Edison Awards
Edison Awards is an American company that runs an annual competition honoring excellence in innovation in a broad range of categories.
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| Awarded for | Honoring excellence in new product and service development, marketing, human-centered design and innovation |
| Country | United States |
| First awarded | 1987 |
| Website | http://www.edisonawards.com/ |
Company
The Edison Awards were established by the American Marketing Association in 1987 and has been an independent enterprise since 2008.[1] According to crunchbase, Edison Awards is a private, for-profit company with fewer than ten employees.[2]
Awards
The Edison Awards are named after the inventor Thomas Edison. They honor innovations in product and service development, marketing and human-centered design.[3] Categories range from green technology to medical breakthroughs.[4] Entrants must meet strict innovation criteria and competencies as defined in the book Innovate Like Edison: The Success System of America's Greatest Inventor (Gelb & Caldicott 2007).[1] The Edison Awards Steering Committee reviews nominations; the finalists are then voted on by a large panel drawn from business professionals, scientists and academia.[5] Entries are judged based on societal impact, creativity and marketplace success.[4] In 2013, there were 14 categories and 38 sub-categories, with 131 award recipients.[6]
Recipients
Past recipients of the Edison Achievement Award include:
- 1991 – Herb Baum – Campbell Soup Co.[7]
- 1991 – Frank Perdue – Perdue Farms
- 1992 – William McGowan – MCI Corporation
- 1993 – J. Willard Marriott, Jr. – Marriott International
- 1993 – Jay Van Andel – Amway Corporation
- 1993 – Raymond W. Smith – Bell Atlantic
- 1993 – Rich DeVos – Amway Corporation
- 1994 – Bert C. Roberts – MCI Corporation
- 1994 – H. John Greeniaus – Nabisco, Inc.
- 1995 – Arthur Martinez – Sears, Roebuck & Co.
- 1995 – Robert Palmer – Digital Corporation
- 1996 – Douglas Ivester – Coca-Cola Company
- 1996 – Nolan D. Archibald – Black & Decker
- 1997 – Reuben Mark – Colgate-Palmolive
- 1997 – Martha Stewart – MSL Omnimedia
- 1999 – Dale Morrison – Campbell Soup Co.
- 1999 – Ted Turner – Time Warner
- 2009 – David M. Kelley – IDEO
- 2009 – Susan Desmond-Hellmann – Genentech
- 2010 – A.G. Lafley – Procter & Gamble
- 2010 – Susan Hockfield – MIT
- 2011 – Alan Mulally – Ford Motor Company
- 2011 – John S. Hendricks – Discovery Communications
- 2012 – Chris Anderson – TED
- 2012 – Steve Jobs – Apple, Inc.
- 2013 – Paul E. Jacobs – Qualcomm
- 2014 – Elon Musk – Tesla, SpaceX[5]
- 2014 – Yang Yuanqing – Lenovo[8]
- 2015 – Clayton M. Christensen – Harvard Business School
- 2015 – Robert A. Lutz – General Motors Company
- 2016 – John Chambers – Cisco Systems, Inc.
- 2017 – Astro Teller – X
- 2017 – Jeff Immelt – General Electric
- 2018 – Marillyn Hewson – Lockheed Martin
- 2019 – Ginni Rometty – IBM
References
- Elizabeth Sprouse, "How the Edison Awards Work", How Stuff Works, retrieved April 11, 2020
- "Edison Awards", crunchbase, retrieved April 10, 2020
- MAX TAKES HOME SILVER IN 2020 EDISON AWARDS, GoPro, April 1, 2020, retrieved April 11, 2020
- Sebastian Howard; Clare Richardson (April 7, 2011), "Your Substantive Awards Show: 2011 Edison Awards Honor Innovation in Technology", Huffington Post, retrieved April 11, 2020
- Damon Poeter (May 2, 2014), "Edison Awards Honor Elon Musk, Lenovo's Yang Yuanqing", PCMag.com
- Sonali Basak (April 26, 2013), "Edison awards highlight innovation across American industry titans", Techli, retrieved April 11, 2020
- Agis Salpukas (August 22, 1993), "Profile: Herbert M. Baum; Quaker State's Quick-Change Artist", New York Times, retrieved April 11, 2020
- Miguel Helft, "In pursuit of Innovation, a milestone for Lenovo", Fortune.com, May 2, 2014