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2008 World’s Most Innovative Companies – Business Week
1. Apple 17. Disney 34. Verizon
2. Google 18. General Motors 35. Cisco Systems
3. Toyota 19. Reliance Industries 36. ING
4. GE 20. Boeing 37. Singapore Airlines
5. Microsoft 21. Goldman Sachs 38. Siemens
6. Tata Group 22. 3M 39. Costco
7. Nintendo 23. Wal-mart 40. HSBC
8. Proctor & Gamble 24. Target 41. Bank of America
9. Sony 25. Facebook 42. Exxon
10. Nokia 26. Samsung 43. News Corp.
11. Amazon 27. AT&T 44. BP
12. IBM 28. Virgin Group 45. Nike
13. Research in Motion 29. Audi 46. Dell
14. BMW 30. McDonalds 47. Vodaphone
15. HP 31. Daimler 48. Intel
16. Honda Motor 32. Starbucks 49. Southwest Airlines
33. eBay 50. American Express
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2008 World’s Most Innovative Companies – Fast Company
1. Google 17. Target 34. Intel
2. Apple 18. HP 35. Burton
3. Facebook 19. Tesco 36. Whole Foods
4. GE 20. Ausra 37. Cisco Systems
5. Ideo 21. Timberland 38. Corning
6. Nike 22. IBM 39. Toyota
7. Nokia 23. Arup 40. Real D
8. Alibaba 24. Anomaly 41. Microsoft
9. Amazon 25. Autodesk 42. Payless
10. Nintendo 26. Herman Miller 43. Airasia
11. Proctor & Gamble 27. Realnetworks 44. Current TV
12. News Corp 28. LG Electronics 45. Sun Microsystems
13. Affymetrix 29. Boeing 46. BMW
14. Disney 30. Omniture 47. Tata Group
15. Samsung 31. iRobot 48. Akqa
16. Method 32. Wal-Mart 49. Prosper
33. Live Nation 50. Baidu
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2008 World’s Most Innovative Companies
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What is their key innovation?
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2008 World’s Most Innovative Companies
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Why are they considered innovative?
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2008 World’s Most Innovative Companies
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What will be the adoption dynamic?
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2008 World’s Most Innovative Companies
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How do technology and innovation interact?
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2008 World’s Most Innovative Companies
#NA #5
Is design innovation?
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2008 World’s Most Innovative Companies
#45 #6
What will be their next innovation?
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2008 World’s Most Innovative Companies
#10 #7
Is it incremental or transformational?
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2008 World’s Most Innovative Companies
#NA #8
How will on-line B2B evolve?
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2008 World’s Most Innovative Companies
#11 #9
Will they be able to keep ahead?
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2008 World’s Most Innovative Companies
#7 #10
How did the Wii happen?
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2008 World’s Most Innovative Companies
#8 #11
Will open innovation continue to deliver?
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2008 World’s Most Innovative Companies
#43 #12
Will News Corp. help or hurt?
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2008 World’s Most Innovative Companies
#NA #13
Can their technology keep pace?
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2008 World’s Most Innovative Companies
#6 #47
What will be the adoption dynamic?
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2008 World’s Most Innovative Companies
#17 #14
What influence will Steve Jobs have?
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2008 World’s Most Innovative Companies
#26 #15
How does mass manufacturing meet design?
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2008 World’s Most Innovative Companies
#NA #16
How long will the ‘green’ movement last?
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2008 World’s Most Innovative Companies
#24 #17
What’s their distinct difference?
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2008 World’s Most Innovative Companies
#15 #18
Can the original innovation company keep it up?
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2008 World’s Most Innovative Companies
#NA #19
Can a grocery company be innovative?
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2008 World’s Most Innovative Companies
#NA #20
A crowded field of solar contenders – too early to tell?
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2008 World’s Most Innovative Companies
#NA #21
Will sustainability focus be enough?
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2008 World’s Most Innovative Companies
#12 #22
What does service innovation look like?
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2008 World’s Most Innovative Companies
#NA #23
How will sustainability transform architecture?
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2008 World’s Most Innovative Companies
#NA #24
How will advertising evolve?
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2008 World’s Most Innovative Companies
#NA #25
How do you grow when you’re already ubiquitous?
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2008 World’s Most Innovative Companies
#NA #26
Will we ever run out of new chair designs?
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2008 World’s Most Innovative Companies
#NA #27
Where is the on-line music world going?
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2008 World’s Most Innovative Companies
#NA #28
How does a conglomerate continue to grow?
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2008 World’s Most Innovative Companies
#20 #29
How do you innovate in a highly regulated environment?
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2008 World’s Most Innovative Companies
#NA #30
Will web growth slow?
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2008 World’s Most Innovative Companies
#NA #31
Will robots become mainstream?
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2008 World’s Most Innovative Companies
#23 #32
Can they keep it up?
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2008 World’s Most Innovative Companies
#NA #33
How do you innovate around celebrities?
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2008 World’s Most Innovative Companies
#48 #34
Will Moore’s Law ever end? Then What?
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2008 World’s Most Innovative Companies
#NA #35
How do you deal with the maturing of a disruptive innovation?
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2008 World’s Most Innovative Companies
#NA #36
How will changing food tastes drive innovation?
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2008 World’s Most Innovative Companies
#35 #37
How do you outsource all non-core functions?
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2008 World’s Most Innovative Companies
#NA #38
How do operational and product innovation intersect?
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2008 World’s Most Innovative Companies
#3 #39
Will being world #1 be tough to maintain?
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2008 World’s Most Innovative Companies
#NA #40
How can relevance be maintained?
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2008 World’s Most Innovative Companies
#5 #41
Is Vista innovative? How will they continue dominance?
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2008 World’s Most Innovative Companies
#NA #42
How do you keep ahead of the fickleness of fashion?
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2008 World’s Most Innovative Companies
#NA #43
How do you innovate in a cut-throat environment?
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2008 World’s Most Innovative Companies
#NA #44
What is the future of news?
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2008 World’s Most Innovative Companies
#NA #45
How will internet infrastructure evolve?
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2008 World’s Most Innovative Companies
#14 #46
Is this incremental or transformational?
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2008 World’s Most Innovative Companies
#NA #48
What is the future of advertising?
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2008 World’s Most Innovative Companies
#NA #49
Will social lending be widely adopted?
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2008 World’s Most Innovative Companies
#NA #50
Is copying existing models in other locales innovation?
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2008 World’s Most Innovative Companies
#9 #NA
How can they regain their luster?
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2008 World’s Most Innovative Companies
#13 #NA
How long can one key innovation propel growth?
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2008 World’s Most Innovative Companies
#16 #NA
Can a long term vision drive innovation?
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2008 World’s Most Innovative Companies
#18 #NA
How are they innovative?
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2008 World’s Most Innovative Companies
#19 #NA
How do you keep innovating in a world of commodities?
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2008 World’s Most Innovative Companies
#21 #NA
What is a financial innovation?
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2008 World’s Most Innovative Companies
#22 #NA
The original innovation company – can they keep it up?
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2008 World’s Most Innovative Companies
#27 #NA
After the telecom transformation – are they really the innovators?
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2008 World’s Most Innovative Companies
#28 #NA
What is the future of space travel?
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2008 World’s Most Innovative Companies
#29 #NA
What are the disruptive innovation in autos?
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2008 World’s Most Innovative Companies
#31 #NA
After the breakup – how is their innovation behavior?
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2008 World’s Most Innovative Companies
#32 #NA
Is the tide turning – how do they keep momentum?
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2008 World’s Most Innovative Companies
#33 #NA
What after auctions?
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2008 World’s Most Innovative Companies
#34 #NA
What will be the adoption dynamic?
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2008 World’s Most Innovative Companies
#36 #NA
What will be the adoption dynamic?
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2008 World’s Most Innovative Companies
#37 #NA
What next?
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2008 World’s Most Innovative Companies
#38 #NA
What will be the adoption dynamic?
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2008 World’s Most Innovative Companies
#39 #NA
How can a retailer continuously innovate?
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2008 World’s Most Innovative Companies
#40 #NA
Innovations can easily be copied- need a steady stream?
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2008 World’s Most Innovative Companies
#41 #NA
What will be the adoption dynamic?
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2008 World’s Most Innovative Companies
#42 #NA
What will be the adoption dynamic?
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2008 World’s Most Innovative Companies
#44 #NA
Can an energy company remake itself as green?
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2008 World’s Most Innovative Companies
#46 #NA
What will be the adoption dynamic?
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2008 World’s Most Innovative Companies
#47 #NA
What will be the adoption dynamic?
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2008 World’s Most Innovative Companies
#49 #NA
What will be the adoption dynamic?
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2008 World’s Most Innovative Companies
#50 #NA
What will be the adoption dynamic?
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