02 September 2013

Innovation Indices

The 417 page Global Innovation Index report from INSEAD, the World Intellectual Property Organization and Cornell University states - whodathunkit - that "innovation is alive and well".

The Report offers metrics for innovation by country and discusses regional hubs. It's a rather eclectic compilation that features indices such as
  • YouTube video uploads
  • Feature Films
  • Royalties and License Fee Receipts
  • Daily Newspaper Circulation
  • Venture Capital Deals
  • Expenditure on Education
  • Press Freedom
  • Scientific and Technical Publications
  • Wikipedia edits [!]
The top ten countries (with Australia at 19) are:
  • Switzerland 
  • Sweden 
  • United Kingdom 
  • Netherlands 
  • United States of America 
  • Finland
  • Hong Kong SAR (China) 
  • Singapore
  • Denmark
  • Ireland
Among 'make of it what you will' metrics are -
  • Iceland is number 1 for 'Number of national feature films produced per million population 15–69 years old'
  • China is 1 for 'Creative goods exports (% of total goods exports)', followed by Slovakia
  • Iceland is 1 for 'Wikipedia monthly page edits per adult (per population 15–69)'
  • Cyprus is 1 for 'Domestic credit to private sector (% of GDP)' 
  • Togo is 4 for 'venture capital per investment location: Number of deals (per trillion PPP$ GDP)'
The top 25 for 'university/industry research collaboration' are -
  • 1 Switzerland
  • 2 United Kingdom 
  • 3 United States of America
  • 4 Finland
  • 5 Singapore
  • 6 Belgium
  • 7 Sweden 
  • 8 Israel  
  • 9 Qatar 
  • 10 Netherlands 
  • 11 Germany
  • 12 Australia  
  • 13 Ireland 
  • 14 Canada 
  • 15 Japan 
  • 16 Luxembourg 
  • 17 Malaysia  
  • 18 Norway 
  • 19 Iceland 
  • 20 Denmark 
  • 21 Austria 
  • 22 New Zealand
  • 23 Hong Kong (China)
  • 24 S Korea
  • 25 United Arab Emirates
No ranking by number of Eurovision winners, number of drug-free footballers and other desiderata.