Bain & Company Canada and The Globe and Mail Release the e-25 Survey Focusing on Strategic Innovation and Impact of the Top Canadian Internet Companies.Business Editors TORONTO, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 22, 2000 Bain & Company Canada, Inc., a consulting firm Noun 1. consulting firm - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting company business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a , and The Globe and Mail, Canada's National Newspaper, announced today the results of its inaugural e-25 ranking. The following companies make the top ten of the ranking, which focuses on the long term value creation of Canadian e-commerce businesses: Point2 Internet Systems, a business-to-business company providing marketing and inventory management tools for the heavy equipment industry; Book4Golf.com, a company providing a tee-time reservation system for golf courses across North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. ; TUCOWS TUCOWS The Ultimate Collection of Winsock Software TUCOWS The Ultimate Collection of Windows Software , a provider of services and software distribution online; CarBiz.com, a business-to-business company with a proprietary software suite for car dealerships This article is about car dealerships. For the indie pop band, see Dealership (band). A car dealership or vehicle local distribution is a business that sells new cars and/or used cars at the retail level, based on a dealership contract with an automaker or to improve traffic and to instantly approve or deny customer financing; GlobalMedic, a business-to-business company connecting individuals, corporations, healthcare providers and payers to deliver healthcare products and services online; Internet Sports Network, a business-to-business company famous for SportsRocket, specializing in the provision of games to branded sites; skulogix, a merchandising fulfilment and transaction services provider to branded vendors and their retail customers; Bingo.com, an entertainment company with a site allowing registered users to play bingo games for free; EPOST, a provider of online, secure mail delivery, including bills, payment, flyers, etc; and Onvia.com, a business-to-business marketplace for small business buyers and sellers. (full e-25 ranking listed below) The results of the survey conducted by Bain & Company Canada came after the analysis of 285 businesses using the following metrics metrics Managed care A popular term for standards by which the quality of a product, service, or outcome of a particular form of Pt management is evaluated. See TQM. : -- The Globe and Mail, is Canada's National Newspaper. Visit us at www.globeandmail.com -- Bain & Company is a global management consulting firm. Visit us at www.bain.com e-25 is Canada's only research-based tracking index of home-grown Internet start ups. "Gauging strategic impact, innovation, execution, funding and - to some degree - fame, the e-25 is a good indication of which companies stand the best chance to change the way Canada does business," said Jon Huggett, Vice President in charge of e-commerce in Bain's Toronto office. "The focus is shifting from valuation to value. Companies are being built to last instead of built to flip. Bain's comprehensive research found many Canadian digital entrepreneurs with a healthy focus on the fundamentals of innovation, winning strategy and excellent execution. The common theme among the teams we met was a passion for delighting customers and building strong businesses. It contrasts with the popular vision of the Internet entrepreneur An Internet Entrepreneur is a person that engages in business on the internet and helps to shape the future of business on the internet by being an innovator. One who is able to recognize opportunity and administer resources to take advantage of the opportunities. as a fresh-faced opportunist op·por·tun·ist n. One who takes advantage of any opportunity to achieve an end, often with no regard for principles or consequences. op looking to make a fast buck and get out quick." Full e-25 list 1. Point2 Internet Systems 2. Book4Golf.com 3. TUCOWS 4. CarBiz.com 5. GlobalMedic 6. Internet Sports Network 7. skulogix 8. Bingo.com 9. EPOST 10. Onvia.com 11. BayStreetDirect.com 12. webhelp.com 13. Chapters Online 14. megawheels.com 15. Bid.Com 16. Versus Technologies 17. BrandEra.com 18. TDbank.com+Canadatrust.com 19. i/money+Canoe 20. JobShark.com 21. medbroadcast.com 22. WiredMerchant.com 23. gearunlimited.com 24. workopolis.com 25. Patchgear.com Notes to editors -- The Globe and Mail, is Canada's National Newspaper. Visit us at www.globeandmail.com -- Bain & Company is a global management consulting firm. Visit us at www.bain.com About Bain: Bain & Company is one of the world's leading global management consulting firms List of Management Consulting Firms 1. McKinsey & Company 2. Marakon Associates 3. Boston Consulting Group (BCG) 4. A.T. Kearney 5. Booz Allen Hamilton (BAH) 6. Monitor Group 7. Bain & Company 8. Roland Berger , serving clients across six continents Six Continents is a large retail PLC in UK which split into Six Continents Retail known as Mitchells and Butlers plc. The hotels and soft drinks business of Six Continents PLC is now known as InterContinental Hotels Group PLC. . With headquarters in Boston and offices in all major cities throughout the world, Bain has worked with over 1,500 major multinational and other corporations from every economic sector, in every region of the world. As a complement to its strategy consulting practice, Bain has established bainlab, an active incubator incubator, apparatus for the maintenance of controlled conditions in which eggs can be hatched artificially. Incubator houses with double walls of mud, a fireroom, and several compartments each holding about 6,000 hens' eggs were developed in ancient times; the of Internet companies, which brings to bear Bain's intellectual property and execution capability in identifying and building Internet businesses. For more information visit www.Bain.com and www.bainlab.com. About The Globe and Mail: The Globe and Mail is a leading Canadian news and information company that includes: The Globe and Mail, Canada's National Newspaper, daily offering a million readers unparalleled national, international and business reporting, analysis and commentary; the globeandmail.com Web Centre; Report on Business Magazine and Broadcast Week; and ROBTv, Canada's only all-business channel. The Globe and Mail is part of The Thomson Corporation (TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). :TOC), a leading global e-information and solutions company in the business and professional marketplace with 1999 revenues of US$5.8 billion. The Corporation's common shares are listed on the Toronto and London Stock Exchanges London Stock Exchange London marketplace for securities. It was formed in 1773 by a group of stockbrokers who had been doing business informally in local coffeehouses. . For more information, visit The Thomson Corporation's Internet address There are two kinds of addresses that are widely used on the Internet. One is a person's e-mail address, and the other is the address of a Web site, which is known as a URL. Following is an explanation of Internet e-mail addresses only. For more on URLs, see URL and Internet domain name. at www.thomson.com. |
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