New Delhi
(AsiaNews / Agencies) - The American magazine Forbes has included five Indian companies in the list of "most
innovative companies in the world": Larsen
& Toubro, Hindustan Unilever, Infosys, Tata Consultancy Services and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries. The
first four places, however, are all made in the USA: Salesforce.com, a company specializing in software; Alexion Pharmaceuticals, pharmaceutical
industry devoted primarily to research in hematology, Amazon.com, one of the largest online trading companies in the
world , specializing in books, DVDs and CDs, and Red Hat, a company dedicated to the development of free software.
Three
key factors evaluated: How well companies leverage people, process,
and philosophies, differentiates the best in class from the next in class when
it comes to keeping innovation alive and delivering an innovation premium year
after year
Larsen & Toubro, with an annual growth in sales of 19%, was ranked
ninth in the standings. Founded
in 1938, the multinational has its headquarters in Mumbai and is the largest Indian
company in engineering and construction.
Hindustan
Unilever (Hul), the largest Indian manufacturer of consumer goods, occupies
12th place, with a growth of 11, 4%. The
company is owned by the Anglo-German Unilever, which owns 52% of the shares and
is the third largest company in the world in the sector.
Infosys
won 19th place, it is a computer services business based in Bangalore, the
"Silicon Valley" of India. In
explaining its inclusion of the company in the ranking, Forbes also named S. D. Shibulal,
co-founder and CEO, emphasizing his qualities of "observer and
experimenter."
Tata
Consultancy Services, specializes in the production of computer programs
and the Indian giant Tata Group, is
in 29th place. Finally,
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Limited,
a pharmaceutical company that operates in the United States, is in 38th place.