Teleos, in association with The KNOW Network, has announced the 2009
Indian Most Admired Knowledge Enterprises (MAKE) Winners during a
special Awards ceremony at the Confederation of Indian Industry's "KM
India 2009" conference in Chennai.
Infosys Technologies has been recognized as the 2009 overall Indian MAKE
Winner. MindTree Ltd. and Tata Steel are past overall Indian MAKE
Winners.
The 2009 Indian MAKE Winners are (alphabetically):
-- Eureka Forbes (Consumer products)-- HCL Technologies (IT
solutions)-- ICICI Bank (Financial services)-- Infosys
Technologies (IT solutions)-- Larsen & Toubro ECD (Engineering and
construction)-- MindTree Ltd. (IT consulting and R&D services)--
Tata Consultancy Services (IT solutions)-- Tata Steel (Metal
fabrication)-- Wipro Technologies (IT solutions)
This year's Indian MAKE Winners are delivering superior financial
performance:
-- Return on Revenues average 15.0% -- over five times the Global
Fortune 500 median.-- Return on Assets average 16.3% -- over seven
times the Global Fortune 500 median.
The leaders in both metrics were Infosys Technologies, MindTree and Tata
Computer Services.
Mr. Srikantan "Tan" Moorthy, Vice President and Head, Education and
Research, Infosys Technologies Ltd., said: "We are delighted that
Infosys has been recognized as the top ranking company in the MAKE India
2009 study. Infosys continuously works towards developing an inclusive
and responsive knowledge management practice; and creating a
collaborative knowledge sharing environment through effective systems
and practices, which helps us enhance the value we deliver to our
clients."
A panel of Indian-based Fortune 500 senior executives and
internationally recognized knowledge management / intellectual capital
experts selected the Winners. Only organizations founded and
headquartered in India were eligible for this MAKE study. 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 an
enterprise collaborative knowledge sharing environment-- creating
a learning organization-- delivering value based on
customer/stakeholder knowledge-- transforming enterprise knowledge
into shareholder/stakeholder value
Rory Chase, managing director of Teleos, said: "India is emerging as a
dynamic center of innovative knowledge management. These companies are
building portfolios of intellectual capital and intangible assets which
will enable them to out-perform their competitors -- both within India
and abroad -- in years to come."
Contact Teleos for a free "2009 Indian MAKE Report" Executive Summary.
TELEOS
Teleos, an independent knowledge management and intellectual capital
research firm, administers 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.
Contact:TeleosRory ChaseTel: +44-1584-878232E-mail: teleos@mac.comWebsite: http://www.knowledgebusiness.com
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