As a child, upon meeting a friend of my parents, I would immediately ask what grade they were in. My dad explained that after your last year of high school, you stopped counting that way. People kept learning stuff, but they didn't say they were in 17th grade, or 30th grade. After a certain point, the set of knowledge is not well-ordered. MBAs are not 19th graders, or 21st graders - they're just, well, MBAs.
This is the message that the folks over at INSEAD who compiled the Global Innovation Index have yet to learn. The recently released index purports to rank 125 "countries/economies". The "countries/economies" are ranked in "terms of their innovation capabilities and results."
To read the full, original article click on this link: Ranking countries on innovation – Global Public Square - CNN.com Blogs
Author: Konstantin Kakaes
