Unleashed: 9 Most Innovative Companies In The World

6. Toshiba
2014 patent grants: 2,608
Sales: $54.9 billion

Toshiba is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation, its diversified products and services include information technology and communications equipment and systems, electronic components and materials.

Toshiba Corporation has remained among the world’s most innovative companies for at least five years. Toshiba Corporation will invest about 30 million dollars for expanding its production capacity in the power transmission and distribution business in India.

The investment is part of the company's plan to invest 100 million dollar in Indian power sector by 2016.

7. Qualcomm
2014 patent grants: 2,590
Sales: $26.5 billion

The multinational semiconductor manufacturer produces CDMA/WCDMA chipsets, OmniTRACS and mirasol displays. It has more than 31,000 employees. Over the past five years, the company’s patent filings grew by 294.2 percent, which is among the largest increases over that period worldwide.

The most common qualities of Qualcomm employees include hunger for information, openness to new ideas, highly experimental tendency, ambition and drive.

The most prominent quality of Qualcomm employees is high intelligence. They are more aggressive and thick-skinned compared to the world standard.

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