新事业的起步(1/4) - 英语听力

[00:00.3]Who are the managers of the best innovation developments in British industry
[00:06.08]That was the question which the first Business Today Innovation Awards set out to anser
[00:11.41]This project is all about rewarding good practice and performance
[00:15.6]So
[00:15.87]Rather than simply recognising excellence in the design of specific products
[00:22.42]Or analysing their financial impact on proftis
[00:26.91]The awards set out to take an objective look at exactly how companies manager the development process itself
[00:38.38]Over 350 organisations entered the competition and were initially reduced to about 40
[00:43.77]Then
[00:44.58]After further careful checking
[00:47.46]A short list of just 14 of them was arrived at
[00:51.76]These finalists
[00:53.08]All manufacturers
[00:54.95]Were then visited by the competition juedges
[01:00.69]A panel of four chief executives from leading companies
[01:05.45]The panel toured the finalists' facilities
[01:07.97]Received presentations on the companies and their projects
[01:11.75]And interviewed the key development team members