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The Global Information Technology Report 2016
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The Global Information Technology Report 2016

Innovating in the Digital Economy

Silja Baller, Soumitra Dutta and Bruno Lanvin
World Economic Forum, 2016
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Recommendation

Digital developments such as the Internet of Things and artificial intelligence are the driving forces of innovation in the fourth industrial revolution. This global recap of technological impacts from the World Economic Forum offers policy makers and business executives an up-to-date, authoritative assessment of the preparedness of 139 countries to seize the opportunities and manage the challenges of this socioeconomic metamorphosis. getAbstract recommends this authoritative report to policy makers and business executives responsible for managing technology’s rapid advances and disruptive prospects.

Take-Aways

  • Technological advancement across an array of “digital, biological and physical” platforms – called the fourth industrial revolution – is fundamentally changing the global economy and society.
  • A “networked readiness index” (NRI) summarizes a country’s status in six critical areas of technology transformation.
  • In 2016, the top three NRI nations are Singapore, Finland and Sweden.

About the Authors

Silja Baller is a World Economic Forum economist. Soumitra Dutta is the dean of Cornell University’s College of Business. Bruno Lanvin is an executive director at INSEAD.

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