期刊名称：Ovidius University Annals: Economic Sciences Series
电子版ISSN：2393-3127
出版年度：2017
卷号：17
期号：1
语种：English
出版社：Ovidius University Press
摘要：Since the beginning of the twenty-first century innovation has represented a major challenge for companies around the world. Innovation is both a powerful driver for rapid and profitable corporate growth,and an important determinant of competitive advantage. The aim of the paper is to present the evolution of the world’s ten most innovative companies in the period 2015-2016. In this view,the methodology is based on the research of various secondary sources such as books,articles and reports. The paper shows that the vast majority of the world’s ten most innovative companies remained the same in the period 2015-2016 and that the research and development activity constitutes an important source of innovation within business organizations.
