Apple Ranked Most Innovative Company by BCG for Ninth Consecutive Year [Chart]

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Posted September 27, 2013 at 5:11pm by iClarified

Apple has been ranked the most innovative company by BCG for the ninth consecutive year.

The Boston Consulting Group looks at data collected from over 1,500 senior executives who provided information on their own innovation plans as well as their opinions of other companies' innovation track records. The 2013 results reveal the 50 companies that executives rank as the most innovative, weighted to incorporate relative three-year shareholder returns, revenue growth, and margin growth.

Despite its recent stock-market travails, Apple retains the number-one ranking for the ninth consecutive year. Samsung pushed past Google for the number-two position, and Microsoft remains at number four. Joining Toyota in the top ten are two additional automakers—Ford and BMW. The auto industry makes an exceedingly strong showing overall—3 companies in the top 10 and 9 in the top 20. Four car makers are new to the list, and Volkswagen and General Motors are two of the biggest gainers, moving up 31 and 16 places, respectively. For the first time since we began this survey, there are more auto companies than consumer companies in the top 50 and more automakers than technology companies in the top 20.

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Apple Ranked Most Innovative Company by BCG for Ninth Consecutive Year [Chart]

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TheRealNoGoodNick - September 27, 2013 at 10:53pm

For your information I use the name THEREALNOGOODNICK Not .Steve God.

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Roger Wilcox - September 27, 2013 at 11:36pm

Thanks for the update. Who gives a shit?

gamerscul9870 - September 28, 2013 at 1:09am

Nobody because they know I am not! You can't prove that!

gamerscul9870 - September 28, 2013 at 3:49am

The only way people will believe you is that if you learn to show respect like they would trust you since you are the one acting like peeve god!

Culua - September 27, 2013 at 10:47pm

Samsung own SoftBank isn't that Japanese company??? Please give me some answer?

Culua - September 27, 2013 at 10:48pm

Oops my mistake I read it wrong it's a list of company.

Mas22 - September 27, 2013 at 5:36pm

"Innovative" ?

No, really... - September 27, 2013 at 8:26pm

LOL!! I gotta admit, that was a snappy comeback, but I agree with markasspam... I'm not sure what was so "innovative" in the last year or two. Tweaking existing product lines seems like a low standard to apply for innovation. Can you elaborate?

TheRealNoGoodNick - September 27, 2013 at 8:35pm

Wow, thinking how too sleepy and lazy you were to wake up and realize what was so innovative about apple, want to know what was so innovative, ask jd powers, you'll catch up on apple in several seconds, can you imagine missing THAT much? The horror!

Still waiting... - September 28, 2013 at 3:41am

...for the answer. So? What's been so innovative about Apple this year or the last couple years? Stop goofing around and educate us, by all means.

Nuck Chorris - September 28, 2013 at 9:23pm

I'm also waiting for your response to his question about apple's innovations for the past few years. Don't include JD Powers in your answer. I couldn't care less about what a self interested company has to say. They probably receive free apple products and own stock.

TheRealNoGoodNick - September 28, 2013 at 9:34pm

You care less about progress when you can easily wake your lazy fingers up and type! Because of jd powers (thank you for telling me) giving their rewards to apple, this involves how performance is inside apples chips and look of the phone inside and out, but if you want proof, send me an email, can't send pics here, want me, get my your email or fb! You'll might know who I really am after all!

Nuck Chorris - September 29, 2013 at 12:00am

Ahhhh... more incoherent ramblings, and still no real answer.

Nuck Chorris - September 29, 2013 at 8:08pm

I feel your pain.. agreed. And still once again he proves our case.

gamerscul9870 - September 29, 2013 at 9:44pm

In that case I disregard all my comments!