This initiative divides companies into three categories:
small, medium and large. Each company has to meet
6 criteria (this time for the 2002-2006
period) to join the club of "Trends Gazelles".
The first three criteria are turnover,
employment and cash-flow. Also,
the company has to be at least 5 years old,
had to employ 20 workers at least in the last
year of the period concerned (i.e. 2006) and
has to have its own, positive capital.
A final score is calculated on the basis of the
first three criteria in order to rank the companies
of each category.