Archive for the 'Innovative Companies' Category

The Best Product Design Of 2007

2007 International Design Excellence AwardsThe winners of the 2007 International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA), sponsored by BusinessWeek, are presented by the Industrial Designers Society of America. The awards are dedicated to fostering business and public understanding of the importance of design excellence to the quality of life and the economy. Continue reading…

The 50 Who Matter Now

business 2.0 cover July 2007.gifBusiness 2.0 Magazine has published its second annual ranking of people, products, trends, and ideas that are transforming the world of business. Google trio: Eric Schmidt (CEO); Larry Page and Sergey Brin (Co-founders) leads the list, followed by Steve Jobs Apple’s Co-founder and CEO. Continue reading…

Innovation Lessons from Apple

Innovation Lessons from AppleAccording to The Economist magazine the California’s master of innovation has four important lessons to teach other companies: 1. Not invented here, and very welcome, 2. Designing around user’s needs, 3. Stay hungry, stay foolish, 4. Fail wisely. Continue reading…

Technology Pioneers 2007

innovation-pioneers-2007.jpgThe report of the World Economic Forum on Technology Pioneers 2007 presents 47 highly innovative companies in three industry sectors (1) Biotechnology, (2) Energy and environmental technology, (3) information technology. The companies were chosen on the basis of six selection criteria, including innovation, impact, Continue reading…

The World’s Most Innovative Companies

2007_most_innovative_companies.jpgA special report by BusinessWeek and Boston Consulting Group reveals practices of world’s most innovative companies. Apple, Google, Toyota Motor, General Electric and Microsoft top five annual ranking. Continue reading…

The Wired 40 most innovative companies

wired40.gifWired magazine has published its 10th annual list of the most innovative companies in the world, featuring companies that are masters of innovation and technology, as well as global thinkers that dominate their industries and point the way to the future. Continue reading…

Start-ups vs Corporate World

Kathy Sierra author of “creating passionate users” blog points out the differences between startups vs big established companies. She argues that successful companies are working hard to incorporate the best of both cultures. Continue reading…

The Future of Tech - IT100 Scoreboard

With the Info Tech 100, BusinessWeek gauges the temperature of the high-tech industry worldwide. Sifted from a collection of 500 technology companies, the IT 100 list provides insight into major trends and the interplay of different tech sectors across the globe. The list also gives an early glimpse of up-and-coming tech stars and shines a light on the strengths of established players. Continue reading…

Smart R&D Spenders

Booz Allen Hamilton?s annual study of the world?s 1,000 largest corporate R&D budgets uncovers a small group of high-leverage innovators who outperform their industries. Continue reading…

Intellectual Ventures an invention company

The successes of commercial enterprises are based on the portfolio of products that they manage and distribute in a combination with distribution networks. Imagine then a company that tackles inventions like products and is trying to build an invention portfolio and satisfy the needs of their customers. Continue reading…