INSEAD and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO, a specialized agency of the United Nations) co-publish The Global Innovation Index (GII) since 2012. This year in its fifth edition, the GII was previously published by INSEAD. The GII recognizes the key role of innovation as a driver of economic growth and prosperity and acknowledges the need for a broad horizontal vision of innovation that is applicable to both developed and emerging economies, with the inclusion of indicators that go beyond the traditional measures of innovation (such as the level of research and development in a given country). The GII has evolved into a valuable benchmarking tool to facilitate public-private dialogue, whereby policymakers, business leaders and other stakeholders can evaluate progress on a continual basis.

Alcatel-Lucent, Booz & Company and the Confederation of Indian Industry collaborate to the publication as Knowledge Partners.
Knowledge Partners believe in the role of innovation in increasing the competitiveness of nations, enabling economic growth, driving societal changes and building the foundation of a country's future. They are committed to producing a valuable and non-partisan resource, they provide input to the research underlying the GII, contribute analytical chapters to the GII Report, and support the dissemination of results.

In 2011, an Advisory Board was set up. The Advisory Board is a select group of international practitioners and experts who bring unique knowledge and skills in the realm of innovation. Its members, while coming from diverse geographical and institutional backgrounds (IOs, public sector, NGOs, business and academia); participate in his or her personal capacity. The primary role of the Advisory Board is to advise on the research underlying the GII and assist as appropriate with the dissemination of the GII messages and results. We are privileged to have the following members:

• Khalid S. Al-Sultan, Rector of King Fahad University for Petroleum & Minerals of Saudi Arabia
• Daniele Archibugi, Technology Director at the Italian National Research Council (CNR) and Professor of Innovation at the University of London
• Irina Bokova, Director General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
• Leonid Gokhberg, Vice-rector of the Higher School of Economics of Russia and Director of the Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge
• Rolf-Dieter Heuer, Director General of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)
• Rolf Lehming, Director, Science & Engineering Indicators, U.S. National Science Foundation
• Dr. R.A. Mashelkar, CSIR Bhatnagar Fellow & President, Global Research Alliance, National Chemical Laboratory
• Sibusiso Sibisi, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, South Africa
• Lynn St Amour, President and CEO of the Internet Society
• Robert Steele, Secretary-General (CEO), International Organization for Standardization
• Hamadoun Touré, Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

The Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission has researched extensively on the complexity of composite indicators ranking countries' performances along policy lines. Since 2011, the JRC supports the research to ensure the overall conceptual and statistical coherence of the GII framework, and performs a robustness and sensitivity analysis of the final rankings. The JRC has researched extensively on composite indicators and has developed, jointly with the OECD, the Handbook on constructing composite indicators (2008), with the state-of-the art in this area. For additional information, click on the JRC information server on composite indicators, here.