World’s 20 Most Innovative Companies

Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and BusinesWeek have recently revealed a list of 50 most innovative companies based on a survey done by BCG. BCG sent a questionnaire to top executives all around the world out of which 2700 responded anonymously with their opinion. They were asked to mention companies that consistently offer innovative products, customer experiences, business models, or processes. Those who mentioned their own employers were not considered. Apart from executives’ opinions financial performance of the companies was also gauged to determine the final results. Here are the first 20 finalists of most innovative companies:

2009 Rank	2008 Rank	Company	HQ Country

1	1	APPLE	U.S.
2	2	GOOGLE	U.S.
3	3	TOYOTA MOTOR	Japan
4	5	MICROSOFT	U.S.
5	7	NINTENDO	Japan
6	12	IBM	U.S.
7	15	HEWLETT-PACKARD	U.S.
8	13	RESEARCH IN MOTION	Canada
9	10	NOKIA	Finland
10	23	WAL-MART STORES	U.S.
11	11	AMAZON.COM	U.S.
12	8	PROCTER & GAMBLE	U.S.
13	6	TATA GROUP	India
14	9	SONY	Japan
15	19	RELIANCE INDUSTRIES	India
16	26	SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS	South Korea
17	4	GENERAL ELECTRIC	U.S.
18	NR	VOLKSWAGEN	Germany
19	30	MCDONALDS	U.S.
20	14	BMW	Germany