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Ernst & Young wins worldwide knowledge award

Johannesburg, 16 Mar 1999

Ernst & Young was voted the fourth "Most Admired Knowledge Enterprise" in the world in a recent survey sponsored by Business Intelligence and the Journal of Knowledge Management.

The survey asked senior executives at Fortune Global 500 companies, chief knowledge officers and knowledge management practitioners to rank companies against eight knowledge performance categories.

The overall results were:

1.Lucent Technologies

2.Intel

3.Monsanto

4.Ernst & Young

5.Xerox

E&Y also came first in the "Effectiveness of Knowledge Sharing Practices" category, second in the "Overall Quality of Knowledge Program" category and third in the "Effectiveness of Knowledge Initiatives in Promoting Customer Value and Loyalty" category.

Of the firm`s competitors, only Arthur Anderson (6th) and Anderson Consulting (15th) appeared in the top 20.

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