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Campaign Asia-Pacific – Asia’s Top 1000 Brands: Innovative brands

If the definition of ‘innovation’ is to have a positive impact on people’s lives by introducing new ideas or technology, then a people-centric orientation is probably the most important ingredient for a brand to become and stay innovative.

Fortune – The World’s Largest Corporations

A list is presented of the world’s 500 biggest corporations ranked by 2012 revenues.

The Economic Times – Hot Young Creatives: Meet the under-30 stars of Indian advertising [Brand Equity]

Saurabh Dubey, a young ad-man with a chequered life Nivedita Agashe, a dreamer’s journey into the ad world Meet Ryan Mendonca, an Ogilvy & Mather loyalist Megha Ramesh, an art director turned copy creative Work less and advertise more, says Tushar Sawant Adarsh Atal, a nomadic ad lad Jeff Emmanuel’s accidental journey into the ad world Meet advertising’s child Piyush Gupta Pashyn Sethna, the young creative veteran of ad world.

Mint – India among top 3 countries in KPMG technology innovation survey

This year, 37% of the respondents said the US shows the most promise for disruptive breakthroughs, while China ranked second with 24%, and India came third with 10%, followed by South Korea (7%), Japan (6%) and Israel (6%). […]India ranked second in becoming the leading innovation centre for the world, third in the list of the most promising countries for disruptive breakthrough and fourth-most friendliest technology innovation country.

Global Innovation Index – The Global Innovation Index 2013

Cornell University, INSEAD and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO, a specialized agency of the United Nations) co-publish The Global Innovation Index (GII), now in its sixth edition. The GII recognizes the key role of innovation as a driver of economic growth and prosperity and acknowledges the need for a broad horizontal vision of innovation that is applicable to both developed and emerging economies, with the inclusion of indicators that go beyond the traditional measures of innovation (such as the level of research and development in a given country). The GII has evolved into a valuable benchmarking tool to facilitate public-private dialogue, whereby policymakers, business leaders and other stakeholders can evaluate progress on a continual basis.

Freenewspos.com – “India’s Most Admired Companies”: Mercedes-Benz ranks top

Mercedes-Benz India has been ranked the #1 automotive company in the reputed “India’s Most Admired Companies” survey byFortune India in collaboration with global management consultancy, the Hay Group. This achievement is special as it is underlined by the opinions of peers from the Indian automotive domain who were also part of the survey.

A total of 552 senior executives across selected companies, which included automotive companies, participated in the survey to rank their peers across a scale of ten parameters—corporate governance, endurance, performance, quality, innovation, financial soundness, leadership, corporate social responsibility, talent management, and global business footprint.

Fast Track – The Sunday Times International Track 200

The Sunday Times International Track 200 ranks Britain’s mid-market private companies with the fastest-growing international sales, measured over their latest two years of available accounts.

The International Track 200 is an expansion of our International Track 100 league table, which has been published for the past two years, and the minimum sales threshold has been increased from £5m to £25m.

Forbes.com – World’s 15 Most Inventive Cities

Tiny, biodegradable implants known as Bioneedles may soon replace the syringe, vial and needle trifecta as the standard delivery mechanism for vaccines.

If they are as clean, cheap and reliable as many medical researchers believe, Bioneedles will reduce hepatitis and HIV infection and vaccinate 25 million more children worldwide.

This is one of many massively promising technologies pioneered in the city of Eindhoven, a mid-sized city located in the southern region of the Netherlands.

Forbes.com – China Minsheng Banking’s Hong Qi Tops Forbes China’s Best CEOs List

Hong Qi of China Minsheng Banking topped a new list of China’s best business leaders announced today by Forbes China, the licensed Chinese-language edition of Forbes.

Hong, as the bank’s president, led the company to a 34% rise in net profit last year. Minsheng is China’s largest non-government controlled bank. Hong, who holds a doctorate in economics from Renmin University, is also the bank’s vice chairman.

Lawyer – Top of the ops

The article focuses on “The Lawyer” magazine Management Awards, which recognizes the top law firm management teams at law offices in Great Britain in 2013. Topics include innovation in office management, success in business development (BD), and sales generation strategies. Nominees for support staff awards are presented, which includes Bakers, BLP, and Taylor Wessing.