Nomination Process

Nomination 2010

This year's call for nominations is now closed. Many thanks to those of you who took part this year.  

Nomination process

Nominations are solicited from three sources: a distinguished panel of judges, editors and writers with The Economist; and readers of The Economist.

Criteria for selection

Nominees should be people, not companies, who are responsible for an innovation that has been a proven success in the past decade. Winners are selected based on their ideas:

• Impact on revenue of the nominee's sponsoring organisation, enterprise, or general economic or societal well-being

• Effect on a marketplace or the establishment of a new market; and

• Impact on an emerging branch of science and technology