Dr Nathaniel Massa at Global Innovation Index 2015 launch – London (September
2015)
Department of Management
UNIVERSITY OF MALTA
Dr Nathaniel Massa from the Department of Management, was invited at the launch of the
Global Innovation Index 2015, at Westminster, London. This, also in connection with a
research initiative Massa is currently involved in together with research colleagues locally
and at State University of New York (SUNY).
An established authority in its 8th edition, this global index is co-published by Cornell
University, INSEAD and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). Expertise
and attendees included members from research institutions and innovation centres,
consulting firms, government, and policy agencies. The Right Honourable Dame Lucy
Neville-Ross, UK Minister for Intellectual Property and Under-Secretary of State for the
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, gave the opening address.
The Global Innovation Index (GII) aims to capture the multi-dimensional facets of
innovation, providing a tool that can assist innovation actors and policy towards promoting
long-term output growth, improved productivity, and job growth. Continually evaluating
innovation factors, it provides a database of detailed metrics for 141 economies,
representing 95% of the world’s population and 98% of global GDP.
This year’s index report theme was ‘Effective Innovation Policies for Development’. It
looked at ways that emerging economy policymakers can engage to boost innovation and
spur growth by building on local strengths in traditional sectors - towards fostering
development of a sound innovation environment.
The core of the GII Report consists of a ranking of world economies’ innovation
capabilities and results. The index strives to account for, and better understand, the
human aspects behind innovation. Taking into account both innovation inputs as well as
outputs, the index includes indicators that go beyond traditional measures of innovation
such as the level of research and development.
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UK Minister for Intellectual Property: The Right Honourable Dame Lucy Neville-Ross, addressing the GII
2015 launch. Westminster, London.