Top Innovative Companies
BusinessWeek has a special report about the World’s Most Innovative Companies. These companies do not necessarily innovate only in the technology space, but innovate in various ways to be competitive and build advantages over their competitors.
Today, innovation is about much more than new products. It is about reinventing business processes and building entirely new markets that meet untapped customer needs… it’s about selecting and executing the right ideas and bringing them to market in record time.
Although a lengthy read, the article identifies obstacles to innovation and discusses several methods companies are using to foster innovation. Many, many good ideas are in the article so give it a read if you have 10 minutes to learn.
Oh yeah, here’s the top ten of the Top 100 Most Innovative Companies.
- Apple
- 3M
- Toyota
- Microsoft
- General Electric
- Procter & Gamble
- Nokia
- Starbucks
- IBM
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