Netflix

Not so much a single innovation as the successful application and extension of an innovative business model, Netflix has impressed by building on what it already had. Taking advantage of the growing digital economy, it’s changed the way television, in particular, is accessed and absorbed

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals

2014 was the year Regeneron’s Genetics Centre became fully operational, and new research collaborations, including with Columbia University, were announced. The centre will allow Regeneron to continue its work in biopharmaceuticals

Airbnb

In 2014, Airbnb launched its first global marketing campaign – ‘Views’, by agency Pereira & O’Dell – to showcase its offerings around the world. It worked – the company has continued to grow, and Airbnb is now enshrined in tourists’ thinking

Sallie Krawcheck, Ellevate

Krawcheck’s purchase of women’s networking club 85 Broads, which she rebranded as ‘Ellevate’, has helped open up chances to professional women across the globe. In a world in which equal pay and opportunities have still not been achieved, her efforts are a welcome step

3XN

3XN continued to grow in 2014, moving to a new studio in Copenhagen. Its ‘Blue Planet’ building won the Danish Steel Award, while it also released the first images of its design for the new headquarters of the International Olympic Committee in Switzerland

With projects across Scandinavia, the leading Danish architectural practice experiments with inspiring and innovative design and build techniques that have impressed since 1986. 3XN aims to fuse science and art to build iconic buildings that influence the behaviour of their inhabitants and make the very best out of the space available. The firm has worked on corporate, private, educational and healthcare establishments, as well as a list of urban planning projects, and has a plethora of projects that will be coming to fruition over the next few years.

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Innovation 40 - 2014

Netflix

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals

Airbnb

Sallie Krawcheck, Ellevate