From: mike 

From the article:

===
...
Methodology
The BusinessWeek-Boston Consulting Group 2007 list of the World’s Most
Innovative Companies is based on a senior management survey about
innovation and was distributed electronically to executives worldwide in
late 2006. In October, surveys were sent to the 1,500 largest global
corporations, determined by market capitalization in U.S. dollars, with
instructions to send the survey to their top 10 executives in charge of
innovation. We also distributed the survey to senior management members of
the BusinessWeek Market Advisory Board, an online panel consisting of
BusinessWeek readers, and via the Knowledge{at}Wharton e-mail newsletter.
Survey participation was voluntary and anonymous, and the survey closed in
March, 2007. The survey consisted of 20 general questions on innovation and
an optional 12 questions focused on innovation metrics.

A total of 2,468 executives answered the survey. Of those indicating their
location, 77% were from North America, 12% were from Europe, and 9% were
from Asia or the Pacific region. A larger share of North American voters
this year may explain some movement in the rankings of some companies on
our list.

Analysis and data provided in collaboration with the innovation practice of
The Boston Consulting Group, BCG-ValueScience, along with Standard &
Poor's Compustat data and company reports, and the Delphion patent
database. We broke ties by comparing one-year total shareholder returns
between 12/30/05 and 12/29/06. In ties between a public and a private
company, we assumed the private company's shareholder return to be equal to
the average return of the public companies on the list, or 19.6%. Ties
remain only where two or more private companies receive the same number of
votes.
...
===



  /m



On Sat, 05 May 2007 11:02:25 -0400, "John Beamish"
 wrote:

>Starbucks and Dell ahead of RIM (Research In Motion)?!?!
>
>On Sat, 05 May 2007 08:55:08 -0400, mike  wrote:
>
>>
>> http://bwnt.businessweek.com/interactive_reports/most_innovative/
>>
>>
>>
>>  /m

--- BBBS/NT v4.01 Flag-5