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5^th edition, March 4, 2010

Athenee Palace Hilton

2010 Categories:

1. Clean Business Award

This award recognizes clean businesses that have been started locally in 2008 – 2009. The category has been introduced to acknowledge the growing importance that clean projects have in the Romanian energy sector and the local economy, where they  have attracted a significant part of the investment made in recent years.

2. On-line Project of the Year Award
This award recognizes the growing importance of the online sector in the overall local business environment and the numerous transactions that have taken place within the online sector over last year.

3.Customer Focus Strategy Award supported by:

 As the worldwide economic downturn has put its mark on the Romanian economy as well, and growth prospects have thinned, companies are turning to customer-centric approaches to grow their business. To recognize this new reality, BR has introduced the Customer Focus Strategy category.             

4.Entrepreneur of the Year Award supported by:

This award recognizes the entrepreneurial efforts and achievements of a local businessman who has managed to develop a successful regional or national business, looking either at the innovative nature of the business started or at the growth parameters and the created value.

5.Sustainable Business Practices Award supported by:

This award will go to a company (Romanian or foreign) doing business locally that has demonstrated a commitment to implementing and following sustainable business practices. It looks to reward companies’ involvement in the communities they are active in, and the responsibility they show towards their stakeholders through various programs and initiatives they’ve undertaken.

6. Business Leader of the Year Award

 This award seeks to recognize remarkable individual results in a certain industry over the past year as a result of an initiative undertaken in the previous year or a definite period of time. The results are measured against the market conditions in the respective industry, the resources used to achieve it, the individual experience and innovation put in to achieve these results.

7. Deal of the Year Award

This category acknowledges the most important business transaction of the previous year, regardless of the transaction type.  The award recognizes the deal that had the most impact and significance in 2009, both in financial terms and in the development of the local economy, or of a particular industry. It looks at elements of novelty of the respective transaction, and how the deal stands out on the local or regional business scene.

8. Effective Marketing Award

This category looks at an advertising or PR campaign that has shown results, creativity, and innovation, from the point of view of the client.

9.Excellence in Business Award supported by:

This award recognizes the outstanding achievement of a local business over the recent period, looking at aspects such as innovative character, consistently positive attitude, development achievement or potential, market share, and the overall relevance for the local business environment.