Apple Tops List of Innovative Companies

Lonnie Lazar (2:33 pm PDT, Apr 09 2009)

Apple sits atop BusinessWeek‘s list of “The 25 Most Innovative Companies” for the fifth year in a row, according to a statement released Thursday by the magazine and the Boston Consulting Group.

The news should come as no surprise to anyone who keeps up with trends in the computer, telecom and entertainment industries, though the report does contain undercurrents of weariness with Apple and the #2 company, Google. Both firms received more than 30% fewer votes in the 2009 survey than they got last year, with some respondents complaining about Apple and Google both “resting on past glory” and relying on “improvements [to] previous technology.”

The special report, “The World’s Most Innovative Companies,” will be featured in BusinessWeek’s April 20th issue, on newsstands April 10th.

BusinessWeek.com will also feature expanded content, including an interactive table of the full ranking of the top 50 most innovative companies, a slide show on 50 up-and-coming innovative companies, and a full description of the methodology used to compile the lists, at www.businessweek.com/go/09/innovative09.

The full list is after the jump.

THE 25 MOST INNOVATIVE COMPANIES

Rank Company

2009 2008

  1. 1 1 Apple
  2. 2 2 Google
  3. 3 3 Toyota Motor
  4. 4 5 Microsoft
  5. 5 7 Nintendo
  6. 6 12 IBM
  7. 7 15 Hewlett-Packard
  8. 8 13 Research in Motion
  9. 9 10 Nokia
  10. 10 23 Wal-Mart Stores
  11. 11 11 Amazon.com
  12. 12 8 Procter & Gamble
  13. 13 6 Tata
  14. 14 9 Sony
  15. 15 19 Reliance Industries
  16. 16 26 Samsung Electronics
  17. 17 4 General Electric
  18. 18 NR Volkswagen
  19. 19 30 McDonald’s
  20. 20 14 BMW
  21. 21 17 Walt Disney
  22. 22 16 Honda Motors
  23. 23 27 AT&T
  24. 24 NR Coca-Cola
  25. 25 47 Vodafone

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