Twenty companies, causing admiration
Март 16, 2008 – 05:45Magazine Fortune has published Top 20 worthy admirations of the American companies
There are companies simply successful, and is also worthy admiration. Magazine Fortune has made a rating of 20 companies, deserved the greatest recognition and the admired sights of Americans. Its practice of attraction and deduction of talented employees, ability to dispose of actives, social responsibility, quality of the management, a steady financial position, long-term investments and quality of products and services were key parametres by which the magazine was guided at list drawing up, innovative the companies. Apple
Position in a rating: 1
Company Apple still any was ten years ago on the verge of crash, and today takes of the first position in given rating Fortune. And the merit in it belongs first of all to its founder which has returned to management of the company in the late nineties. Steve Jobs always had gift to transform computer pieces of iron and program codes into something magic, but nobody could and imagine, that he will manage to earn $24 billion on any tiny player and the computer occupying no more 1 % of the market. Its principle is simple enough: products Apple in itself work well, and in the complete set - it is even better.
Berkshire Hathaway
Position in a rating: 2
To test the present live admiration, simply enough to look at the schedule of growth of actions Berkshire Hathaway, beginning c last autumn. While other financial companies in horror observed of falling of the cost in the share market, price Berkshire has grown on 27 %.
How it has occurred? Berkshire led by its glorified leader Warren Baffet will manage to transform today’s problems into tomorrow’s incomes. A secret - in indifference to short-term results. Today Berkshire starts the new insurance company and invests $800 million in shabby Swiss Re.
Whether will continue 77-year-old Baffet and further «to squeeze out lemons»? There are no reasons to doubt it. A question in other: who takes reins of government after legend leaving?
General Electric
Position in a rating: 3
GE the American company number one any more is not, but its reputation is faultless till now. In July of last year the company had financial problems, but its positions remained unshakable. Though cost of the company also has fallen asleep on a mark of six-summer prescription, GE remains to the best in the USA the company-investor, able to create new sources of the income. Its profit grows on 15 % a year that is amazing for the huge company in cost $173 billion
Position in a rating: 4
Can Microsoft and will be larger, but all in the world of technologies rotates today around Google. The company slogan “do not do harm” (Do no evil) became something like a Hippocratic Oath for Silicon Valley firms. Say, that at meetings “googlers”, altruistic as gnomes Santa-Klausa, ask each other: “And what today we can make good for the Network?” Here, the truth, it is necessary to do the discount that “good for the Network” they understand as “very good for Google”.
Toyota Motor
Position in a rating: 5
For the last year from Toyota three top-managers of the American division have left to competitors, its cars have failed in the first season of races NASCAR, and it once the faultless reputation has been impaired a little. But all it has not prevented it to become the world leader of sales, and in the market of the USA to bypass Ford and to take the second place on sales automobile and lorries.
Toyota all last year was increased by capacity of the engines and invested in hybrid technologies. If it is called “heavy year” what then for them will be successful?
Starbucks
Position in a rating: 6
After many years of feverish growth Starbucks has fallen ill: he is disturbed by weak growth of sales, superfluous expansion and an intense competition. Actions bargain is not twice cheaper almost, than last year. And here in January Howard Schultz again takes a steering wheel in hand. Whatever occurred, Starbucks keeps the status of the employer of dream, and its brand, despite storms, as before - strong and unshakable.
FedEx
Position in a rating: 7
The prices for fuel grow, and ecological initiatives FedEx as are never actual today. Except hybrid cars the company tries to tame a solar energy in the purposes: the installation located in Oklend the centre of the company, generates 80 % of the energy consumed by the enterprise.
Procter AND Gamble
Position in a rating: 8
A. J. Lafli, the old seaman, has managed to develop since 2000 the bulky ship in the necessary direction. Result - actions P&G have grown more than twice. New fighting task Lafli - to prepare the officers for acceptance of command by the ship.
Johnson AND Johnson
Position in a rating: 9
At J&J there is a medicine not only for cold: the company in cost of $61 billion has managed last year to raise the income on 25 %. And admiration causes a 122-year-old conglomerate for the ability successfully to compete in three markets at once: cosmetic production, medical products and the medical equipment.
Goldman Sachs Group
Position in a rating: 10
Goldman Sachs has published record incomes in crisis 2007, and it has deserved a place in this rating. But not with quantity of money this company, and the unique culture which manages to be reproduced to nobody admires: a mix of aggression, a paranoia, individual ambitions and car-similar command work.
Target
Position in a rating: 11
This network of shops of retail trade last year has experienced difficulties: in December of drop of sale, and in the fourth quarter incomes have decreased. But Target continues to go persistently the by. And admiration the company has deserved a broad gesture: has offered $3 million on social needs.
Southwest Airlines
Position in a rating: 12
Last year is recognised by one of the worst in history of the American aircraft. Half of starts in the USA have been detained, planes are overflowed, the airports reminded a madhouse, passengers raged. So if in the list of the companies, worthy admiration, there was an airline, it about something speaks. Southwest Airlines it was allocated on the general background with punctuality, lost bags of passengers most less, and as a result on it complained much less often, than of competitors.
American Express
Position in a rating: 13
American Express - one of few financial companies which have avoided in last year crisis, though recession of the market a reserve and it. Investors hoped, that AmEx will avoid recession, but already after drawing up of this rating news that past quarter its profit all the same has fallen has come. Fortune suggests to consider it no more than as a pothole on road, after all last seven years the company proved to be only from the brilliant party.
BMW
Position in a rating: 14
The German motor-car manufacturer has doubled quantity of models in the park, has expanded manufacture worldwide, but has cut a poor figure acquisition British Rover Group and refusal of its financing. Despite it, BMW has updated and has strengthened the image foppery and an abrupt German luxury-brand.
Costco Wholesale
Position in a rating: 15
This company has admired with that has managed to increase sales to $64 млрд, client base to 50 million, moreover and to raise loyalty of employees thus.
Microsoft
Position in a rating: 16
Has admired with that, despite loss of positions of the unconditional leader in ON, Microsoft continues to bypass all other IT Companies under incomes.
United Parcel Service
Position in a rating: 17
The centenary company has deserved admiration not the respectable age, and talent to unite up-to-date technologies with the firm approach to ergonomics.
Cisco Systems
Position in a rating: 18
«Mechanics of the Internet» have recovered from recession, passed threat of financial crash, and it have deserved magazine Fortune admiration.
3M
Position in a rating: 19
Has admired with that continues to generate till now new ideas, having managed to grow up volume of business to $24 billion
Nordstrom
Position in a rating: 20
Nordstrom, famous for level of the service, continues to extend: in 2008 it will open eight more points, having doubled rates of growth.
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