Top 10 most innovative companies in Asia 2014
One fourth of the top 100 spots were held by Asian companies, showing their growing
innovative power, according to the latest list of the "World's Most Innovative
Companies" released by Forbes.
U.S. companies took six of the top 10 spots, proving the country's leading stature in
corporate innovation. Japan has the largest number of companies on the list of any
Asian country, with seven companies.
However, countries in Southeast Asia, like Indonesia, are the real winners, with two
companies holding the first two spots of the 10 most innovative companies in Asia,
demonstrating the energetic and creative development that this region has undergone.
In addition, many technology tycoons who made headlines because of sky-high purchase
prices have also made it onto the list.
Let's take a look at Top 10 most innovative companies in Asia in 2014:
福布斯网站8月21日发布了2014年度全球创新企业百强榜单。亚洲企业在该榜单上占据了四分之一
的席位,其中,日本企业数量最多,为7家。
中国大陆企业中,河南双汇集团位列第24位,是中国大陆企业汇总排名最高的,紧随其后的是康师
傅集团,排名第25位,恒安国际集团排名第26位,百度和腾讯分别位居第31和37位。
不过,东南亚可能才是真正的赢家。在排名前十的亚洲最具创新企业中,联合利华的印尼子公司和
泰国便利店运营商CP All夺得冠亚军,这意味着该地区发展迅速的经济体也在变得更具活力和创造
力。
在这份榜单中,所有公司的创新溢价都是根据各公司未来的创新成果(新的产品、服务和市场)对
其股价的影响来计算的。进入这一排行榜的公司其市值必须达到100亿美元以上,至少有2.5%的营
收用于研发,而且有连续七年的公开数据。
根据该榜单,2014年排名前十的亚洲最具创新力企业分别是:
#10 Tencent Holdings
腾讯控股(Tencent Holdings)
Rank on the full list: 37
在2014福布斯全球创新企业百强榜单上的排名:37
Country: China
国家:中国
12-Month Sales Growth (%): 40.4
12个月销售增长:40.4%
5-Year Annualized Total Return (%): 27.3
5年期年化总收益:27.3%
Innovation Premium (%): 43.1
创新溢价:43.1%
This major internet company boasts two instant messaging tools -- Wechat and QQ --
with the highest number of users. This year, Tencent is working hard to challenge
Alibaba, China's e-commerce giant. The company recently bought 58.com, a website
similar to Craigslist, in addition to the stock rights for the search engine Sougou
and the logistics company China South City Co. Ltd.
该互联网巨头拥有用户众多的即时通讯应用程序微信和QQ,但该公司并不满足于此。腾讯正在努力
应对电商巨头阿里巴巴的挑战。今年,该公司收购了类似于克雷格列表(Craigslist)网站的58同
城、搜索引擎搜狗和物流企业华南城控股有限公司的股权。
#9 Fanuc
发那科(Fanuc)
Rank on the full list: 35
在2014福布斯全球创新企业百强榜单上的排名:35
Country: Japan
国家:日本
12-Month Sales Growth (%): 8.8
12个月销售增长:8.8%
5-Year Annualized Total Return (%): 16.8
5年期年化总收益:16.8%
Innovation Premium (%): 44.1
创新溢价:44.1%
Fanuc is a famous company focusing on the development, manufacture and maintenance of
robotic systems and robotic machines. The company has installed 220,000 robots
throughout the world. Fanuc's 600 engineers have developed many new products,
including a studying robot.
这家日本工业机器人公司在全球安装了220000个机器人。该公司600多名工程师推出的各项创新中
包括开发学习型机器人,这种机器人能够学习终端用户的机器人路径特点,以提高性能。
#8 Baidu
百度(Baidu)
Rank on the full list: 31
在2014福布斯全球创新企业百强榜单上的排名:31
Country: China
国家:中国
12-Month Sales Growth (%): 23.7
12个月销售增长:23.7%
5-Year Annualized Total Return (%): 35.1
5年期年化总收益:35.1%
Innovation Premium (%): 46.5
创新溢价:46.5%
Baidu, the biggest search engine in China, has spent US$650 million on research and
development in order to offer more mobile services to users. It released a mobile pay
service for Baidu Wallet in April. It has also invited Andrew Ng, a Google scientist,
to be the director of its artificial intelligence laboratory.
中国第一大搜索引擎百度在研发方面耗资6.5亿美元,以便将公司转型成为提供更多移动便捷服务
的企业。该公司今年4月推出了手机支付系统百度钱包,近期还聘请了谷歌科学家吴恩达(Andrew
Ng)担任人工智能实验室主任。
#7 Hengan International Group
恒安集团(Hengan International Group)
Rank on the full list: 26
在2014福布斯全球创新企业百强榜单上的排名:26
Country: China
国家:中国
12-Month Sales Growth (%): N/A
12个月销售增长:无数据
5-Year Annualized Total Return (%): 9.9
5年期年化总收益:9.9%
Innovation Premium (%): 48.2
创新溢价:48.2%
As China's top-tier supplier of hygiene products, Hengan has cooperated with famous
research institutes as well as scientific universities in China and all over the
world. The company also operates its own school of management to improve employees'
skills. This year, it cooperated with IBM to improve its supply chain by using big
data.
恒安集团是中国最大的生活用纸和妇幼卫生用品制造商。该公司不仅与国内外研究中心和科技院校
开展合作,而且经营着自己的管理学院以提高员工素质。今年,该公司与IBM建立合作,计划使用
大数据改善其供应链。
#6 Tingyi Holding
康师傅控股(Tingyi Holding)
Rank on the full list: 25
在2014福布斯全球创新企业百强榜单上的排名:25
Country: China
国家:中国
12-Month Sales Growth (%): 11.5
12个月销售增长:11.5%
5-Year Annualized Total Return (%): 3.8
5年期年化总收益:3.8%
Innovation Premium (%): 48.6
创新溢价:48.6%
Tingyi is the biggest instant noodle producer in China. It has developed different
flavored noodles in order to satisfy different needs in different parts of China. The
company has a top research center to study traditional food, cooking culture,
processing technology and storage methods.
康师傅是中国最大的方便面生产商,为中国不同地区开发了地方化的方便面口味。其研发中心负责
研究传统食品、烹饪文化、加工技术以及储存方式。
#5 Henan Shuanghui Investment
河南双汇投资(Henan Shuanghui Investment)
Rank on the full list: 24
在2014福布斯全球创新企业百强榜单上的排名:24
Country: China
国家:中国
12-Month Sales Growth (%): 11.0
12个月销售增长:11.0%
5-Year Annualized Total Return (%): 5.4
5年期年化总收益:5.4%
Innovation Premium (%): 49.6
创新溢价:49.6%
The biggest meat processing company in China, Shuanghui purchased American pork
producer Smithfield Foods, Inc. for US$4.7 billion in 2013. Inspired by top western
marketing companies, it spent US$1.6 million to make a cartoon with characters that
symbolize its products. Shuanghui also developed a quality control system to follow
the conditions of 15 million pigs in its supply chain.
作为中国最大的肉类生产商,该公司以47亿美元收购了美国的史密斯菲尔德食品,完成了史上规模
最大的中资企业收购美企交易。受西方顶尖营销公司的启发,该公司以160万美元打造了以其标志
性产品为主角的电视动画片《双汇大森林》。该公司开发了一个质量控制系统,能够跟踪其1500万
头肉猪的状况。其母公司万洲国际于8月5日在港交所上市。
#4 Rakuten
乐天(Rakuten)
Rank on the full list: 17
在2014福布斯全球创新企业百强榜单上的排名:17
Country: Japan
国家:日本
12-Month Sales Growth (%): 14.6
12个月销售增长:14.6%
5-Year Annualized Total Return (%): 14.0
5年期年化总收益:14.0%
Innovation Premium (%): 51.9
创新溢价:51.9%
Dubbed the "Japanese Amazon," Rakuten bought Viber for US$900 million in February. It
also invested US$100 million in its start-up companies in the Asia-Pacific region,
Israel and the United States. Rakuten also established a strategic partnership with
Air Asia, a Malaysian budget airline, in order to promote its online retail business.
号称“日本亚马逊”的乐天在2月份以9亿美元收购通讯应用软件Viber。今年6月份,该公司拨出1
亿美元用于支持位于亚太、以色列和美国早期阶段的初创公司。该公司也与马来西亚廉价航空公司
亚洲航空建立了战略伙伴关系,寄望于提振在线零售业务和增加其旅行网站的使用量。该公司在12
个国家拥有逾50名研究人员。
#3 Hindustan Unilever
印度斯坦联合利华(Hindustan Unilever)
Rank on the full list: 14
在2014福布斯全球创新企业百强榜单上的排名:14
Country: India
国家:印度
12-Month Sales Growth (%): 8.2
12个月销售增长:8.2%
5-Year Annualized Total Return (%): 21.4
5年期年化总收益:21.4%
Innovation Premium (%): 54.7
创新溢价:54.7%
This company has boosted the innovation of toothbrushes and toothpastes, deodorant,
skin care products, hair care products and laundry detergents. Last year, Hindustan
Unilever launched a plan called "perfect village" to promote the benefits of cleansers
and fabric softeners. The company sent employees to spend two months experiencing
rural life in order to understand their target consumers.
该公司大力推动牙刷与牙膏、除臭剂、护肤品、护发品和洗衣液领域的创新。该公司在印度乡村地
区拥有约200万家门店组成的零售网络,并在去年推出“完美村庄”(perfect village)计划,向
消费者推广使用衣物柔顺剂和洗面奶等产品的益处。所有管理培训生也花费了近两个月时间体验各
地的乡村生活,以了解他们的目标消费者。
#2 CP All
CP All
Rank on the full list: 8
在2014福布斯全球创新企业百强榜单上的排名:8
Country: Thailand
国家:泰国
12-Month Sales Growth (%): 71.6
12个月销售增长:71.6%
5-Year Annualized Total Return (%): 33.7
5年期年化总收益:33.7%
Innovation Premium (%): 57.8
创新溢价:57.8%
CP All, the largest chain convenience store operator, has over 7,000 7-Eleven stores
in Thailand. The company encouraged its employees to participate in an annual idea
competition and collected over 3,000 innovative ideas.
这家泰国最大的连锁便利店经营商拥有逾7000家7-Eleven门店。该公司鼓励员工参与公司的年度竞
赛,以此收集了约3000条创新点子,并从中评出十大创新。
#1 Unilever Indonesia
联合利华印尼公司(Unilever Indonesia)
Rank on the full list: 4
在2014福布斯全球创新企业百强榜单上的排名:4
Country: Indonesia
国家:印尼
12-Month Sales Growth (%): 12.0
12个月销售增长:12.0%
5-Year Annualized Total Return (%): 26.6
5年期年化总收益:26.6%
Innovation Premium (%): 65.1
创新溢价:65.1%
Indonesia is one of the fastest growing economies in the world. Unilever Indonesia
provided discounts to retailers who placed Unilever products in prominent spots in
stores. The company also attracted low-income groups by selling small packs of
shampoos.
联合利华通过向家庭经营的小店提供拿货折扣,使其产品能够被摆放在较其竞争对手更为显眼的位
置。该公司还通过出售小袋装洗发水等产品来降低售价,并以此吸引低收入人群。