Dr. Derek B. Smith, the Director of the GTCI, explains some of the report's findings. "More than half our respondents thought this result was good for technology firms," he said, "well ahead of our control group, where one in five thought the result was bad for tech firms. Fewer than 10 percent of our GTCI respondents agreed with this last point."
Only 15 percent of the GTCI respondents thought the re-election of President Bush would make doing business overseas any easier compared with a quarter who thought it would be harder. The control group was evenly split.
"Almost nobody from GTCI thought that the result would lead to a lower level of technology investment," said Smith, "while a third thought it would lead to higher levels."
The Global Technology Confidence Index post-election survey is available to Executive Panel members at http://www.stevens-tech.edu/gtci/NewsEvents/index.html . This survey represents an initial poll by GTCI to measure Executive Panel opinion on a matter of topical interest in the news. In September, GTCI released its regular quarterly report on business and technology confidence.
Dr. Smith elaborated on those findings: "Business confidence worldwide fell back sharply by almost a full point to the lowest level for a year," he said. "Confidence turned down most in Japan and Europe, to a lesser extent in North America, where the index remained higher than in any other region. Elsewhere sentiment strengthened, so the picture is not uniform throughout the world."
The technology confidence index slipped back a bit from the April value, getting below 100 again. The index had not moved much since May '03, having dipped a little initially, plateauing in the first quarter, and then falling away slightly along with the business confidence index.
The report detailed an array of other significant findings:
Business Outlook
Human Capital
Technology Alignment
Technology Innovation
Strategic Project & Process Management
Technology Management
The full GTCI Report 2004, Volume 3, is made available for free to all GTCI Senior International Executive Members. Report samples and additional information on GTCI can be accessed at www.Stevens.edu/gtci . To obtain a copy of this latest GTCI REPORT or previous GTCI REPORTS please contact the GTCI office at Stevens. All inquiries about the survey, report, and GTCI partnering opportunities may be addressed to Eric Koomen at 201-216-8546 or ekoomen@stevens.edu .
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