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