Tata, SBI among world's most reputable firms

The Tata Group has been named the world's eleventh most reputed company, according to a study compiled by United States-based Reputation Institute.

Not just that, the Tata Group, whose Global Pulse Score was put at 80.89, has been ranked above global giants like Google, Microsoft, General Electric, Toyota, Coca-Cola, Intel, Univler, et cetera.

The Reputation Institute's Global Pulse is a measure of corporate reputation calculated by averaging perceptions of four main indicators -- trust, esteem, admiration, and good feeling -- obtained from a representative sample of at least 100 respondents in the companies' home countries. The Global Pulse scores are on a scale of 0 to 100.

Tata Group is one of India's largest industrial conglomerates and runs more than 98 firms.

For the record, Italian confectioner Ferrero has been ranked the world's most reputable business entity.