Release of the Global Innovation Index 2016

By Catherine Jewell, Communications Division, WIPO and Sacha Wunsch-Vincent, Economics and Statistics Division, WIPO

The Global Innovation Index 2016 was released on August 15, 2016. Switzerland, Sweden, UK, U.S., Finland and Singapore lead the 2016 rankings of the world’s most innovative economies; China joins the top 25.

Global innovation is a win-win proposition – everyone stands to gain from it. That is the message of the Global Innovation Index (GII) 2016, the latest edition of the annual innovation study that WIPO produces in collaboration with Cornell University and INSEAD.

Focusing on the theme of “Winning with Global Innovation”, the GII 2016 calls on governments to support consistent investment in innovation and research. The GII 2016 findings suggest that a new corporate innovation culture built around novel partnerships and innovation platforms has significant potential to drive long-term economic growth.

From:WIPO http://www.wipo.int/wipo_magazine/en/2016/05/article_0004.html

Editor:Judy