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SPECIAL REPORT - HOT GROWTH IN EUROPE
Northern European countries are catching up as havens for small businesses on the march
From video games to consulting to IT, the top 20 companies on our annual European Hot Growth list are a diverse group of sprinters
The annual BusinessWeek list of fast-growing, job-creating companies in Europe
At No. 1 on this year's Europe's 500 Hot Growth list, this service company has made outsourcing its own, and has no plans to stop innovating
Private equity group GCI sees opportunity where others see failure, and its string of successes has landed it near the top of our Hot Growth list
The Austrian utility has boosted sales by expanding aggressively into the region, plus points east, through acquisitions and other projects
Outsourcing operations to Brazil and China helped the No. 1 maker of cell-phone chargers lower costs and open up new markets
Profits have been sharply curtailed by expansion and product delays as the game maker holds back new titles for a dominant console player to emerge, but SCi's still got its game on
France's PPR has taken a 27% stake in the German sports powerhouse. The aim: a friendly takeover
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