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Nominees:

Asociatia pentru Relatii Comunitare (ARC)	Holcim Romania
Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB)	Microsoft Romania
Grup Renault Romania	MOL Romania

 

 Winner: Asociatia pentru Relatii Comunitare (ARC)

 

The Community Involvement award was introduced to recognize the efforts of a company doing business locally that has demonstrated continuous commitment to implementing and following sustainable business practices. It aims to reward companies’ involvement in the communities they are active in, and the responsibility they have shown towards their stakeholders through the various programs and initiatives they’ve undertaken. See the jury and procedures.

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– Environmentally friendly products or services
– Proven social impact of the business (community impact)
– Developing long-term programs or projects for the local community (long-term commitment to the local community)
– Program’s practices meet a real need of the community (education, social intervention, health, environment)

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Nominees:

eMAG
ING Bank
Paravion

 

 Winner: eMAG

 

The award recognizes the effective use of online tools with the purpose of business development in all dimensions of the business (be they marketing, sales, operations etc.). See the jury and procedures.

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– The response generated by the project in terms of revenue, public awareness
– Investment in the online strategy, platform etc.
– Innovative character of the online project in reference to the local market and the respective industry
– Potential for future growth in order to become a target for investors, venture capitalists or international buyers.
– Retail markets involved (local vs. international ones) – whether the company is reaching/creating a new market through its online presence
– Assessment of online marketing, not just online sales

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Nominees:

Luxoft
Teamnet Group
Vector Watch

 

 Winner: Vector Watch

 

This award recognizes novel, innovation and research driven strategies, developed in/for Romania. The category is meant to cover the latest developments related to the introduction of new products, services or campaigns, and the roll-out of R&D oriented investments. See the jury and procedures.

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– Innovation and research-driven orientation of the strategy implemented
– Investment made (amount) and benchmarked against other markets where the company is present
– The added value brought to the business environment and/or community

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Nominees:

Banca Transilvania	Serviciul Implementare Proiecte si Programe pentru IMM, Ministerul Economiei, Comertului si Relatiei cu Mediul de Afaceri
ING Bank	Startup Café

 

 Winner: Banca Transilvania

 

This category awards companies that have undertaken projects meant to support the activity and development of start-ups by providing access to resources and services that promote their growth. See the jury and procedures.

 

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– To what extent does the project/service support the activity of start-ups
– Number of start-ups/ individuals supported
– Resources and strategy employed to support start-up activity (infrastructure, consultancy services)
– Ease of access to the solution/service/product for start-ups

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Nominees:

Banca Transilvania	European Investment Fund (EIF)
Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB)	Libra Bank
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

 

 Winner: Banca Transilvania

 

This award recognizes banks’ initiatives directed towards supporting the development of local SMEs and entrepreneurial efforts through various projects (financing deals, products launches, and services innovations) introduced and implemented in the previous year. It targets financial institutions offering loans for companies with up to 10 million euro turnover. See the jury and procedures.

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– Amount of financial commitment and lending terms
– Innovative character of the financial product or service
– The impact of the product/service within the target (number of customers)

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Nominees:

Banca Comerciala Romana
Bancpost
Hidroelectrica

 

 Winner: Banca Comerciala Romana

 

This category reviews companies that have managed to overcome a difficult business moment and improve their activity in the process. It looks at the quantitative aspects of the turnaround as well as the strategy employed to achieve those results. See the jury and procedures.

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– Strategy employed to achieve the turnaround
– The amount of time necessary to achieve it
– Financial and non-financial results of the company before and after

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Nominees:

Atos Romania
Lidl Romania
Luxoft
Telus

 

 Winner: Lidl Romania

 

Category award supported by:

 

The award honors the employment endeavors of companies, multinational or local, made on the Romanian market under difficult economic conditions. It evaluates the recruitment policies and training effort involved, set against the wider context of the company’s investment and presence in Romania. See the jury and procedures.

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– Training programs and retaining HR policies
– HR policies meant to maintain/increase the competitiveness and workforce productivity.
– Look at the net personnel increase vs. the net of the industry (percentage also)
– Look at the industry growth (att to the IT industry) and its importance for the Romanian economy

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Nominees:

Alexandru Lapusan – Zitec Romania	Dan Isai – Salad Box
Andrei Pitis – Vector Watch	Marius si Dan Stefan – Autonom Rent a Car

 

 Winner: Dan Isai – Salad Box

 

This award praises the entrepreneurial efforts and achievements of a local business person 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. See the jury and procedures.

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– Development of the business over the past two years
– Unique characteristics of the business
– Results achieved against investment and the overall industry
– Ethics and values exemplified in the business
– The added value of the business on the market

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Nominees:

Banca Transilvania	Primaria Bucuresti + Raiffeisen Bank + Banca Transilvania
CTP	Regina Maria
Fondul Proprietatea	Unicredit Bank

 

 Winner: Regina Maria

 

This category acknowledges the most important business transactions of the previous year, regardless of its nature. It recognizes the deal that had the most impact and significance in 2015, translated in financial terms as well as in aiding the development of the local economy or industry. It looks at the novel elements of the respective transaction, and how the deal stands out on the local or regional business scene. See the jury and procedures.

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– Value of the transaction
– Impact within the industry/ local business scene and the economy as a whole
– Novel elements characteristic to the transaction

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Nominees:

Antoaneta Curteanu UniCredit Leasing Corporation	Jean François Fallacher Orange Romania
Florentina Totth Schneider Electric Romania	Kinga Daradics MOL Romania
Jean-Baptiste Dernoncourt Carrefour Romania	Omer Tetik Banca Transilvania

 

 Winner: Omer Tetik  – Banca Transilvania

 

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The award seeks to recognize remarkable individual results in a certain industry as a result of an initiative undertaken in the previous year or a definite period of time. The results are analyzed according to the market conditions in the respective industry, the resources used in the process, the individual’s experience and the amount of innovation involved in achieving these results. See the jury and procedures.

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– Main achievements during a year of his tenure (strategy development, achievements, improvements of the company’s results, bold targets, etc.)

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Nominees:

Carrefour Romania	UniCredit Leasing
Transavia	World Class

 

 Winner: Transavia

 

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This award celebrates the outstanding achievements of a local business over the recent period, looking at aspects such as innovative character, accomplishments and potential for development, market share as well as the overall relevance for the business environment. See the jury and procedures.

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– Business growth over the previous year
– Sustainable development strategy
– Market position
– Quality of HR policies
– Development of new best-practices in the industry
– Implementation of industry best-practices
– Exceptional business growth bench-marked against other industry players
– Spectacular turnarounds of troubled businesses (over the past 2 years)

 

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Nominees:

Autonom Rent a Car	Paravion
Emag	Salad Box

 

 Winner: Salad Box

 

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This award recognizes the outstanding achievement of a local business over the recent period that managed to extend worldwide in a sustainable manner. The category is looking at aspects such as the value of investment in expansion, potential for development on foreign markets, international market share, local market share, the innovative character. See the jury and procedures.

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– Level of investment on international market
– Market share on foreign markets
– The competition of the foreign markets (depending on the field of activity)
– Number of employees worldwide
– The turnover generated by the international expansion

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Certificates of distinctions:

 Impact Hub Bucharest

 TechHub Bucharest

 Connect Hub

 WeLoveDigital

 Mobile Hub

 

Honarary recognition Award:

 Ion Tiriac

 

Honarary recognition Award:

 Jean-Francois Fallacher – Orange Romania

 

 

This award is granted by Business Review. See the jury and procedures.

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