Software Mantra Salutes The 50 Most Innovative Companies 2010

Innovation is a way of life at Software Mantra and we take this opportunity to salute 2010′s Most Innovative Companies ranked by Bloomberg BusinessWeek.

2010	2009	Company	HQ Country	HQ Continent	Stock Returns	Revenue Growth	Margin Growth
Rank	Rank				2006-09 * (in %)	2006-09 ** (in %)	2006-09 *** (in %)
1	1	Apple	U.S.	North America	35	30	29
2	2	Google	U.S.	North America	10	31	2
3	4	Microsoft	U.S.	North America	3	10	-4
4	6	IBM	U.S.	North America	12	2	11
5	3	Toyota Motor	Japan	Asia	-20	-11	NA
6	11	Amazon.com	U.S.	North America	51	29	6
7	27	LG Electronics	South Korea	Asia	31	16	707
8	NR	BYD	China	Asia	99	42	-1
9	17	General Electric	U.S.	North America	-22	-1	-25
10	14	Sony	Japan	Asia	-19	-5	NA
11	16	Samsung Electronics	South Korea	Asia	10	17	-9
12	33	Intel	U.S.	North America	3	0	12
13	31	Ford Motor	U.S.	North America	10	-12	NA
14	8	Research In Motion	Canada	North America	17	75	-6
15	18	Volkswagen	Germany	Europe	8	0	14
16	7	Hewlett-Packard	U.S.	North America	9	8	9
17	13	Tata Group	India	Asia	Private	Private	Private
18	20	BMW	Germany	Europe	-8	0	NA
19	24	Coca-Cola	U.S.	North America	9	9	1
20	5	Nintendo	Japan	Asia	-8	22	3
21	10	Wal-Mart Stores	U.S.	North America	7	6	-1
22	NR	Hyundai Motor	South Korea	Asia	23	12	17
23	9	Nokia	Finland	Europe	-14	0	-37
24	34	Virgin Group	Britain	Europe	Private	Private	Private
25	12	Procter & Gamble	U.S.	North America	1	5	2
26	22	Honda Motor	Japan	Asia	-11	-9	NA
27	NR	Fast Retailing	Japan	Asia	17	15	0
28	NR	Haier Electronics	China	Asia	28	22	-15
29	19	McDonald’s	U.S.	North America	15	2	10
30	46	Lenovo	China	Asia	18	-1	NA
31	32	Cisco Systems	U.S.	North America	-4	8	-6
32	21	Walt Disney	U.S.	North America	0	2	0
33	15	Reliance Industries	India	Asia	21	23	-4
34	NR	Siemens	Germany	Europe	-3	-4	27
35	NR	Dell	U.S.	North America	-17	-4	-7
36	38	Nestlé	Switzerland	Europe	8	4	1
37	NR	British Sky Broadcasting	Britain	Europe	6	9	-10
38	25	Vodafone	Britain	Europe	6	17	-13
39	47	JPMorgan Chase	U.S.	North America	-2	18	-21
40	NR	Oracle	U.S.	North America	13	13	5
41	NR	Petrobras	Brazil	South America	18	5	-11
42	42	Banco Santander	Spain	Europe	2	-1	8
43	48	Fiat	Italy	Europe	-10	-2	-12
44	NR	China Mobile	China	Asia	1	16	1
45	NR	Goldman Sachs	U.S.	North America	-5	6	4
46	43	Nike	U.S.	North America	12	5	2
47	NR	HTC	Taiwan	Asia	6	11	-11
48	40	Facebook	U.S.	North America	Private	Private	Private
49	36	HSBC	Britain	Europe	-5	-7	-45
50	30	Verizon Communications	U.S.	North America	1	7	6

via: http://www.businessweek.com/interactive_reports/innovative_companies_2010.html?chan=magazine+channel_special+report