Teleos MAKE Study Identifies Asia's Leading Knowledge-Driven Companies

SEOUL, Korea--Oct. 1, 20035, 2003--Asian companies dedicated to growth through innovation and knowledge management are outperforming their competitors across a range of financial and non-financial metrics, reports Teleos in the "2003 Asian Most Admired Knowledge Enterprises (MAKE) Study."

The 2003 Asian MAKE Winners were recognized in front of 1,000 Asian business executives during a special Awards Ceremony at the 4th World Knowledge Forum in Seoul, Korea. The Winners are (alphabetically):

-- BHP Billiton (Australia)

-- Canon (Japan)

-- Eisai (Japan)

-- Fuji Xerox (Japan)

-- Honda Motor (Japan)

-- Infosys Technologies (India)

-- Kao (Japan)

-- LG Electronics (Korea)

-- Nissan Motor (Japan)

-- Samsung Electronics (Korea)

-- Samsung SDS (Korea)

-- Singapore Airlines (Singapore)

-- Sony (Japan)

-- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (Taiwan)

-- Tata Steel (India)

-- Toshiba (Japan)

-- Toyota Motor (Japan)

-- Wipro Technologies (India)

The 2003 Asian MAKE Winners were chosen by a panel of Asian senior executives and leading knowledge management experts. Only organizations founded and headquartered in Asia were eligible for this study.

The expert panel rated organizations against the MAKE framework of eight key knowledge performance dimensions which are the visible drivers of competitive advantage. The 2003 Asian MAKE Winners have been recognized as best practice in:

-- creating a knowledge-driven corporate culture

-- developing knowledge leaders and workers

-- innovation

-- maximizing corporate intellectual capital

-- collaboration and knowledge sharing

-- creating a learning organization

-- managing customer knowledge

-- transforming corporate knowledge into shareholder value

For the second year in a row, Toyota Motor was the top Asian MAKE Winner. Although Japan leads the list with 9 winners, Korea and India are rapidly gaining ground with 3 winners each.

Rory Chase, Managing Director of Teleos, said: "The Asian MAKE Winners are effectively transforming company knowledge into wealth-creating ideas, products and solutions. They are building portfolios of intellectual capital which will enable them to out-perform their competitors."

The MAKE research program, conducted in association with The KNOW Network, consists of the annual Global MAKE study -- the international benchmark for world-class knowledge-driven organizations -- and regional/national MAKE studies.

An Executive Summary of the "2003 Asian MAKE Study" is available from Teleos, E-mail: info@knowledgebusiness.com

ABOUT TELEOS

Teleos, an independent knowledge management and intellectual capital research firm, administers the Most Admired Knowledge Enterprises (MAKE) program. The KNOW Network is a Web-based global community of organizations dedicated to achieving superior performance through benchmarking, networking and best practice knowledge sharing. The Teleos home page is: http://www.knowledgebusiness.com.