The Global Innovation Index 2008-2009 was launched on 6th January 2009   

eLab@INSEAD represents INSEAD's commitment to cultivating and disseminating management knowledge and thought leadership with a focus on the digital economy. As an umbrella structure covering the related research and teaching activities at INSEAD, eLab leverages its facilities in Abu Dhabi, France and Singapore, and brings together faculty, alumni, corporate partners and other stakeholders. eLab’s vibrant community directs its continuous effort at achieving a greater understanding of value creation and competitive advantage in the digital economy space.

• Enabling Outstanding Performance Through Technology
• Managing Knowledge in Networked Organisations
• Value Creation in a Networked Society

The Global Innovation Index 2008-2009 was launched on 6^th January 2009.

Brought out by INSEAD, the business school for the world, in collaboration with India’s leading industry and business association, the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), as in the first edition, the 2008/2009 year’s report is the most comprehensive assessment of innovation—this time covering 130 nations.

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"A deep understanding of the organizational, political, and social impact of global information networks will be a critical quality of digital leadership."
            - An extract from ongoing e-skills research sponsored by Microsoft

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Download the report "E-skills, competitiveness and employability"

(October 2008) click here

Download the GITR Chapter on "Building E-skills for the Information Age"

(Lanvin-Passman, February 2008) click here

More than 80 CIOs from across six ASEAN countries (Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand Vietnam) participated in an IBM-sponsored 2008 ASEAN CIO Leadership Forum.

The Forum focused on topics such as Evolving Role of the CIO, Achieving IT Excellence, and Aligning IT with Business Strategy. INSEAD faculty presenting at the Forum included Soumitra Dutta, Professor of Technology and Business, Dean of External Relations and faculty Director of eLab @ INSEAD; Dr Bruno Lanvin, Executive Director [worldwide] of eLab @ INSEAD; and Jasjit Singh, Assistant Professor of Strategy.

For an excerpt of the Forum presentations, click here.

Participants were also presented with a copy of the 2008 ASEAN CIO Leadership Study, which incorporated findings from the 2008 ASEAN CIO Leadership Survey, sponsored by IBM and conducted by eLab @ INSEAD.

For a draft copy of the Study, click here.

Media coverage:

Compliance a CIO's priority but not for peers.

Factiva (Chinese)

Business Times

Computer World

The Nation (Thailand)

Bisnis (Indonesia)

VietNamNet Bridge (Vietnam)

Poll: ASEAN CIO Role gaining importance in business (France and Singapore)

The Changing Face of the CIO/Interview and Video INSEAD-Knowledge

The changing role of the CIO: new skills needed (INEAD-Knowledge)

Click here to watch these CIOs talk about about the challenges they face in their changing role

Presentation by Dr Bruno Lanvin, Executive Director, eLab@INSEAD

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Document on the seminar [PDF]

Click here for a slideshow showing some of the photos of the meeting.

Middle East is the focus of eLab’s recent media announcement. Journalists from a diverse group of Arabic- as well as English-language printed and digital media gathered at the Dubai Press Club on May 5 to attend a presentation by Professor Soumitra Dutta, INSEAD Dean of External Relations and Roland Berger Chaired Professor of Technology and Business. Professor Dutta shared the findings of the 2007-2008 INSEAD/WEF Global Information Technology Report, in which the UAE as the Middle East leader in networked readiness and IT competitiveness.

Press release: http://www.insead.edu/discover_insead/Newsroom/2008_UAE_tops.cfm

Media coverage:

Gulf governments defeat business sectors in terms of technology
Al Aswaq.net Business portal of Al Arabiya .net (pan-Arab)

UAE yops Mideast's IT Competitiveness Index
Al Bawaba.com , pan-Arab business portal

Emerging Economies Shine with IT
Al Bayan daily (Arabic) (UAE)

Nation tops area in IT
The National (English daily)

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For the past seven years, INSEAD has been collaborating with the WEF (World Economic Forum) and Cisco Systems, Inc. to create the Global Information Technology Report (GITR) series. The GITR has come to be recognized as the “gold standard” for benchmarking the networked readiness and technological competitiveness of countries.

• Coverage of a record 127 economies
• Five Nordic countries ranked in the Top 10, with Denmark retaining the top spot
• The Middle East shows more improvement in its tech-readiness and expertise than any other region in the world
• The U.S. at No.4, up three positions from last year
• Singapore joined by Korea among Top-10-performing Asian nations

• Study Gives High Marks to U.S. Internet (New York Times)
• Who’s on Top in Tech-Readiness? (BusinessWeek)
• Rank Dissapointment (Huffington Post)
• Denmark has world's best IT networked economy: WEF (Reuters)
• Denmark 'most networked economy' (BBC News)
• India slips in ICT rankings (Business Standard)
• Information Technology: Switzerland Gets a Place on the Podium [in German] (Tagesanzeiger)
• More Countries Developing and Using New Technologies [in French] (Le Monde)
• The World’s Top-Ranked Tech Countries (The Wall Street Journal blog on Business Technology)
• Playing Catch-Up In Tech (Business Week)

"Deep knowledge about an organization’s products, services and processes is embedded in the firm’s core software assets. There is a need to pay more attention to this important type of intangible assets."
            - an INSEAD study sponsored by Micro Focus

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New research on valuation of IT assets.

The value of IT assets, especially software, is under-recognized in comparison with other corporate assets.

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