Innovators of the Decade

I heard aloud, this word - Innovation all around the world in year 2009. Even in my office- we had lot of sessions for promoting Innovative ideas and also several competition for innovative ideas. Even in Television & magazines - various companies spread their innovative ideas. Okay ...Lets see now who are the most innovative companies of the 2000s?

Scott Anthony, managing director ofInnosight Ventures, posed that question on his Harvard Business Review blog. (Actually, he asked for "the disruptors of the decade.") He published his results today here, after receiving more than 3,000 nominations. Scott separated the top vote-getters into three categories—established high-tech companies, established non-tech companies, and emerging companies circa 2000.

The winners, I have to point out, are all in the Top 10 of Bloomberg BusinessWeek's Most Innovative Companies of 2009, while many of the runners-up make our Top 25. Here are the disruptors of the decade:

Under High-technology category:

Winner: Apple

Runner-up: Cisco Systems

Other finalists: Hewlett Packard, IBM, Microsoft, and Dell

Established non high-technology companies :

Winner: Wal-Mart Stores

Runner-up: Verizon

Other finalists: Dow Corning, General Electric, Goldman Sachs, Ford Motor

Emerging companies :

Winner: Google

Runner up: Amazon

Other finalists: eBay, Research in Motion, Facebook, Netflix

The source of this blog is from an article from Business Week magazine. Happy reading !! and try to be innovative in your all aspects of your life :) :) wishing u all an innovative year ahead :) :)