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Real Reality · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Location: Seoul

Global Most Admired Companies

Rank... Company
1 ....... General Electric (Electronics) U.S.
2 ....... Wal-Mart Stores (General Merchandisers) U.S.
3 ....... Dell (Computers) U.S.
4 ....... Microsoft (Computers) U.S.
5 ....... Toyota Motor (Motor vehicles) Japan

39 .... Samsung Electronics (Electronics) South Korea

FORTUNE selects its All-Star list based on voting across industry lines
From the March 7, 2005 issue
http://www.fortune.com/fortune/globaladmired

VanIslander · Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2005 6:19 pm Post subject:

Obviously, computer companies and car manufacturers are high on the list. And, technically, General Electric is not an electronics company, it's a conglomerate of several industries.

Samsung and LG are incredibly successful in the mobile phone technology industry, two of the world's top 5 companies.

No surprise that the Fortune magazine's most admired list is mostly American companies. Rolling Eyes

nrvs · Joined: 30 Jun 2004 Location: standing upright on a curve

I do.

KT's service far exceeds anything I've ever dealt with in America. At home, it's like pulling teeth to get someone from Verizon to fix your internet connection. With KT, I call the Megapass English help number and a technician's over the same day.

At home I always preferred Samsung cell phones too.

khyber · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Compunction Junction

so far, i've found that the grocery store at the bottom of the hill is absoluately fabulous. best selection (sans cheese), bags everyone groceries, helpful, never wait for a scale....and GREAT fruit!
that's the best damn company

eamo · Joined: 08 Mar 2003 Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.

Hanaro.

They installed nice, fast internet for me. Cheaper than KT. And threw in a free gift to the value of 70,000 won!!!

I chose a cute little blue rice cooker.....

bucheon bum · Joined: 16 Jan 2003

samsung electronics is kicking butt here in the us. that's one korean company i admire.

Hollywoodaction · Joined: 02 Jul 2004

Well, I'm impressed by how LG electronics managed to shed its old image after having produced some of the worst home electronics ever under the name Goldstar (remember those cheap brittle-plastic sound systems on sale at K-mart. My friend cried for 2 weeks when his parents gave him one for Christmas). Now, it's on the verge of becoming a major brand.

Hyundai auto has been making pretty good cars since 2002 (design facilties are now in the US).

Swiss James · Joined: 26 Nov 2003 Location: Shanghai

iRiver

mindmetoo · Joined: 02 Feb 2004

Samsung, LG, KIA, and GM/Daewoo. Hyundai not for the cars but for their big department stores.

Blind Willie · Joined: 05 May 2004

I admire any hagwon that pays me on time and in full.

mindmetoo · Joined: 02 Feb 2004

Ya-ta Boy · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Established in 1994

I admire LG for having the guts to maintain the tradition of employing a face reader in its personnel department.

hellofaniceguy · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Location: On your computer screen!

Not to take away from any korean company..but...many korean companies are doing well in the U.S., Canada, etc. not because of koreans...but because the marketing, after service, etc is being done by non koreans.
Many korean cars are being built in the U.S. as well.
If you had only koreans doing the marketing, building....it would not be as successul as it is now. Koreans know they need foreigners to sell and build their products in other countries in order to succeed.
What works for koreans in korea would not do well elsewhere. Especially the business practices.

schwa · Joined: 18 Jan 2003 Location: Yap

Did you know LG started out as "Lucky Group"? Made some considerable international inroads since ..

eamo · Joined: 08 Mar 2003 Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.