Dear GII Community Member,
The theme of innovation continues to resonate with a wide range of economies around the world. As global trade tensions have increased in recent months, the abilities of economies to innovate and compete globally have come to the forefront. Voices across a range of public and private sector stakeholders in developed economies have emphasized the need to support innovation friendly policies to assure future economic leadership.
Many developing economies are focused on increasing their innovation capabilities through investments in key technologies, the creation of innovation ecosystems and the fine tuning of policies to encourage R&D investments. The GII reports are the result of an effective collaboration across many stakeholders and as we prepare for the 12th edition of the GII report, we are grateful for your support and that of many others who share a common interest in using innovation to improve the development and competitiveness of economies.
We look forward to staying in touch and if you would like to apply the results of the GII to your regions, we would be happy to hear from you. Please also accept our very best wishes for the New Year,
Soumitra Dutta, Bruno Lanvin and Sacha Wunsch-Vincent
Co-Editors, Global Innovation Index
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We wish to thank our Knowledge Partners,
the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), PwC's Strategy&, the National Confederation of Industry Brazil (CNI) and the
Brazilian Service of Support to Micro and Small Enterprises (Sebrae), for their support of the 2018 report. Moving into 2019, we would like to express our gratitude to PwC's Strategy& for their prior involvement in the GII and wish to welcome aboard
Dassault Systemes.
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In addition to the Full English report, the GII produced an Executive Version, and Portuguese and Chinese translated versions.
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The 2019 edition of the GII will focus on the theme:
Creating Healthy Lives - The Future of Medical Innovation.
The GII 2019 aims to give an overall perspective on medical and health innovation in the private and public sectors with an emphasis on innovation policy and regulatory components.
Among the list of prominent authors for the GII 2019, we will welcome contributions from
Kieran Murphy, CEO of GE Healthcare;
David Ricks, CEO of Eli Lily;
Francis Collins, Director of National Institutes of Health (NIH);
Robson Braga de Andrade, President of the National Confederation of Industry (CNI);
Giovanni Anelli, Head of Knowledge Transfer Group at CERN;
Krithpaka Boonfueng, Deputy Executive Director of the National Innovation Agency of Thailand; and
Devi Shetty, Chairman of Narayana Health.
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Chinese Premier, Mr. Li Keqiang, was presented with the Global Innovation Index 2018 by The World Intellectual Property Organization’s Director General, Mr. Francis Gurry.
Click here to view the video.
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World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2019
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Mr. Francis Gurry, Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization, and Professor Soumitra Dutta, Founder and Co-Editor of the GII, are attending the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting and shall have the opportunity to discuss the GII with key stakeholders. The event will be held in Davos, Switzerland, from January 22 to 25, 2019.
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Co-editor Mr. Sacha Wunsch-Vincent will attend a two day national workshop on the Global Innovation Index hosted by The Research Council's National Competitiveness Office in Oman. The workshop will commence on February 6, 2019 with a GII Lab, moderated by Mr. Wunsch-Vincent, followed by a high level panel discussion - focused on leveraging strengths and challenges towards an innovation-based economy in Oman - on February 7, 2019.
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For more information on past and upcoming GII events please visit
GII Events
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Furthering Innovation in Sub-Saharan Africa
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For several editions, the GII has noted that the Sub-Saharan Africa region performs relatively well on innovation. The GII 2018 recognizes twenty countries as ‘Innovation Achievers,’ a group consisting of countries that outperform on innovation as compared to their peers at similar levels of development. Six out of the total twenty come from Sub-Saharan Africa, the most of any region.
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Financing Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Emerging Markets
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In the book,
Financing Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Emerging Markets
(Elsevier, 2018), authors Casanova, Cornelius and Dutta shed light on the role startups play in innovation and economic development in emerging economies. According to their research, access to finance is particularly critical, with innovation, economic growth and financial development found to be inextricably intertwined.
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Successful Innovation Ecosystems
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Co-Chairs of the World Economic Forum's Global Future Council on Innovation Ecosystems Mutooni and Dutta - also co-editor of the GII, discuss cities or regions that have successful innovation ecosystems, based on partnerships between public and private sector stakeholders, and the social and economic benefits this has.
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Cashelle Hardman - Project Manager of the GII - clh263@cornell.edu
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