The Global Innovation Index (GII) is a source of insight into the multidimensional facets of innovation-driven growth. Providing 80 detailed metrics for 129 economies, the GII has become one of the leading references for measuring an economy’s innovation performance. Now in its 12th edition, the GII is a global benchmark that helps policy makers better …
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It’s been a rollercoaster of a year for global markets: Stocks saw both major gains and losses as volatility ticked upwards, trade tensions between the United States and China heated up, and many companies got a boost from new American corporate tax legislation. Forbes’ 17th annual ranking of the world’s largest public companies is a reflection …
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Rolex, The LEGO Group and The Walt Disney Company top Reputation Institute’s 2019 Global RepTrak® 100 – World’s Largest Corporate Reputation Study. The top 10 companies in RI’s 2019 Global RepTrak® 100 are: Rolex The LEGO Group The Walt Disney Company Adidas Group Microsoft Sony Canon Michelin Netflix The Bosch Group In the 2019 Global RepTrak® 100, Rolex and …
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For the first time, there’s a shakeup at the top of BCG’s annual list of the most innovative companies. In this year’s global survey of more than 2,500 senior innovation leaders, longtime leader Apple ranks third, and Google (or its parent company, Alphabet) and Amazon move up to first and second place, respectively. Microsoft and …
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Bain & Company is the best place to work in the US, according to Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Awards which lists the top 100 best places to work. Zoom Video Communications and In-N-Out Burger follow up in second and third place, respectively. The 2019 Employees’ Choice Award winners were determined based on employee feedback shared on Glassdoor via an online company review …
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The World Economic Forum has just published the 2018 edition of The Global Gender Gap Report. Gender parity is fundamental to whether and how economies and societies thrive. Ensuring the full development and appropriate deployment of half of the world’s total talent pool has a vast bearing on the growth, competitiveness and future-readiness of economies …
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Countries in all regions of the world are continuing to make strides in their efforts to improve e-government and to provide public services online according to the report launched by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. In a 2018 ranking of countries on e-government development, Denmark, Australia, and Republic of Korea came …
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The World Bank has just published “Doing Business 2019: Training for Reform”. “Doing Business 2019: Training for Reform” is the 16th in a series of annual reports measuring the regulations that enhance business activity and those that constrain it. Doing Business presents quantitative indicators on business regulations and the protection of property rights that can …
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The Global Innovation Index (GII) provides detailed metrics about the innovation performance of 126 countries which represent 90.8% of the world’s population and 96.3% of global GDP. Its 80 indicators explore a broad vision of innovation, including political environment, education, infrastructure and business sophistication. The GII 2018 marks the 11th edition of the GII, and …
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Climbing two places from last year’s cities ranking, London is now the top student city in the world according to this year’s QS Best Student Cities ranking, followed by Tokyo and Melbourne in second and third position respectively. Barcelona in 31st position and Madrid 32nd, are the only two Spanish cities to make the top 50 list. Home to several leading universities, …
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