Acando’s Leadership Index 2009 now published

The Leadership Index shows that companies have strong confidence in their own turnover and profitability for 2009.

This year’s Leadership Index can be summed up by saying that the companies studied are focusing on realising the expected effect of investments already made in order to maintain turnover and profitability. This result indicates that the companies are planning to invest their way out of the current economic downturn.

Examples from the survey include:
• All companies with a turnover exceeding 1 billion SEK will apply Lean methodology.
• 93 per cent of the companies plan to invest in system support.
• Marketing and sales are in focus for planned system investments.

Download the Leadership Index: www.acando.com.

Survey methodology:
Leading decision-makers, members of management teams or equivalent, from a number of selected companies in several sectors were interviewed. The questionnaire consisted of 11 questions on the companies’ view of growth and profitability, competitiveness, management and support systems. The companies which participated in the survey have a turnover exceeding SEK 700 million and employ more than 300 people. The companies operate in. In total 190 companies representing 11 different industries answered the survey that was carried out in February 2009.