MOLINE, Ill., Feb. 16, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Deere & Company
(NYSE: DE) has again been included in Fortune Magazine's ranking of
the World's Top 50 Most Admired Companies.
The Most Admired research reviews a company's performance on
nine criteria, including innovation, people management, use of
corporate assets, social responsibility, quality of management,
financial soundness, long-term investment value, quality of
products and services, and global competitiveness.
"The Fortune Most Admired ranking is evidence that John Deere's
60,000 employees around the world remain focused each day on
serving our customers and living our core values of integrity,
quality, commitment, and innovation," said Samuel R. Allen, chairman and chief executive
officer at Deere.
Fortune reports that more than 1,500 companies are reviewed for
the Most Admired list, which the magazine states is the definitive
report card on corporate reputations. The top 5 companies on the
2017 World's Most Admired list are Apple, Amazon, Starbucks,
Berkshire Hathaway and Walt
Disney.
Deere & Company (www.JohnDeere.com) is a world leader in
providing advanced products and services and is committed to the
success of customers whose work is linked to the land – those who
cultivate, harvest, transform, enrich and build upon the land to
meet the world's dramatically increasing need for food, fuel,
shelter and infrastructure.
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