Over the last two quarters, the global economic environment has undergone a tectonic shift: hit by multiple shocks of the mortgage crisis, financial crunch, rising inflation and slowdown, the economic outlook worldwide has turned uncertain. In such a backdrop, the rationale for releasing this second Global Innovation Index (GII) and Report at this particular time has never been more compelling. Brought out by the world’s business school INSEAD in collaboration with India’s leading industry and business association, the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), as in the first edition, the 2008/2009 year’s report is the most comprehensive assessment of innovation-this time covering 130 nations. You can read the full report here or download it here.