![]() The “Stand Out” countries are setting new global standards of high states of evolution and high rates of change, and exploring various innovations such as self-driving cars or robot policemen. It is close to joining the major EU countries and the Nordic nations in a club of nations that are, digitally speaking, stalling out. Despite being the 10th-most digitally advanced country today, America’s progress is slowing. They have a lot of work to do, both in terms of infrastructure development and innovation. “Watch Out” countries are neither well advanced nor improving rapidly.“Break Out” countries score relatively low for overall digital evolution, but are evolving quickly enough to suggest they have the potential to become strong digital economies.“Stall Out” countries have reached a high level of digital evolution, but risk falling behind due to a slower pace of progress and would benefit from a heightened focus on innovation.“Stand Out” countries can be considered the digital elite they are both highly digitally evolved and advancing quickly.And we observed not just how many consumers are prepared to buy and sell online, but whether this readiness to transact online is increasing each year and by how much. For example, we noted not only how many people have broadband internet service, but also how quickly access is becoming available to more of a country’s population. To evaluate a country’s competitiveness, we looked not only at current conditions, but also at how fast those conditions are changing. For each of the 60 countries we examined, we combined 170 factors – including elements that measure technological infrastructure, government policies and economic activity – into a ranking we call the Digital Evolution Index. Rather, it should work to revive the creative energy that has been America’s gift to the digital planet. ![]() However, our research shows that the U.S. Ending net neutrality, as the Trump administration has proposed, would give internet providers even more power, letting them decide which companies’ innovations can reach the public, and at what costs and speeds. What those companies provide is both slower and more expensive than in many countries around the world. Just five companies – Comcast, Spectrum, Verizon, CenturyLink and AT&T – serve more than 80 percent of wired-internet customers. In the U.S., the reins of internet connectivity are tightly controlled. is already on the verge of stalling failing to protect an open internet would further erode the United States’ digital competitiveness, making a troubling situation even worse.Ĭomparing 60 countries’ digital economies. Other countries – not just major powers like China, but also smaller nations like New Zealand, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates – are building significant public and private efforts that we expect to become foundations for future generations of innovation and successful startup businesses.īased on our findings, I believe that rolling back net neutrality rules will jeopardize the digital startup ecosystem that has created value for customers, wealth for investors and globally recognized leadership for American technology companies and entrepreneurs. has a very advanced digital environment, the pace of American investment and innovation is slowing. Our yearlong study examined factors that influence innovation, such as economic conditions, governmental backing, startup funding, research and development spending and entrepreneurial talent across 60 countries. is on the brink of losing its long-held global advantage in digital innovation. Our most recent report, “ Digital Planet 2017: How Competitiveness and Trust in Digital Economies Vary Across the World,” confirms that the U.S. My research, conducted with Ravi Shankar Chaturvedi, investigates our increasingly digital global society, in which physical interactions – in communications, social and political exchange, commerce, media and entertainment – are being displaced by electronically mediated ones. The country that gave the world the internet and the very concept of the disruptive startup could find its role in the global innovation economy slipping from reigning incumbent to a disrupted has-been. ![]() policymakers don’t take crucial steps to protect the country’s digital future. He researched and quantified factors that influence innovation in 60 countries, and he says America's digital leadership could be on the wane.Īmerican leadership in technology innovation and economic competitiveness is at risk if U.S. Failing to foster innovation and technological growth would further erode the nation’s competitiveness across technologies, from smart cities to self-driving cars, writes Bhaskar Chakravorti of Tufts University. ![]()
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