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| Welcome to eLab! |
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eLab@INSEAD represents INSEAD's commitment to cultivating and disseminating management knowledge and thought leadership with a focus on the digital economy. As an umbrella structure covering the related research and teaching activities at INSEAD, eLab leverages its facilities in Abu Dhabi, France and Singapore, and brings together faculty, alumni, corporate partners and other stakeholders. eLab’s vibrant community directs its continuous effort at achieving a greater understanding of value creation and competitive advantage in the digital economy space. |
Are you innovation ready? |
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In one of the most comprehensive studies ever conducted on innovation, eLab@INSEAD, in collaboration with Logica, surveyed two hundred CIO level business leaders from blue-chip organisations from both the public and private sectors across Europe, about their views on innovation, and more specifically collaborative innovation. The research shows that, although they claim to grant high priority to innovation, most companies are handicapped by low levels of innovation readiness. The final report was issued in English and French, and launched at three high level events organized respectively in London, Amsterdam and Paris in November-December 2009.
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"e-Competences for Innovation" Event, 13-14 January 2010-Fontainebleau
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To remain a world-wide leader in innovation, Europe needs to make the most of information and communication technology (ICT) and to build its talent pool of ICT professionals and of managers who are both IT and business savvy (i.e., managers who are e-competent). On 13 and 14 January, INSEAD is co-hosting with the European Commission (DG Enterprise and Industry), an exclusive event titled "Building e-Competences to Strengthen Innovation in Europe: The Roles of Industry, Academia, and Government".
The event marks the conclusion of the European e-Competences Curricula Guidelines Project – an European Commission funded project that INSEAD eLab has led on improving curricula to generate e-competences in Europe. We have conducted research (e.g., surveys and interviews of CIOs and universities) and developed a set of actions ("guidelines") for enhancing European curricula for building e-competences and strengthening the role of European universities in supplying ICT practitioners and
e-competent managers in Europe.
The purpose of the event is to present the findings of the project and to provide leaders from academia, industry, and government an opportunity to engage and discuss ways Europe can enhance its supply of e-competent practitioners and managers and consequently, strengthen its capacity to innovate.
To learn more about this project, please visit the project's website: www.insead.edu/ecompetences
This project is an initiative of :
To lean more about the EU e-Skills strategy, please visit the European Commission website:
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/sectors/ict/e-skills/index_en.htm
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| PENTEO CONFERENCE 2009 |
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Date: 02-04 September 2009
Location: Fontainebleau
Penteo, Spain's only independent IT analyst will host its third international conference at INSEAD this year.
The conference entitled "Leading IT organizations through the global crisis" will include presentations by Professor Soumitra Dutta, Bruno Lanvin and Nils Fonstad of INSEAD-eLab, Professor Tony Lingham (Weatherhead University, Cleveland), Bertrand Eteneau, CIO Faurecia, Jean-Charles Pauze, Global CEO Rexel and Alberto Delgado, CEO Penteo.
Click here for more information
Email contact: elab@insead.edu |
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Abu Dhabi 15 April 2009: Skills and Innovation: Fostering Human Capital |
Presentations Bruno Lanvin, Executive Director, eLab and Yousif Asfour, Director, INJAZAT Institute
Download document Bruno Lanvin's Presentation
Document document Dr. Yousif Asfour's Presentation |
| Global Information Technology Report 2008-2009 New |
The Report is produced by the World Economic Forum in cooperation with INSEAD, the leading international business school, and is sponsored again this year by Cisco Systems. Published for the eighth consecutive year with record coverage of 134 economies worldwide, the Report remains the world’s most comprehensive and authoritative international assessment of the impact of ICT on the development process and the competitiveness of nations.
The Networked Readiness Index (NRI), featured in the Report, examines how prepared countries are to use ICT effectively on three dimensions: the general business, regulatory and infrastructure environment for ICT; the readiness of the three key stakeholder groups - individuals, businesses and governments - to use and benefit from ICT; and their actual usage of the latest information and communication technologies available.
The NRI uses a combination of data from publicly available sources, as well as the results of the Executive Opinion Survey, a comprehensive annual survey conducted by the World Economic Forum with its network of Partner Institutes (leading research institutes and business organizations) in the countries included in the Report. The Survey provides unique data on many qualitative institutional and business environment issues.
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| European Business Summit 2009 New |
“Who cares? Who dares? Providing the skills for an innovative and sustainable Europe”
Background paper prepared for the European Business Summit 2009
Without prompt and significant action to generate the required skills, much of Europe’s stimulus packages and past investment could be wasted. Skills are the critical success factor for competing in the knowledge economy. Without skills, investments in other resources, such as new technologies and infrastructure, collapse. Europe's supply of skills was already under threat before the financial crisis struck the region. Now, as governments and businesses scramble to cut costs, skills are under even greater threat.
Based on INSEAD eLab research, the purpose of "Who Cares? Who Dares?" is two-fold:
1. to call the attention of Europe’s government and business leaders to the vital importance of strengthening Europe's skills; and
2. to recommend a set of practical actions, organized around the theme of a ‘European Skills Pact’ (ESP).
To download the report click here
Media coverage:
EuroActiv - L'ECHO (Belgium)
27 March 2009 |
| Global Innovation Index 2008-2009 New |
The Global Innovation Index 2008-2009 was launched on 6th January 2009.
Brought out by INSEAD, the business school for the world, 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.
Access the dedicated website click here
To download the report click here
 
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| E-Skills, Competitiveness and Employability 2008-2009 |
The beginning of a new century has been accompanied by a number of a broad revisiting of what our societies could consider as bases for sustained and more equitable growth. Worldwide, this has led to placing knowledge and information at the centre of national and regional ambitions.
In Europe in particular, the so-called Lisbon Strategy has enhanced efforts to mobilize active economic and social forces around education, innovation and knowledge intensive sectors and activities such as information and communications technologies. At the same time, European institutions and national governments have pursued their efforts to deepen and strengthen a European social model whereby inequalities and exclusions are being addressed largely through higher levels of employability.
E-skills are the cornerstone of such an approach. Is Europe succeeding in generating or acquiring the skills it needs to build a leading and inclusive knowledge society? What is needed from governments, business and citizens to achieve this goal?
Access the dedicated website click here
To download the report click here
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2008 ASEAN CIO Leadership Forum, Singapore, 23-24 July 2008 |
More than 80 CIOs from across six ASEAN countries (Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand Vietnam) participated in an IBM-sponsored 2008 ASEAN CIO Leadership Forum.
The Forum focused on topics such as Evolving Role of the CIO, Achieving IT Excellence, and Aligning IT with Business Strategy. INSEAD faculty presenting at the Forum included Soumitra Dutta, Professor of Technology and Business, Dean of External Relations and faculty Director of eLab @ INSEAD; Dr Bruno Lanvin, Executive Director [worldwide] of eLab @ INSEAD; and Jasjit Singh, Assistant Professor of Strategy.
For an excerpt of the Forum presentations, click here.
Participants were also presented with a copy of the 2008 ASEAN CIO Leadership Study, which incorporated findings from the 2008 ASEAN CIO Leadership Survey, sponsored by IBM and conducted by eLab @ INSEAD.
For a draft copy of the Study, click here.
Media coverage:
Compliance a CIO's priority but not for peers.
Factiva (Chinese)
Business Times
Computer World
The Nation (Thailand)
Bisnis (Indonesia)
VietNamNet Bridge (Vietnam)
Poll: ASEAN CIO Role gaining importance in business (France and Singapore)
The Changing Face of the CIO/Interview and Video INSEAD-Knowledge
The changing role of the CIO: new skills needed (INEAD-Knowledge)
Click here to watch these CIOs talk about about the challenges they face in their changing role
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| The Global Information Technology Report 2007-2008 |
For the past seven years, INSEAD has been collaborating with the WEF (World Economic Forum) and Cisco Systems, Inc. to create the Global Information Technology Report (GITR) series. The GITR has come to be recognized as the “gold standard” for benchmarking the networked readiness and technological competitiveness of countries.
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| The Global IT Report 2007-2008 Highlights |
- Coverage of a record 127 economies
- Five Nordic countries ranked in the Top 10, with Denmark retaining the top spot
- The Middle East shows more improvement in its tech-readiness and expertise than any other region in the world
- The U.S. at No.4, up three positions from last year
- Singapore joined by Korea among Top-10-performing Asian nations
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| Media coverage of the Global IT Report 2007-08 |
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| Recognizing the True Value of Software Assets |
"Deep knowledge about an organization’s products, services and processes is embedded in the firm’s core software assets. There is a need to pay more attention to this important type of intangible assets."
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an INSEAD study sponsored by Micro Focus
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| eLab in the news |
New research on valuation of IT assets.
The value of IT assets, especially software, is under-recognized in comparison with other corporate assets.
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