The World's Most Innovative Companies Smart ideas for tough times: The 50 companies that make up our annual ranking nurture cultures that value creative people in good times and bad
Meet This Year's Tech Pioneers The World Economic Forum has bestowed the coveted honor on 39 companies that could become the Googles of tomorrow
The World's Tech-Savviest Countries The Nordic region still dominates the rankings of the most network-ready economies, but the U.S., Korea, and Switzerland posted big gains this year
Web 2.0 Storms Europe From smart to useful to silly, many social networking and other online services are popping up in Europe
Bright Ideas from Mobile Startups At the annual Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, BusinessWeek picks a dozen newcomers with promising products
The Old World's New Energy With cutting-edge technology, European companies are becoming world leaders in the fight against climate change
Only 10 European outfits made a recent BusinessWeek ranking of innovative companies from around the globe. Still, Europe is going strong in several segments
Through online aps such as Sports Tracker and Nokia Beta Lab, the Finnish handset giant gathers customers' ideas from around the world—virtually free
Slide Show: Nokia's Dream Phones
French biotech GeneSystems developed a system to detect the deadly bacterium before it reaches supermarket shelves, but it faces red tape and resistance
Governments are making efforts to propel innovation on the continent by creating competitive clusters centered around a specific sector
Slide Show: Europe's Seedbeds of New Ideas
The European Inventor of the Year awards honor the makers of the best patented inventions in research and industry. The recognition may be the push they need
Slide Show: Six Ideas that Changed the World
Winning the Pritzker Prize makes him this year's architectural "it boy," but the French architect has proven he's no flash in the pan
Slide Show: A Pritzker for Jean Nouvel
