Business Week reports its Top 50 performers based on ROE and growth. Reminiscent of Good to Great by Jim Collins, I bet you won’t recognize many of the company names, many of which shine as a result of relentless innovation.
BW highlights several trends among these Top 50 that are worth noting … best news for established middle market companies … you don’t have to be a start-up to be innovative!

1. Many of them are “disrupters” of the economy
2. Many have changed the “rules of engagement”
3. 33 are repeats from 2008: most ever
4. Many have developed “pay-for-performance” cultures