Soumitra Dutta, former dean of Oxford’s Said Business School, is a co-creator of the Global Innovation Index, the world’s most influential innovation ranking system. Covering 130-140 countries every year, GII uses around 80 specific metrics spanning seven pillars (Institutions, Human Capital & Research, Infrastructure, Market Sophistication, Business Sophistication, Knowledge & Technology Outputs, Creative Outputs) to measure innovation performance. It is published annually by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Cornell University (USA) and INSEAD.