The Global InformationTechnology Report 2008–2009

Mobility in a Networked World

Soumitra DuttaIrene Mia

The Global InformationTechnology Report 2008–2009

Mobility in a Networked World

Soumitra Dutta,

INSEAD

Irene Mia,

World Economic ForumEditors

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World Economic ForumGenevaCopyright © 2009by the World Economic Forum and INSEADAll rights reserved. No part of this publicationcan be reproduced, stored in a retrieval sys-tem, or transmitted, in any form or by anymeans, electronic, mechanical, photocopying,or otherwise without the prior permission ofthe World Economic Forum.ISBN-13: 978-92-95044-19-7ISBN-10: 92-95044-19-3This book is printed on paper suitable forrecycling and made from fully managed andsustained forest sources.Printed and bound in Switzerland bySRO-Kundig, Geneva.

The Global Information Technology Report 2008–2009

is a special project within the framework of theGlobal Competitiveness Network. It is the result ofa collaboration between the World Economic Forumand INSEAD.

Professor Klaus Schwab,

Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum

EDITORS

Soumitra Dutta,

Roland Berger Professorof Business and Technology and Dean ofExternal Relations, INSEAD

Irene Mia,

Director and Senior Economist,World Economic Forum

GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS NETWORK

Fiona Paua,

Senior Director,Head of Strategic Insight Teams

Jennifer Blanke,

Director, Senior Economist,Head of the Global Competitiveness Network

Ciara Browne,

Senior Community Manager

Agustina Ciocia,

Community Manager

Margareta Drzeniek Hanouz,

Director andSenior Economist

Thierry Geiger,

Economist, Global Leadership Fellow

Pearl Samandari,

Team Coordinator

Eva Trujillo Herrera,

Research Assistant

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ANDTELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRIES TEAM

Alan Marcus,

Head of IT andTelecommunications Industries

Michelle Barrett,

Team Coordinator

Sandra Bétemps,

Senior Team Coordinator

Joanna Gordon,

Global Leadership Fellow

Silvia von Gunten,

Senior Advisor

William Hoffman,

Associate Director

Nicholas Kim,

Global Leadership Fellow

Anne Neville,

Global Leadership Fellow

Rico Oyola,

Global Leadership FellowA special thank you to Hope Steele for hersuperb editing work and Ha Nguyen for herexcellent graphic design and layout.The terms

country

and

nation

as used in thisreport do not in all cases refer to a territorialentity that is a state as understood by inter-national law and practice. The terms coverwell-defined, geographically self-containedeconomic areas that may not be states butfor which statistical data are maintained on aseparate and independent basis.

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