Three South Korean companies have been listed among the world's 100 most innovative firms for the eighth year in a row.
In an annual report released on Wednesday,... U.S.-based research firm Clarivate Analytics.... named tech giants Samsung Electronics as a leading company in the hardware and electronics sector,... LG Electronics in the household appliances market,... and electric power firm LS Industrial Systems in the energy sector.
Since the report was first compiled in 2011,... the report had noted the three companies for their contributions to respective industries,... through innovative, patented technologies with large market potential.
This year,... a total of 48 Asian companies were named in the list,.... followed by 33 in the U.S. and 19 based in Europe,... showing a technological shift from Western countries to Eastern ones.
