The annual survey is a prestigious ranking of employee talent, quality of management and business innovation.

年度鉴定也因雇员的素质，公司的管理以及企业的革新而位居前列。

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Toyota came in fifth in innovation, while topping the country's overall ranking for the sixth consecutive survey.

丰田位列创新性第五位，并且连续第六次蝉联“整体表现”的冠军。

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The Boston Consulting Group's 2010 survey of innovation notes that the number of American companies on its list of top innovators is declining while the number of Indian companies is rising.

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But as the Nikkei survey points out, innovation and technology will not be enough to win in the new competition.

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The BCG report details the major industry and company trends that have emerged since the survey began and maps the innovation landscape in four major industries that dominated the list in 2012 industrial products and processes, automotive, consumer and retail, and technology and telecommunications as well as in an industry that has struggled to regain its place: health care.

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