The focus is on pure play companies involved in the transition to diversified low-emissions energy infrastructure.

The focus is on pure play companies using a rule based approach which is inclusive in the clean energy technologies sector.

Speedy Hire has outpaced Lavendon as it seen as a bellwether for tool hire because it is the only pure play company in the sector, according to an analyst. '

First, it spun off most of its post-acute care portfolio into a pure play company called Care Capital Properties Inc., which will allow Ventas to focus on its private pay portfolio and its potential for higher growth.

According to Wikibon, IBM leads all players with more than $1B in Big Data revenue while HP's Vertica leads all innovators with a 28% share of revenue generated by pure play companies.

A wealth of academic research supports this assertion, even though studies may disagree as to the cause – variously citing factors such as more powerful incentives and greater freedom for management teams; higher valuations because equity markets prefer pure play companies; and the premium that comes from the prospect that spin-offs can more readily be taken over.