Clarivate, global IP analyst, sets out annually to find the world’s largest innovation engines. This year, it issued its tenth Top 100 Global Innovators” awards. This year, The USA was represented by 41, but East Asia combined rivaled its numbers. Japan, in particular, in spite of its waning relative influence, has much steam.
Twenty-nine Japanese organizations were on the Top 100 list–some famous like Toyota, Honda, and Panasonic and some less so, but many big names appear on Clarivate’s list. Four Chinese (mainland) organizations including Huawei made the top 100. Five Korean ones did, as did five Taiwanese ones.[1] Korea’s KAIST was the only academic institution to be on the list.[2]
Japan’s economic influence is on the wane relative to other Asian powerhouses, to be sure, but the heritage and momentum will carry it for some time, and Clarivate’s results suggest there is yet plenty of room for growth in the decades to come. As open innovation becomes more acceptable to major corporations (like Panasonic and Kyocera), further cooperative intellectual property development is a likely prospect.
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Taro Yaguchi
Sources
[1] Clarivate. “Top 100 Global Innovators” for 2021. https://clarivate.com/top-100-innovators/the-top-100/?wpv-award-year=2021 Accessed May 13, 2021.
[2] Yonhap News Agency. “韓国のＫＡＩＳＴが「世界の革新的企業１００社」に 大学では唯一 [Korea’s KAIST listed in ‘Top 100 Global Innovators,’ the only university].” https://jp.yna.co.kr/view/AJP20210513001100882 May 13, 2021. Accessed May 13, 2021.
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