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16 Bus. Info. Alert 1 (2004)

handle is hein.journals/busiale16 and id is 1 raw text is: Compiling Company Lists: A Case Study by Sylvia James T is is the last of three articles on compiling international company lists. In the first article, I presented the rationale for preparing lists as a routine practice in many international business research projects. The sources and source groups that might be used to help construct the lists were detailed in the second article. This final article gives you a look at an actual case study. I continue to compile lists for individual clients who work as advisors in corporate finance and private equity positions. As I have shown you in the two pre- vious articles, these lists can provide answers in busi- ness research projects concerned with some company purchases and divestitures. Many of the criteria dis- cussed in this case study were also used in those lists. The Real Business Hot 100: The Challenge The most significant list I have been asked to prepare in recent years is used in a feature article in the presti- gious U.K. business journal RealBusiness, published by Caspian Publishing, Ltd., in London (www.realbusi- ness.co.uk). For the last three years, I have researched this list of the fastest-growing U.K. companies. It is a significant and unusual project in that it is the only regular piece of research I do that is completely open to public scrutiny. Often business readers question the appearance of a company in the list and contact the editor for an explanation of why certain companies were included. Even more likely is that a managing director or founder of a business will take the editor to task, because their company was not included on the list. This, of course, means that the selection and com- pilation have to be absolutely accurate, and every one of the nine list criteria have to be rigorously, fairly, and systematically applied. It also means that I have to be prepared to defend my choices and the quality of the research. There is a definite international element to the list in that companies are often owned by individ- uals not based in the U.K., and many have interna- tional reach through their activities. continued on page 3 Compiling Company Lists: A Case Study............. 1. From the Editor............. 2 News & Trends ........... 6 New Sources ............. 8 Vendors ............... 12 I In This Issue 51.

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