Apple drops from 1st to 17th place in the world's most innovative society

Quick business today published its annual ranking of the 50 most innovative companies in the world, Apple rising from first place in 2018 to 17th place this year.

According to the ranking, the most innovative company in 2019 is the Chinese technology company Meituan Dianping, which "speeds up the booking and provision of services such as food, hotel stays and movie tickets". In 2018, the platform facilitated the $ 33.8 billion transaction for more than 350 million people in 2,800 cities.

Other top five companies include Grab (NBA), the Singapore-based Walt Disney Company, and the Stitch Fix women's e-commerce service. Square, Oatly, Twitch, Shopify and the Alibaba Group also held higher positions than Apple, whose internal processor achievements in 2018 were highlighted:

Apple's most impressive new product in 2018 was not a phone or tablet, but an electronic chip: the A12 Bionic. Beginning in iPhones last fall, it is the first processor in the industry based on a seven nanometer manufacturing process. The 6.9 billion A12 transistors offer significantly faster performance, lower power consumption and more raw power for intensive applications.

Last year, Apple was awarded first place for its achievements in 2017, including the iPhone X, the Apple Watch Series 3, ARKit and its work to improve care with CareKit and ResearchKit. In the previous year, it was the fourth most profitable company.

To create these rankings, Quick business indicates that more than three dozen publishers, journalists and contributors have interviewed thousands of companies to identify the most remarkable innovations of the year and track their impact on businesses, industries and industries. culture in the broad sense.

In addition to a master list, Quick business publishes the list of the most innovative companies by sector. Apple is at the top of the list in the "consumer electronics" category, beating companies like Google, Microsoft and Dell.