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empresas reconhecidamente inovadoras

English translation: companies recognised for their innovation


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12:50 Jan 20, 2012
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Business/Commerce (general) / Academic paper on innovation
Portuguese term or phrase: empresas reconhecidamente inovadoras
I'm having a blank on how to translate this phrase eloquently into English. It's from the abstract on a paper on social capital management and innovation. Thanks for your help!

Resumo: Nas últimas duas décadas, verificou-se uma tendência mundial de ***empresas reconhecidamente inovadoras*** adotarem um modelo de gestão da inovação baseado em estratégias de colaboração e co-criação de valor com os diversos atores de seu ecossistema de negócios e de sua rede de valor. A interação entre estes agentes visa captar a experiência dos clientes e outros stakeholders, com o objetivo estratégico de criar valor conjuntamente com eles e oferecer novas soluções completas e integradas que possam melhor atender suas necessidades. Pesquisas sobre a capacidade de inovar de empresas brasileiras indicaram que aquelas que adotaram estratégias de inovação envolvendo ativamente os recursos de seu capital social, se destacaram no mercado competitivo e deram sustentabilidade aos seus negócios ao longo das últimas décadas. Verificou-se, também, que a baixa integração entre os atores da cadeia produtiva em empresas brasileiras, seus consumidores e a comunidade como um todo, pode contribuir como um fator restritivo para sua capacidade de inovar. Dentro deste cenário, o capital social se torna um ativo intangível estratégico para alavancar a capacidade de inovação das organizações do século XXI, demandando destas uma nova competência: a capacidade de gerir seu capital social para gerar inovações.
Palavras-chave: Capital Social, Ativos Intangíveis, Gestão da Inovação, Estratégia Organizacional, Capacidade de Inovar.
Lindsay Spratt
Local time: 21:46
English translation:companies recognised for their innovation
Explanation:
or "companes acknowledged as innovative"

or even "conspicuously innovative companes"

A few suggestions that I hope are helpful.
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Gilla Evans
Local time: 01:46
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Thanks, Gilla!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +6companies recognised for their innovation
Gilla Evans
4 +3well-known innovative companies
Gilmar Fernandes
4 +1accepted as cutting edge companies
Kevin Freyburg
4 +1companies (well-) known for their innovativenessEllen Kraus
3 +2admittedly innovative companies/corporationsLuciano Eduardo de Oliveira
5cutting-edge firmsSheryle Oliver
4recognized innovative companies
Susana Alves


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
admittedly innovative companies/corporations


Explanation:
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Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 43

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Daniel Tavares
50 mins

agree  Rolf Treuherz
1 hr
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
companies recognised for their innovation


Explanation:
or "companes acknowledged as innovative"

or even "conspicuously innovative companes"

A few suggestions that I hope are helpful.

Gilla Evans
Local time: 01:46
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 72
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Thanks, Gilla!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  silvia367325
7 mins
  -> thanks, silvia!

agree  kashew
8 mins
  -> thanks, kashew!

agree  Daniel Tavares
1 hr
  -> thanks, Daniel!

agree  Ivan Rocha
2 hrs
  -> thanks, Ivan!

agree  Georgia Morgan
6 hrs
  -> Thanks, Georgia

agree  Marian Vieyra: Best rendering into good English.
21 hrs
  -> Thanks, Marian!
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
well-known innovative companies


Explanation:
one more option

see plenty of examples in Google:

http://www.google.com/#hl=en&sugexp=pfwl&cp=7&gs_id=3j&xhr=t...



Gilmar Fernandes
United States
Local time: 20:46
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Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 98

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Daniel Tavares
1 hr
  -> Thanks Daniel :)

agree  Ivan Rocha
2 hrs
  -> Thanks Ivan :)

agree  Gloria Scaroni: it sounds very natural, good translation
13 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
recognized innovative companies


Explanation:
Mais uma alternativa. Pode ver os resultados no google

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Note added at 1 hr (2012-01-20 14:30:12 GMT)
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Sorry I pasted the web reference badly:

http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=innovati...


    Reference: hhttp://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=innovat...
Susana Alves
Portugal
Local time: 00:46
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
companies (well-) known for their innovativeness


Explanation:
I would say

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findarticles.com/p/articles/mi.../ai_n29388929/Im Cache - Ähnliche For instance, a survey revealed that fortune 1000 firms, well-known for their innovativeness, generate about one third of the total revenues in their marketplace ...


Ellen Kraus
Local time: 02:46
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4

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agree  Rolf Treuherz
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
accepted as cutting edge companies


Explanation:
Several sources define cutting edge comanies/designs/products as: very modern, and with all the newest features:

Seems a good translation of "inovadoras"




    Reference: http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/business-english/...
    Reference: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_meaning_of_cutting_edg...
Kevin Freyburg
Local time: 21:46
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 20

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Verginia Ophof: accepted or (re)known
49 mins
  -> Thank you Verginia
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
cutting-edge firms


Explanation:
Cutting-edge firms/companies/corporations/enterprises are innovative by definition.

Since the text is rather wordy, the best way to make the translation flow is to simplify where possible. One might begin, for example, as follows:

Over the last two decades, there has been a worldwide trend among cutting-edge firms to adopt innovation models based on ...

Sheryle Oliver
Brazil
Local time: 21:46
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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