What is the background of InformationWeek China 100? "Business Technology" was a brand new idea firstly brought forward by InformationWeek, flagship magazine of the world leading business media group UBM-TechWeb in the USA. "Business Technology" refers to the information technologies with business value, which are the power and roll booster for the companies'to achieve business innovation and management innovation. For the past 20 years, InformationWeek magazine has identified and honored America's most innovative users of information technology with its annual InformationWeek 500 listing. As a global research brand, InformationWeek has become one of the authoritative criteria rating the standard of information technology using for the business innovation and management innovation. This is the fourth year since UBM-TechWeb introduced the global authoritative research into China In 2005. UBM-TechWeb optimizes and localizes the research process and weighting system this year, analyzing and rating the innovation power of business technology of the companies in China. On the basis of the research, UBM-TechWeb will identify 100 most innovative IT users with 2008 InformationWeek China 100 listing. Who are welcome to participating InformationWeek China 100? InformationWeek China 100 is a corporate listing, and companies must meet the candidacy requirements as follows, 1． Companies or organizations registered and do businesses in Great China. 2． Revenue in year 2007 must exceed 50 million RMB. 3． To make the list, a company must demonstrate a pattern of technological, procedural, and organizational innovation. [Note：Introduction of any new innovative products developed by the company is NOT qualified.] Why to participate InformationWeek China 100? Unique among technology lists, the InformationWeek China 100 spotlights the power of innovation in information technology, rather than simply identifying the biggest IT spenders. By participating in the study, 1． You could take the opportunity to review your company’s IT practices in the past 12 months. 2． You could take the chance to assess the effectiveness of the company’s IT strategies and tactics. 3． Our research whitepaper will help you to benchmark your organization's IT strategy against an unrivaled sampling of its peers. We will provide you a free electronic copy of the research whitepaper if your company makes the list. 4． Our research whitepaper and reports will provide best practice and experiences for companies as reference during IT strategy decision making in the future. More reason to participate the survey： Global Brand, Global Honor — InformationWeek China 100 is an extension of InformationWeek 500 brand in China, following the global uniform research method.? Companies win the list will enjoy a global honor. Results of InformationWeek China 100 research will be released through the global network. Companies that win the list will also have an opportunity to obtain global promotion through the worldwide leading PR Newswire. Authoritative Media, Promotion Opportunity —The InformationWeek China 100 listing and related in-depth reports will be released at November issue of InformationWeek China and online briefing center. Are there any charges for survey participation? Absolutely NO. We promise that we do not charge any fee during the whole process of the survey. How do we protect your information? We respect and promise to protect your privacy and information. 1．Information collection： We have your information because your company takes part into the 2008 InformationWeek China Survey, and voluntarily provide related information by email, mail, fax, and other ways. 2．Information protection： To prevent unauthorized access and ensure the correct use of the information, we take both physical and management protection means, including access control, backup, firewall, and ect. 3．Information Use： All the information and the data provided by the participants will be used only for the InformationWeek China 100 research. No information, statement or data attributed to the participants or his/her company will be disclosed to the third party without permission. Individual responds are never disclosed. All the information and the data provided by the participants will be used in aggregate only in connection with the InformationWeek China 100 listing, research report and associated InformationWeek 100 issue. What are the criteria to select the companies as InformationWeek China 100 winners? InformationWeek China 100 Research will adopt the global uniform research method and set down the optimized local research method on the basis of that of the InformationWeek. Unique among corporate rankings, the InformationWeek China 100 research spotlights the power of innovation in information technology rather than simply identifying the biggest IT spenders. The research extends to capability of make a reasonable IT strategy, IT spending, IT management, IT influence to the corporate business and the capacity of pursuing the largest ROI under the limited budget. Research Method The research will combine qualitative method with quantitative method. During the quantitative research, questionnaire survey will be conducted both on and off the line; qualitative research mainly includes annual innovative project introduction and in-depth interview. The candidates companies have to not only complete the application questionnaire, but fill out a form to highlighting the most innovative information technology strategy or initiative that best suite the company. Measure Method Quantitative questionnaire and the qualitative innovation introduction will separately be given a certain weighting score. The weighting system will be created according to the global uniform standard. Companies have the highest scores will keep ahead in the listing. Companies that completely fill out the questionnaire score consistently higher in the InformationWeek 100. How to participate InformationWeek China 100 survey? To participate the survey, you only need to fill out a questionnaire. We provide both English and Chinese version for the questionnaire. You can, Select the version you need, and fill it out online. The survey website is www.informationweek.com.cn/2008iwk100 Download the word file of the questionnaire, fill it out and send it back to s： No. 380 Wuyuan Rd, Shanghai 200031 Research Dept. InformationWeek China Tel：021-6119 7903 ext 2509 Fax：021-6119 7975 Email：research@informationweek.com.cn Contact：Ms. Violet Tan [Note：For your information security, we recommend the second way to participate the survey.] 3．Deadline for handing in the complete: 10th Sept. 2008 |
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How to contact us if there’s any other questions? If you need assistance completing this study, we are readily available at research@informationweek.com.cn and we will respond to you promptly or set up a telephone appointment to discuss any question or help you complete your application. |
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