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World's Most Innovative Companies|2014

By: Forbes
Companies ranked in Forbes Most Innovative Companies ranking list are firms expect to be innovative now and in the future.
Category:Brand Performance
Region:Global
Ranking Type:positive
 
Name
Innovation Premium
(%)
Last
SyncForce Customer
1
Salesforce
75.9
3
ARM
65.6
4
Unilever
65.1
6
Amazon
62.4
8
CP All
57.8
9
VMware
57.6
12
Red Hat
56.4
13
Hermes Paris
55.7
14
Hindustan Unilever
54.7
17
Rakuten
51.9
19
Fastenal
50.9
20
Chipotle
50.5
21
Stericycle
50.1
22
Cerner
49.6
23
Coloplast
49.6
25
Master Kong
48.6
27
Ambev
47.9
29
Iliad
47.3
30
Netflix
47.2
31
Baidu
46.5
32
MasterCard
46.2
33
Starbucks
45.6
35
Fanuc
44.1
36
Illumina
43.7
37
Tencent
43.1
38
Novozymes
43.1
40
Unicharm
42.6
41
Li & Fung
42.6
42
KONE
42.4
45
Perrigo
42.3
47
Reckitt
40.6
SyncForce Client
48
Brown-Forman
40.6
52
Beiersdorf
40.4
53
Naver
40.1
55
Keyence
39.7
57
Tata Group
39.6
60
Capita
39.1
61
Geberit
38.9
63
Falabella
38.8
64
Grifols
38.7
67
Diageo
37.3
68
Roper
37.1
70
Lindt
36.9
72
Coca-Cola
35.8
73
SGS
35.8
74
H&M
35.8
76
Paychex
35.0
78
Ecolab
34.8
80
Hershey's
34.3
81
Autodesk
33.9
82
Inditex
33.7
83
Grupo Bimbo
33.7
85
Yahoo!
33.7
86
Danone
33.6
88
Yili
33.5
89
Sodexo
33.2
93
Assa Abloy
32.8
94
Nidec
32.5
95
Walmart
32.4
96
Bajaj Auto
31.7
97
Experian
31.6

Rating the ranking

By Dr. Markus Renner

Summary

According to Forbes, the method relies on investors’ ability to identify firms they expect to be innovative now and in the future.
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About Dr. Markus Renner

Dr. Markus Renner is Co-Owner and Managing Partner of Branding-Institute AG in Basel since 2008, consulting multinational corporations and organizations as strategic advisor and innovator in the fields of strategic communications, brand and reputation management.