Measuring innovation using Fortune 500 rankings (2006-2020)

This is a time-series extract from Fortune 500 (2006 to 2020) showing ranking of several companies over that period. Described in a blog post linked below. This is data to show a proxy of innovation measurement from changes in sales (which Fortune 500 measures) over time. <br>
<br>This data could be used for Science Policy to indicate where in the economy innovation (in the form of rising sales) is taking place. Now updated for 2016 data. Now updated with 2018 Fortune 500 data (22.5.18). Updated graphic with 2020 Fortune 500 data.<br>Facebook continues to make moves up the F500 in 2020.

本数据集为取自《财富》500强（Fortune 500）2006年至2020年的时间序列节选数据，展示了该时段内多家企业的排名变动情况。相关说明见于下方链接的博客文章。本数据集用于呈现以销售额变化（即《财富》500强所统计的销售额）为基础的创新衡量替代指标的时序演化特征。

该数据集可应用于科学政策研究，用以揭示经济体系中以销售额增长为表现形式的创新活动的分布领域。本数据集已更新至2016年数据；现已补充2018年《财富》500强数据（更新日期：2018年5月22日）；并已基于2020年《财富》500强数据更新了可视化图表。脸书（Facebook）在2020年的《财富》500强榜单中排名持续攀升。