Most innovation rankings are popularity contests based on past performance or editorial whims. We set out to create something very different with the World’s Most Innovative Companies list, using the wisdom of the crowd. Our method relies on investors’ ability to identify firms they expect to be innovative now and in the future. You can learn more about our research on innovation by visiting   learn.theinnovatorsmethod.com. Companies are ranked by their innovation premium: the difference

Let’s consider Uber, the much-feted transportation company whose mobile application connects consumers who need rides with drivers who are willing to provide them. Founded in 2009, the company has enjoyed fantastic growth (it operates in hundreds of cities in 60 countries and is still expanding). It has reported tremendous financial success (the most recent funding round implies an enterprise value in the vicinity of $50 billion). And it has spawned a slew of imitators (other start-ups are

Disruption is the business mot de jour, applied liberally to tech start ups whose innovations are shaking their markets up in an alarmingly effective way. But disruptive business is not just a digital tech phenomenon. Nor is it that new. Entrepreneurs have been hatching disruptive business strategies for years, and in some of the unlikeliest places. 1. Virgin Galactic and cosmic disruption Richard Branson advocates disruption as the business model of choice for all entrepreneurs. And although

Entrepreneurs who experience success with their first startup are often amazed to realize that the risks and fears of doing it right the second time go up, rather than down. Encores are tough, especially in the high-risk world of startups, yet every entrepreneur I know can’t wait to start over and do it again. Sometimes their haste or ego causes them to ignore basics, and they fall hard. Every startup success is a function of great people, products, and profits. But there is no magic formula on

For Near and Miceli (1985), whistle-blowing refers to ‘the disclosure by organisation members (former or current) of illegal, immoral, or illegitimate practices under the control of their employers, to persons or organisations that may be able to effect action’ . Furthermore, it demands four factors: the whistle-blower, the whistle-blowing manifestation or allegation, organisation against which the allegation is submitted and the part to whom the allegation is made (Michalos and Deorah, 2013).

The social shaping of technology studies analyze the methods in which cultural, institutional, social and economic factors have shaped: the form of technology, the outcome of technological transformation for several social groups and the rate and direction of innovation. Consequently, it can be reasoned that SST seeks to overcome the traditional approaches which aim to evaluate the `social impacts` of technology and it attempts to investigate what are the factors which shape the technology

According to the findings from the study conducted by Waller and Ragsdell (2012) on a company which has a 24-hour email culture, the employees used to check their e-mails constantly outside of working hours. Consequently, evidences have shown that this practice had a detrimental effect on the employees` personal lives. They reported feelings of anxiousness, anticipation or urges and mentioned that it was an often practice to check the emails even during out of office hours. In this case, the

It is required to adopt a critical approach towards social media. The attention of the society has not fully taken into consideration the positive aspects as well as the negative sides of using the social networking sites such as Facebook.

Since 2001, the MIT Technology Review has released their list of the 10 most important technological innovations that emerged each year. The editors selected each item based on its potential to change the world. Previous years lists included epigenetics, wireless sensor networks, grid computing, additive manufacturing, smart watches, and mobile 3-D. The 2014 list is just as exciting. Agricultural Drones Farmers have begun to use agricultural drones adorned with cameras to improve the treatment