SINGAPORE has maintained its position as the top-ranked country in
the Asia-Pacific region, according to the Global Innovation Index (GII)
2015. In the global ranking, Singapore maintained its seventh position.
As a whole, the group of top 25 performers - all high income
economies - remains largely unchanged from past editions, illustrating
that the leaders' performance is hard to challenge, noted the report.
Some exceptions are the Czech Republic (24th) which is in the top 25 and
Ireland (8th) which is in the top 10 this year.
In terms of innovation quality - as measured by university
performance, the reach of scholarly articles and the international
dimension of patent applications - a few economies stand out. The US and
the UK stay ahead of the pack, closely followed by Japan, Germany and
Switzerland. Top-scoring middle-income economies on innovation quality
are China, Brazil and India, with China increasingly outpacing the
others.
The GII, co-published by Cornell University, Insead and the World
Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), surveys 141 economies around
the world, using 79 indicators to gauge both innovative capabilities and
measurable results.
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