50 key innovators
Not all successful innovations are converted into immediate financial rewards, as the PRTM Global Product Innovation Benchmark study notes (indeed, in sectors such as biotechnology, innovation and profits can appear irreconcilable for years). Without innovation, however, businesses will find that they simply cannot grow at all.
As Steve Jobs claimed at the launch of the iPhone in January, the latest Apple device is not revolutionary but evolutionary. In other words, while revolutions can be short-lived – a lesson Apple has learned the hard way – entrepreneurs must continuously evolve in order to safeguard the survival of their species.
On the following pages we present 50 of the most innovative companies, large and small, working in Europe today. A variety of experts from each sector contributed to this list, and all company valuations were performed by Thomson Financial.
Media and Entertainment
Company
Arts Alliance Media
Location
London, UK
Ownership
Private
Chief Executive
Howard Kiedasich
Value 15 Jan 2006
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Value 15 Jan 2007
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Company Information
This digital film distribution company is fast consolidating its presence as a powerful European digital network, delivering film to the cinema, to the home and between industry players. It is now positioning itself for a digital download future and as an invaluable source of customer data to be sold to studios or used to make the company’s own films.