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The 2009 edition of the European Regional Innovation Scoreboard (RIS) provides a comparative assessment of innovation performance across the NUTS 2 regions of the European Union and Norway. The report was prepared by Hugo Hollanders (MERIT), Stefano Tarantola (JRC), and Alexander Loschky (JRC). Continue reading…
In June of 2009, the Deloitte Center for the Edge unveiled the first version of its groundbreaking Shift Index. Now, the Center has released an industry-specific version of its Shift Index, which applies these performance-challenge data to nine key sectors. Continue reading…
A new study by the Center for an Urban Future finds that New York City’s leading universities and scientific research centers have not become catalysts for entrepreneurship and local economic development the way similar institutions have in other regions. Continue reading…
To provide a clear, comprehensive, and sustained view of the deep dynamics changing our world, Deloitte LLP’s Center for the Edge has developed a Shift Index consisting of three indices and 25 metrics designed to make longer-term performance trends more relevant and actionable. Continue reading…
Innovation Metrics is part of the Business Exchange. It contains news and opinions about the latest experiments and policies regarding innovation measurement. A crucial issue for governments and corporations, which are eager about measuring the success of innovative ideas, products, processes, and business models.
The European Innovation Scoreboard 2008 offers a comparative analysis of innovation performance of EU member states. It is the eighth edition of the European Innovation Scoreboard (EIS). The methodology for the 2008 EIS is revised Continue reading…
Recent data on the globalisation of innovation activities show a series of favourable trends.
“OECD investment in R&D climbed to USD 818 billion in 2006, up from USD 468 billion in 1996. Continue reading…
Five states—Massachusetts, Washington, Maryland, Delaware and New Jersey—are leading the United States’ transformation into a global, entrepreneurial and knowledge- and innovation-based New Economy, according to The 2008 State New Economy Index, released by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF). Continue reading…
The report, written by Robert Huggins, Hiro Izushi, Will Davies, and Luo Shougui, represents the fifth edition of the World Knowledge Competitiveness Index (WKCI), the first composite and relative measure of the knowledge economies of the world’s leading regions.
The WKCI is an integrated and overall benchmark of the knowledge capacity, capability and sustainability of each region, Continue reading…
The presentation of Dr. Dean Spitzer disucsses issues of innovation measurement in enterprises. Measurement is crucial for success, but it is an imperfect art, as practiced by most organizations. Too often, the focus is on accepted, technical measures, rather than on the specific needs of individuals involved and the desired outcomes. Continue reading…
