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Derek Thompson - Derek Thompson is a senior editor at The Atlantic, where he oversees business coverage for the website.
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He is a visiting research fellow at the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget at the New America Foundation. Derek has also written for Slate, BusinessWeek, and the Daily Beast. He has appeared as a guest on radio and television networks, including NPR, the BBC, CNBC, and MSNBC.

Kirin Brewery, You Are the Least Admired Company in the World

By Derek Thompson
Mar 3 2011, 11:00 AM ET Comment

Fortune's list of the world's 10 least admired companies in innovation leads with four imported beers and includes four Chinese industrial companies. The biggest loser appears to be Kirin, the Japanese brewer, which finishes as the first or second least admired global company in innovation, global competitiveness, product quality, financial soundness, and even social responsibility.

The world's most respected company? Apple, of course.

Read the full lists at Fortune.


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