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In depth: 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.
Full story: US knocks Japan from global innovation top spot