PwC wins 2013 Most Admired Knowledge Enterprise Award

PwC ranked in fifth position, up from eighth position in 2012.

PwC has been specifically recognised in the 2013 Global MAKE study for creating an environment for collaborative knowledge sharing and maximising enterprise intellectual capital.

“PwC is a 12-time Global MAKE Award winner, and belongs to the even more select group: the 2013 Global MAKE Hall of Fame - organisations which have been global MAKE Finalists in each of the past five annual Global MAKE studies,” said Rory Chase, managing director of Teleos, one of the organisers of the MAKE Award.

“The 2013 Global MAKE Winners”- added Roy - “have been recognised as leaders in effectively transforming enterprise knowledge into wealth-creating ideas, products and solutions. Their expanding portfolios of intellectual capital are enabling them to out-perform their competitors during this period of continuing global economic uncertainty.”

"We are extremely pleased to be recognised as a global Most Admired Knowledge Enterprise Award winner. Our continuing position in the ranking is testament to our people and the way in which we are effectively transforming knowledge within PwC.  Our passion for sharing and collaborating flows right across our network and enables us to deliver the value our clients are looking for, each and every day. Being ranked by MAKE as a top professional services firm again is an achievement to be proud of”, said Paula Young, PwC’s knowledge leader.

As organisations around the world today are facing various challenges in attracting, developing, and bringing out the best in knowledge workers to stay one step ahead of their competitors, this PwC’s global award has proven the firm’s best thinking and practice in knowledge creation and utilization in the business organisation. 

The Most Admired Knowledge Enterprise (MAKE) research programme was established in 1998 to recognise leading organisations for their ability to transform corporate knowledge into enterprise intellectual capital and shareholder wealth.

A panel of Global Fortune 500 senior executives and internationally recognised knowledge management /intellectual capital /innovation/organisational learning experts select the winners each year.

The panel rate organisations against the MAKE framework of eight key knowledge performance dimensions, including creating an enterprise knowledge-driven culture; developing knowledge workers through senior management leadership; developing and delivering knowledge-based products/services/solutions; maximizing enterprise intellectual capital; creating an environment for collaborative enterprise knowledge sharing; creating a learning organization; delivering value based on stakeholder knowledge and transforming enterprise knowledge into shareholder/stakeholder value.

PwC is a multinational professional services firm with strong presence in 157 countries with more than 184,000 employees who are committed to delivering quality in assurance, tax and advisory services.