40 Companies Driving the Global Economy
About The Wired Index The Wired Index is a list of the businesses powering today's global economy . The 40 companies have demonstrated a mastery of five essentials needed to prosper in the technology-enabled, borderless world: innovation, intelligent use of new tools, strategic vision, global reach, and, above all, networked communication.
The Wired Index Fund, a mutual fund based on the Wired Index, is independently owned and operated by Investec.
Out With the Old
To make room for new innovators, we removed eight companies from the Wired Index:
Applied Materials The semiconductor trend is clear: big foundries serving fabless designers. That's moving a step away from equipment makers.
Aventis As this pharma firm retreats from agri-sciences, we opted for a pure play: Monsanto.
BroadVision Ebusiness will continue to drive economic growth, but it's not clear that outsourcing software is the way to go.
Enron Off-sheet mergers, paper shredding, bankruptcy, congressional hearings. Need we say more?
i2 While mastering the supply chain is still important, few are ready to make the wholesale changes necessary.
Marriott The chain's brand-licensing model is innovative, but not as resili ent as it appeared to be.
Nucor Being the most tech-savvy steel company doesn't change the fact that you're in the steel industry.
PTC We love product development software - and will again when it hits the big time.
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Cemex
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