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Nintendo has claimed top stop in this year’s edition of the World’s Best Companies/Global Top 40 list, compiled for BusinessWeek by A.T. Kearney. Nintendo’s strategy is emblematic of the other hi-tech companies on the list such as American technology giants Google (No. 2) and Apple (No. 3).

Meanwhile, at Spanish textile and retail giant Inditex (No. 9), owner and founder Amancio Ortega continues to create value by implementing his vision of fast fashion.

To create the list, A.T. Kearney examined the 2,500 largest publicly listed companies in the world. It then ranked the companies on their sales growth and value creation—the rise in market capitalization after subtracting any increase in capital—over the past five years.

You can view the complete ranking here.

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