, 11:08 AM

Surprised by IBM being there. You don't really hear about them outside the corporate world.

lkrupp · Feb 28, 2013, 11:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Macboy Pro

In this context, Admired = "brand recognition" or "Marketed"

Try reading the article. This is not a survey of the public...

"The ranking is based on*a large-scale poll of corporate executives, directors, and industry analysts who were asked to rank companies by*nine key attributes:"

So your comment about brand recognition and marketing show your troll to be a fail. This is a survey of professionals and what they think about other companies, their peers and competitors.

UnfetteredMind · Feb 28, 2013, 11:10 AM

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Originally Posted by MacSince1985

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortu...=wma_sp_method

It definitely favors US companies. First, the pool of companies to choose from are 1000 largest US companies and 500 largest worldwide companies. Second, they don't detail who the respondents are, but if they are Fortune readers, they would be a majority US.

Thanks for the link!

lkrupp · Feb 28, 2013, 11:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Yelmurc

I'd like to see this survey by region. How does Apple hold up outside the U.S. compared to inside the U.S?

Apparently you missed the fact that this was not a survey of the public.

The ranking is based on*a large-scale poll of corporate executives, directors, and industry analysts who were asked to rank companies by*nine key attributes:

Apple haters always trying to take exception to positive survey results.

MonkeySee.... · Feb 28, 2013, 11:15 AM

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Originally Posted by MonkeySee....

Surprised by IBM being there. You don't really hear about them outside the corporate world.

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Originally Posted by lkrupp

Apparently you missed the fact that this was not a survey of the public.

The ranking is based on*a large-scale poll of corporate executives, directors, and industry analysts who were asked to rank companies by*nine key attributes:

Apple haters always trying to take exception to positive survey results.

That would explain IBM then

Bubba Satori · Feb 28, 2013, 11:18 AM

Back slapping circle jerks, endless financial hysteria, Samesung sillyness
and Apple is doomed nonsense have shoved actual Mac Rumors to the dustbin of history.

Exhale · Feb 28, 2013, 11:21 AM

I do question how these are derived though.

Pure speculation, or some degree of knowledge. What they're measuring
"Innovation, People management, Use of corporate assets, Social responsibility, Quality of management, Financial soundness, Long-term investment, Quality of products/services and Global competitiveness"
are many things I'm not quite sure can really be sensibly done by an outsider.

RandySK · Feb 28, 2013, 11:39 AM

The numbering is wrong for the ratings. If you sort by rating, you would get:

1 Apple 8.24
2 Google 8.01
3 Starbucks 7.94
4 Disney 7.84
5 IBM 7.37
6 Coca-Cola 7.32
7 Amazon.com 7.28
8 Berkshire Hathaway 7.18
9 Fedex 7
10 Southwest 5.52

It also seems surprising that there's nothing between 7 and 5.52.

GenesisST · Feb 28, 2013, 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by lotzosushi

lol they're #35 on the list!

Not defending or attacking anyone (much less a company), but it still #35 out of how many companies in the world?

It's like the saying that goes "you don't win silver, you loose gold"... you're still #2 out of 7 billion people...

EDIT: what is more impressive, imho, is the ratio of US companies vs "outside US", and I say that as a Canadian.

angrynstupid · Feb 28, 2013, 12:07 PM

Google would've won if that didn't blatantly steal so much of our private info and sell it.

eltaurus · Feb 28, 2013, 12:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Lone Deranger

You mean like this?

Before Visual Effects.

nice one

Feb 28, 2013, 10:12 AM	#28
AZREOSpecialist macrumors 68000 Join Date: Mar 2009	How is Google being innovative? Do you mean the stupid Glass thing? rotflmao __________________ 2009 Mac Pro Quad Xeon W3580 @ 3.3 GHz, 16 GB RAM, 2 TB RAID 5/RocketRAID 4320, Corsair P256 SSD Boot Drive, EVGA GTX-285 2012 MacBook Pro Retina 2.6 GHz, 16 GB RAM, 512 GB SSD
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Feb 28, 2013, 11:08 AM	#40
MonkeySee.... macrumors 68040 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: UK	Surprised by IBM being there. You don't really hear about them outside the corporate world. __________________ iMac - iPhone - iPad - Apple TV - AirPort Extreme Phil Dunphy: Always keep the rhythm in your feet and a little party in your shoulders.
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Feb 28, 2013, 11:39 AM	#47
RandySK macrumors newbie Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Arlington Heights, IL	Incorrect Numbering The numbering is wrong for the ratings. If you sort by rating, you would get: 1 Apple 8.24 2 Google 8.01 3 Starbucks 7.94 4 Disney 7.84 5 IBM 7.37 6 Coca-Cola 7.32 7 Amazon.com 7.28 8 Berkshire Hathaway 7.18 9 Fedex 7 10 Southwest 5.52 It also seems surprising that there's nothing between 7 and 5.52.
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angrynstupid macrumors regular Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Michigan	Google Would've Won Google would've won if that didn't blatantly steal so much of our private info and sell it.
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Feb 28, 2013, 10:26 AM	#30
jeremy h macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: UK	Starbucks is the 5th 'most admired' company? I guess this is a US only list.
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Feb 28, 2013, 10:27 AM	#31
cxny macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: New York	FedEx, really? UPS may not be as "sexy" but they are the workhorse there. Great company IMHO. 20 pounds 4 days ground NY to LA for about $14.00!
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Feb 28, 2013, 11:18 AM	#45
Bubba Satori macrumors 68040 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: B'ham	Back slapping circle jerks, endless financial hysteria, Samesung sillyness and Apple is doomed nonsense have shoved actual *Mac Rumors* to the dustbin of history.
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Feb 28, 2013, 11:21 AM	#46
Exhale macrumors regular Join Date: Sep 2011	I do question how these are derived though. Pure speculation, or some degree of knowledge. What they're measuring "Innovation, People management, Use of corporate assets, Social responsibility, Quality of management, Financial soundness, Long-term investment, Quality of products/services and Global competitiveness" are many things I'm not quite sure can really be sensibly done by an outsider.
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