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2008 World's Most Innovative Companies, by Fast Company and BusinessWeek

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Copyright © 2008 Inovo Technologies Inc.

Leading publications rank innovative companies

Businessweek One of the leading business

magazines, first published in

1929

Fast Company Fast Company is a business

magazine about innovative people

and ideas

By uncovering best and "next"

practices, the magazine helps a

new breed of leader work smarter

and more effectively.

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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?

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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?

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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?

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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?

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How do you innovate around celebrities?

#NA

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Will Moore’s Law ever end? Then What?

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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?

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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?

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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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How can they regain their luster?

#9

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How long can one key innovation propel growth?

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Can a long term vision drive innovation?

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How are they innovative?

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How do you keep innovating in a world of commodities?

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#NA

What is a financial innovation?

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The original innovation company – can they keep it up?

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After the telecom transformation – are they really the innovators?

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#NA

What is the future of space travel?

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What are the disruptive innovation in autos?

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After the breakup – how is their innovation behavior?

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Is the tide turning – how do they keep momentum?

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#NA

What after auctions?

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What will be the adoption dynamic?

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What next?

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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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Can an energy company remake itself as green?

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#NA

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#NA

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What will be the adoption dynamic?

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