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America has largest number of firms in innovation top 100, with competition fiercest in tech sector
The United States has overtaken Japan to take top spot in a ranking of the world’s 100 most innovative organisations.
The uptick in US organisations in the ranking, published by the analytics company Derwent on 19 February, pushes back against the a perception that the centre of gravity for innovation activity is inexorably moving towards East Asia.