Teleos Names Asia's Most Admired Knowledge Enterprises
SEOUL, South Korea--Teleos has announced the winners of the 2007 Asian Most Admired Knowledge Enterprises (MAKE) study. India took top honors with 7 winners, followed by Japan (3) and South Korea (2). Australia, Indonesia and Singapore had one winner each. Samsung SDS was named the top Asian knowledge-driven organization.
The 2007 Asian MAKE Winners were recognized before 1,000 international business executives during a special Awards Ceremony at the 8th annual World Knowledge Forum.
This year's Asian MAKE Winners are delivering superior financial performance:
- Return on Profits average 12.3% -- twice the Fortune 500 median.
- Return on Assets average 14.2% -- nearly four time the Fortune 500 median.
The winners of the 2007 Asian MAKE study, conducted by Teleos in association with The KNOW Network, are (alphabetically):
- Astra International (Indonesia)
- Eureka Forbes (India)
- Honda Motor (Japan)
- Infosys Technologies (India)
- Larsen & Toubro, E&C Division (India)
- Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (Korea)
- Samsung SDS (Korea)
- Satyam Computer Services (India)
- Singapore Airlines (Singapore)
- Sony (Japan)
- Tata Consultancy Services (India)
- Tata Steel (India)
- Toyota (Japan)
- Westpac Banking Corporation (Australia)
- Wipro Technologies (India)
A panel of Asian-based Fortune 500 senior executives and internationally recognized knowledge management / intellectual capital experts chose the Winners. The panel rated organizations against the MAKE framework of eight key knowledge performance dimensions -- visible drivers of competitive advantage and intellectual capital growth:
- creating an enterprise knowledge-driven culture
- developing knowledge workers through senior management leadership
- innovation
- maximizing enterprise intellectual capital
- creating a collaborative knowledge sharing environment
- creating a learning organization
- delivering value based on customer knowledge
- transforming enterprise knowledge into shareholder value
Contact Teleos for the free "2007 Asian MAKE Report" Executive Summary.
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 networking and best practice knowledge sharing.
The MAKE research program consists of the annual Global MAKE study -- the international benchmark for best practice knowledge organizations -- and Asian, European, Indian, Indonesian, Japanese and North American studies.