ABOUT THE AWARD
The Frost & Sullivan Company of the Year Award for Excellence in Growth recognizes a company which has demonstrated significant excellence in growth leadership. This company has consistently outperformed its competition by demonstrating higher than industry growth in the past few years. This leadership in growth may be in the form of gains in market share or through geographical and customer base expansion. The award recipient has implemented innovative strategies in this process which had significant industry impact and demonstrated thought leadership.

SELECTION METHODOLOGY
For over 45 years, Frost & Sullivan has tracked industry developments and measurements in virtually every major business-to-business (B2B) market. Award nominees are identified for the Company of the Year Award for Excellence in Growth through market participant interviews, extensive primary research (collecting data about the nominees through interviews, surveys, observations, and analysis), and extensive secondary research (collecting data about the nominees through freely available sources, such as the internet, publications, etc.).

After identifying nominees, Frost & Sullivan analysts evaluate them based on such factors as:

• Social impact    • Overall market growth and penetration
• Profit margins   • Growth in market share
• Stock price       • Overall industry impact