Thomson Reuters IP & Science has released its highly anticipated 2015 Top 100 Global Innovators at The Future of Money: Cashing Out on Cash, one of a series of events honouring and demystifying innovation. The 2015 study reveals significant industry and regional shifts, suggesting that ‘survival of the fittest’ is now ‘survival of the broadest’ as companies seek to expand their patent portfolios.
For the fifth consecutive year, the financial performance of the Top 100 Innovators has beat the companies that comprise leading financial indices, which reinforces the benefits of increased investment in R&D and patent protection. The 2015 Top 100 Global Innovators outperformed the MSCI World Index in revenue by 6.01 percentage points, employment by 4.09 percentage points, and market-cap-weighted R&D spend by 1.86 percentage points.
Thomson Reuters 2015 Top 100 Global Innovators is based on an analysis of overall patent volume, patent-grant success rates, global reach and invention influence as evidenced by citations. For 2015, Thomson Reuters expanded the analysis with a closer examination of innovation in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Now in its fifth year, the Top 100 Global Innovators is the first ongoing analysis of the relationships between patent protection, innovation and economic success. For comparison purposes, Thomson Reuters conducts a year-over-year analysis of three core metrics: revenue, number of employees, and investment in research and development. The analysis is based on local currencies. For 2015, the MSCI World Index was chosen as the benchmark to reflect the highly global nature of the Top 100 Innovators; previous years were benchmarked against the S&P 500, which comprises only US-listed companies.
Interested parties may visit http://top100innovators.stateofinnovation.thomsonreuters.com to access the list of 2015 Top 100 Global Innovators and download the full report to view the analysis and the list of Top Bay Area Innovators.
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