If you had to guess which companies were the most innovative in the world, what names would you come up with?

For me I think of Amazon.com, Google, maybe Apple. So I found it interesting how few names on the new Forbes Top 25 Most Innovative Companies Of The Year I had even heard of. Here’s there top ten:

• Salesforce.com
• Alexion Pharmaceuticals
• vmware
• Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
• ARM Holdings
• Baidu
• Amazon.com
• Intuitive Surgical
• Rakuten
• Natura Cosmeticos

How many on that list would you have guessed? To see the full list of 25 companies click here.

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