Teleos has announced the winners of the 2008 Asian Most Admired Knowledge Enterprises (MAKE) study. South Korea took top honors with 5 winners, followed by India (4 winners), and Indonesia and Japan (2 winners each). Australia, Hong Kong and Singapore had one winner each. Tata Steel was named the top Asian knowledge-driven organization.
The 2008 Asian MAKE Winners were recognized before 1,000 international business executives during a special Awards Ceremony at the 9th annual World Knowledge Forum.
This year's Asian MAKE Winners are delivering superior financial performance:
-- Return on Profits average 11.9% -- twice the Global Fortune 500 median.
-- Return on Assets average 13.4% -- nearly four time the Global Fortune 500 median.
The winners of the 2008 Asian MAKE study, conducted by Teleos in association with The KNOW Network, are (alphabetically):
-- Astra International (Indonesia)
-- Honda Motor (Japan)
-- Korea Water Resources Corporation (Korea)
-- Langham Place Hotel, Mongkok (Hong Kong)
-- LG Electronics (Korea)
-- MindTree Ltd. (India)
-- POSCO (Korea)
-- Samsung SDS (Korea)
-- Satyam Computer Services (India)
-- SingTel (Singapore)
-- SK Energy (Korea)
-- Tata Steel (India)
-- Toyota Motor Corporation (Japan)
-- Unilever Indonesia (Indonesia)
-- Wipro Technologies (India)
-- Woods Bagot (Australia)
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 stakeholder knowledge
-- transforming enterprise knowledge into shareholder value
Contact Teleos for the free "2008 Asian 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, Hong Kong, Indian, Indonesian, Japanese and North American studies.
