Editor’s note: This article was first published in October 2013. The ranking comes from the Boston Consulting Group’s 2013 Most Innovative Companies report, a survey of over 1,500 senior executives. Positions and moves, such as Samsung overtaking Google, are as of 2013.
Every year, the Boston Consulting Group surveys more than 1,500 senior executives around the world to find the world’s most innovative companies.
The companies are rated on innovation in their industry and on how well consumers take to their new products, which shows up in their sales growth, as well as on shareholder interest in the companies. (Related: 6 things the world’s most innovative companies do that we can apply to our own business)
Once again, Apple tops the list in 2013, while its biggest competitor, Samsung, has taken second place from Google. Facebook has dropped seven places in one go, while General Electric and Toyota have each climbed six. Tech companies make up more than 50% of the top 10, while among energy and healthcare companies we’d find only four in the top 50.
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