Netflix

Not so much a single innovation as the successful application and extension of an innovative business model, Netflix has impressed by building on what it already had. Taking advantage of the growing digital economy, it’s changed the way television, in particular, is accessed and absorbed

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals

2014 was the year Regeneron’s Genetics Centre became fully operational, and new research collaborations, including with Columbia University, were announced. The centre will allow Regeneron to continue its work in biopharmaceuticals

Airbnb

In 2014, Airbnb launched its first global marketing campaign – ‘Views’, by agency Pereira & O’Dell – to showcase its offerings around the world. It worked – the company has continued to grow, and Airbnb is now enshrined in tourists’ thinking

Sallie Krawcheck, Ellevate

Krawcheck’s purchase of women’s networking club 85 Broads, which she rebranded as ‘Ellevate’, has helped open up chances to professional women across the globe. In a world in which equal pay and opportunities have still not been achieved, her efforts are a welcome step

Intel

Intel is heavily pushing the idea of the ‘Internet of Things’ (IoT), and in late 2014 announced its IoT Platform, which unifies gateway, connectivity and security components. Intel describes the platform as an “end-to-end reference model”, and believes it will help deliver innovation quickly

Having ridden a number of waves over the course of its existence, Intel has evolved from one sector within the technology sphere to another, constantly reinventing itself and the market within which it operates. A multinational organisation with its headquarters in California, the world’s computer industry wouldn’t be where it is today without Intel. The firm’s products are in just about every computer and computerised system on the planet, such has the firm grown over the past decade. The ‘Internet of Things’ could be the company’s latest enduring legacy.

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Innovation 40 - 2014

Netflix

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals

Airbnb

Sallie Krawcheck, Ellevate