The Global Information Technology Report 2013
Growth and Jobs in a Hyperconnected World
Beñat Bilbao-Osorio, Soumitra Dutta, and Bruno Lanvin, Editors
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The Global Information Technology Report 2013
Growth and Jobs in a Hyperconnected World
Beñat Bilbao-Osorio, World Economic Forum Soumitra Dutta, Cornell University Bruno Lanvin, INSEAD Editors
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The Global Information Technology Report 2013 is a project within the framework of the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness and Benchmarking Network and the Industry Partnership Programme for Information and Communication Technologies. It is the result of a collaboration between the World Economic Forum and INSEAD. Professor Klaus Schwab Executive Chairman Børge Brende Managing Director, Government Relations and Constituents Engagement Robert Greenhill Managing Director, Chief Business Officer
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EDITORS
Beñat Bilbao-Osorio, Associate Director and Senior Economist, Global Competitiveness and Benchmarking Network, World Economic Forum Soumitra Dutta, Dean, Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University Bruno Lanvin, Executive Director, eLab, INSEAD
We thank Hope Steele for her excellent editing work and Neil Weinberg for his superb graphic design and layout. The terms country and nation as used in this report do not
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