The 50 Most Innovative Companies

While the 2011 list is likely to include some stalwarts in their usual top positions— we expect many newcomers to join the lineup. Thank you for your contribution to this survey.

The results of the survey will be emailed to you. We expect 3500 responses to the 2011 survey on inventive products, customer experiences, business models and processes.

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With the sudden economic slow down, businesses are struggling to maintain income and budgets, but also with significant shifts that are changing entire industries, from autos and banking. These same forces are apparent in our latest research on the Most Innovative Companies.

Arcus research indicates that the top three concerns of senior executives are the following:

Inability to grow	Consumer spending/attitudes are driving consumption relatively dramatic consumption declines - capital spending for growth and develpment of innovative concepts is thus compromised.
Attracting and retaining top talent	There is less tolerance for career related risk in organizations. Employees are taking a more conservative approach to managing business.
Employee engagement	Thee is a growing fear and mistrust of corporations resulting in challenges withemployee motivation, engagement and producitivity.