The Global Innovation Index Report for 2018 was launched today, July 10, in New York City, at the Pierre and Cornell Tech Campus. The day’s Agenda for the Launch is displayed below. The report can be downloaded at the Global Innovation Index home page; its list of Contents is summarized below.
The Global Innovation Index (GII) is a leading reference for measuring a country’s innovation performance. Now in its 2nd decade, the GII has established itself as both a leading reference on innovation and a ‘tool for action’ for decision makers, leading to the improvement of innovation metrics, the removal of obstacles to innovation and the shaping of efficient national innovation policy strategies.
Co-published by Cornell University, INSEAD, and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO—a specialized agency of the United Nations), the GII acts as a source of insight into the multidimensional facets of such innovation-driven growth. In 2018, the GII’s Knowledge Partners include the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), PwC’s Strategy&, and the National Industry Confederation (CNI) and Brazilian Service of Support to Micro and Small Enterprises (Sebrae).
GII 2018 THEME: ENERGIZING THE WORLD WITH INNOVATION
The theme of GII 2018 – “Energizing the World with Innovation”– looks at innovation happening in the energy sector around the world. Access to energy is a prerequisite for improving standards of living, economic development and – in the context of the Global Innovation Index – a necessary ingredient to innovation. It is estimated that by 2050 the world will require twice as much energy as it needs today, including in regions that currently have no access to energy sources or energy networks. At the same time, current approaches to energy supply are unsustainable and the need to reduce emissions requires a shift towards cleaner and more efficient methods to produce energy through traditional sources as well as to ramp up the use of renewable sources.
This year’s report reviews the state of innovation in the energy sector across countries. Chapters of the report provide more details on this year’s theme from academic, business, and particular country perspectives from leading experts and decision makers.
The Global Innovation Index 2018: Energizing the World with Innovation can be downloaded at this link.
GLOBAL INNOVATION INDEX 2018 REPORT
Energizing the World with Innovation
LIST OF CONTENTS
v Preface: Releasing the Global Innovation Index 2018: Energizing the World with Innovation
By Soumitra Dutta, SC Johnson College of Business at Cornell University; Francis Gurry, World Intellectual Property Organization; and Bruno Lanvin, INSEAD
vii Foreword: Innovation: A Key to Energy Security
By Chandrajit Banerjee, Director General, Confederation of Indian Industry
ix Foreword: Towards the Goal of Energy for All
By Tim Ryan, U.S. Chairman and Senior Partner, PwC
xi Foreword: Innovation: Central to Brazil’s Energy Sector
By Robson Braga de Andrade, President of CNI, Director of SESI, and President of SENAI’s National Council; Heloisa Menezes, Technical Director in the Exercise of the Presidency of SEBRAE
xiii Contributors to the Report
xvii Advisory Board to the Global Innovation Index
RANKINGS
xx Global Innovation Index 2018 Rankings
KEY FINDINGS
xxix Key Findings of the Global Innovation Index (GII) 2018
CHAPTERS
3 Chapter 1: The Global Innovation Index 2018: Energizing the World with Innovation
By Soumitra Dutta, Rafael Escalona Reynoso, Antanina Garanasvili, and Kritika Saxena, SC Johnson College of Business, Cornell University; Bruno Lanvin, INSEAD; Sacha Wunsch-Vincent, Lorena Rivera León, and Francesca Guadagno (outside consultant), WIPO
55 Annex 1: The Global Innovation Index (GII) Conceptual Framework
65 Annex 2: Adjustments to the Global Innovation Index Framework and Year-on-Year Comparability of Results
71 Annex 3: Joint Research Centre Statistical Audit of the 2018 Global Innovation Index
By Michaela Saisana, Marcos Domínguez-Torreiro, and Daniel Vértesy, European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra, Italy
89 Chapter 2: Energy for All: How Innovation Is Democratizing Electricity
By Norbert Schwieters, PwC; Barry Jaruzelski and Robert Chwalik, PwC’s Strategy&
97 Chapter 3: Innovation Driving the Energy Transition
By Francisco Boshell, Dolf Gielen, Roland Roesch, Arina Ansie, Alessandra Salgado, and Sean Ratka, International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)
107 Chapter 4: Export and Patent Specialization in Low-Carbon Technologies
By Georg Zachmann, Bruegel; and Robert Kalcik, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology
115 Chapter 5: Technology-Specific Analysis of Energy Innovation Systems
By Charlie Wilson, Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research and International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA); and Yeong Jae Kim, Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
127 Chapter 6: Energy Storage in the Antipodes: Building Australia’s New Batteries
By Max E. Easton and Thomas Maschmeyer, University of Sydney and Gelion Technologies Pty Ltd
133 Chapter 7: The Innovation Ecosystem in the Brazilian Energy Value Chain
By Robson Braga de Andrade, National Industry Confederation (CNI), Social Services for the Industry (SESI), and the Brazilian National Service for Industrial Training (SENAI); and Heloisa Menezes, Brazilian Micro and Small Business Support Service (Sebrae)
143 Chapter 8: India’s Energy Story: A Quest for Sustainable Development with Strained Earth Resources
By Anil Kakodkar, Former Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission, India
151 Chapter 9: Grassroots Innovations Improve Woodfuel in Sub-Saharan Africa
By Mary Njenga, World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) and the Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace and Environmental Studies; Miyuki Iiyama, World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) and the Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS); James K. Gitau, World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) and the Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace and Environmental Studies; and Ruth Mendum, Office of International Programs, College of Agricultural Sciences, Pennsylvania State University
159 Chapter 10: Chile and the Solar Revolution
By Andrés Rebolledo, Former Minister of Energy, Chile
167 Chapter 11: Singapore: A Living Lab for Renewable Energy
By Daren Tang, Intellectual Property Office of Singapore
177 Chapter 12: Innovation as the Driving Force for China’s Renewable Energy Powerhouse
By Baoshan Li, China Renewable Energy Society (CRES); and Lijuan Fan, Department of International and Regional Cooperation, China National Renewable Energy Centre (CNREC)
185 Chapter 13: Commitment and Learning in Innovation: The Case of the First 500 kV Transformer Made in Viet Nam
By Hung Vo Nguyen, National Institute for Science and Technology Policy and Strategy Studies (NISTPASS)
SPECIAL SECTION: CLUSTERS
193 Identifying and Ranking the World’s Largest Science and Technology Clusters
By Kyle Bergquist, Carsten Fink, and Julio Raffo, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
