Entrepreneurship Rankings: September 2012

Every month, we collect the latest rankings of innovation and entrepreneurship. See archive

Reimagining the 10 Most Creative People in Business Fast Company
2012 Top 100 Asia Announced Red Herring
InformationWeek 500 Selects Cigna as top IT Innovator Professional Services Close-up
Mercer Recognized in Vault’s 2013 Survey Manufacturing Close-up
The World’s Most Innovative Companies Forbes.com

Fast Company – Reimagining the 10 Most Creative People in Business

The article offers reader comments and an updated list of the top 10 most creative people in business from the June 2012 issue based on fastcompany.com website traffic including individuals such as musician Jared Leto, environmentalist Ma Jun, and entertainer CeeLo Green.

Red Herring – 2012 Top 100 Asia Announced

The Red Herring editorial team selected the 2012 Top 100 Asia. They are the most innovative and promising companies from a pool of hundreds from across Asia. The Top 100 Winners are evaluated on both quantitative and qualitative criteria, such as financial performance, technology innovation, quality of management, IP creation, CAGR, execution of strategy, and disruption in their respective industries.

Professional Services Close-up – InformationWeek 500 Selects Cigna as top IT Innovator

InformationWeek has named global health service company Cigna’s new online health care cost and quality capabilities one of the top ten technology innovations of 2012. In a release, the Company said that the announcement was made as part of the 24th annual InformationWeek 500 rankings which are based on a examination of the technology strategies and initiatives of companies across the 21 industries worldwide.

Manufacturing Close-up – Mercer Recognized in Vault’s 2013 Survey

In its latest survey of more than 5,000 practicing consultants, the website Vault.com, a provider of career planning research for professionals and recent graduates, has ranked Mercer number one in human resource consulting.

Forbes.com – The World’s Most Innovative Companies

Our analysis turns up three key things that innovative companies do to create and sustain their premium to the market.