Rachel Yager

Dr. Rachel Yager specializes in developing strategies for using new emerging Web technologies to attain high impact business solutions. She has expertise in computational intelligence, knowledge engineering, and business analytics for decision support. She earned her Ph.D. in Computer Information Systems, Masters and Bachelor Degree in Engineering. She advises companies on digital architecture, emerging technologies, and new product R&D.

Innovation Index – Most Innovative Companies

April 10th, 2008 • Related • Filed Under •
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Tracking the innovation index from:

See all the lists below.  Google, Apple, and GE are consistently appearing in the top 10.

FastCompany’s innovation index:
1 GOOGLE
2 APPLE
3 FACEBOOK
4 GE
5 IDEO
6 NIKE
7 NOKIA
8 ALIBABA
9 AMAZON
10 NINTENDO
11 PROCTER & 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

Fortune’s innovation index:
1 Apple
2 Nike
3 Medco Health Solutions
4 Procter & Gamble
5 Herman Miller
6 Walt Disney
7 Fortune Brands
8 Burlington Northern Santa Fe
9 McDonald’s
10 ProLogis
11 Starbucks
12 Knight
13 Whole Foods Market
14 BMW
15 3M
16 Genentech
17 FedEx
18 MGM Mirage
19 Accenture
20 American Express
21 CarMax
22 News Corp.
23 YRC Worldwide
24 St. Jude Medical
25 Starwood Hotels & Resorts

Wired’s 2007 innovation index:
1 Google
2 Apple
3 Genentech
4 Samsung
5 News Corp.
6 Nintendo
7 Salesforce.com
8 Cisco
9 General Electric
10 Nvidia
11 Baidu
12 Toyota
13 SunPower
14 Infosys
15 Medtronic
16 Level 3
17 Exelon
18 Netflix
19 Verizon
20 Electronic Arts
21 Monsanto
22 Garmin
23 Amazon.com
24 NTT DoCoMo
25 EMC
26 Intercontinental Exchange
27 Comcast
28 BP
29 Disney
30 Yahoo
31 Boeing
32 eBay
33 Flextronics
34 Corning
35 Gen-Probe
36 TSMC
37 Lenovo
38 IBM
39 Intel
40 Microsoft

BusinessWeek’s innovation index:

1 APPLE
2 GOOGLE
3 TOYOTA MOTOR
4 GENERAL ELECTRIC
5 MICROSOFT
6 PROCTER & GAMBLE
7 3M
8 WALT DISNEY CO.
9 IBM
10 SONY
11 WAL-MART
12 HONDA MOTOR
13 NOKIA
14 STARBUCKS
15 TARGET
16 BMW
17 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS
18 VIRGIN GROUP
19 INTEL
20 AMAZON.COM
21 BOEING
22 DELL
23 GENENTECH
24 EBAY
25 CISCO SYSTEMS
26 MOTOROLA
27 SOUTHWEST AIRLINES
28 IDEO
28 IKEA
30 DAIMLERCHRYSLER
31 HEWLETT-PACKARD
32 NIKE
33 BP
34 RESEARCH IN MOTION
35 AT&T
36 CITIGROUP
37 VERIZON
38 ROYAL PHILIPS ELECTRONICS
39 NINTENDO
40 COSTCO WHOLESALE
41 VOLKSWAGEN
42 PFIZER
43 BEST BUY
44 JOHNSON & JOHNSON
45 AMGEN
46 MERCK
47 NEWS CORPORATION
48 MCDONALD’S
49 LG ELECTRONICS
50 EXXONMOBIL

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  1. Pingback by Rachel Yager in the Blogosphere on Future of Technologies and Intelligent Systems on 24 April 2008:

    [...] to think about innovation… and it ain’t over yet.   Two weeks ago, I gathered the Innovation Index – Most Innovative Companies.  I saw BusinessWeek just updated the 2008 list – The World’s Most Innovative [...]

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