The Global Information Technology Report 2016

Under the theme “Innovating in the as the rising threat of cyberattacks that expand into the Digital Economy,” The Global Information Technology physical world, privacy issues, and the polarizing effects Report 2016 highlights striking innovation patterns in of technologies on labor markets could derail these the NRI data that can help point the way for policy and benefits. [...] The key findings of this Report over the NRI; their enhancement of its thematic elements; and years led to and informed a broad range of discussions their contributions to the overall distinctiveness of the around the Forum’s Future of Digital Economy and Report. [...] The of Richard Samans, Member of the Managing Board, Report examines the exponential shift brought about by as well as Jennifer Blanke, Chief Economist, and the digital technologies, the way we measure the impact of contributions of members of the Global Competitiveness innovation, the continuous pressure for both tech and and Risks Team: Ciara Browne, Roberto Crotti, Gaëlle non-tech sectors to bo [...] A critical ingredient for the success and The NRI data show that the minds of business sustainability of the emerging system will be agile executives around the world are increasingly focused governance frameworks that allow societies to anticipate on innovation, as reflected by the steady upward trend and shape the impact of emerging technologies and in firms’ perceived capacity to innovate. [...] The to 2016 in terms of relative performance, with Chile and authors highlight the development of cross-border data Haiti staying put; of the remaining group, half of the traffic over Internet protocol, starting with the first email countries improve their ranking and the other half drop.