sustains the domestic and international competitiveness of those firms’ (Shenkar & Luo: Ch. 5‚ p. 130). How a countries excel in bringing firms to contribute to the country’ competitiveness is the result of many factor that are evaluated yearly by the Forum in order to rank almost every country. The report is called Global Competitiveness Index‚ although it offers over 500 pages; the content is laid out in an orderly fashion and easy to follow. Let’s have a look at how these factors/determinants influence
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continuously growing for the past decade‚ from 2002-2011‚ except for the world economic slump of 2009 (Figure 1). While this trend is not even close to the growth performance of our neighbours Malaysia‚ it provides an idea of how supply chain management (SCM) becomes more and more important in the economy. In this short report‚ the facts on SCM competitiveness of the Philippines are analysed based on data published by World Economic Forum on “Global Competitiveness Report 2012-2013” and “Global Enabling
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global economic activities have caused traditional modes of economic and social analysis look obsolete by offering limited static scenarios. It has become very important to individually identify business activities that generate value to analyze and evaluate in order to optimize them for better performance score and becoming more competitive. Detailed Analysis Over the years have seen the importance of productivity and economy in the quality of life of the citizens‚ as indicated by the World Economic
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1. Introduction and general country overview Being the fifth largest country in the world by surface area and population‚ and recently emerging as one of the fastest growing global economies ‚ Brazil can hardly be overlooked as a potential target of investment‚ especially in the light of the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympics. Nevertheless‚ an immediate word of caution is at place here. Even though Brazil is 25% of the highly hyped BRIC-countries‚ the engine seems to show some hiccups‚ as it
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Indonesia Indonesia that has been considered as one of the corrupted country in Asia and the world because of the corruption in Indonesia is something that becomes a habitual. Indonesia have corruption opinion index 2.6 from 10. These index makes us in the position 143 from 179 investigate country. Other investigation that use to test Indonesia capabilities which is: business easiness indicator by World Bank show us Indonesia need 12 procedures‚ 151 days or working and 130.7% cost of per capita income
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to be truly globally competitive‚ we must have a globally competent educational infrastructure; The need to be more globally competitive becomes even more dire when we take into light the 2012 Global Competitiveness Report published by the World Economic Forum. In it‚ 144 countries are evaluated and ranked based on their Global Competitiveness Index determined by pillar indices like market efficiency‚ technological readiness‚ and ofcourse Higher Education and Training. Overall The Philippines ranks
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to be a connection between CSR and competitiveness‚ but the nature of the relationship is unclear (Mackey et al.‚ 2007; Van De Ven and Jeurissen‚ 2005). Today‚ corporate social responsibility (CSR)‚ a firm’s commitment to maximize long-term economic‚ societal‚ and environmental well-being through business practices‚ policies‚ and resources‚ is a strategic imperative. Spurred by the thinking of leading strategy‚ management‚ and marketing scholars (e.g.‚ Kotler and Lee 2005‚ Raghubir et al. 2010
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2012 Just recently‚ Booz & Company published new data outlining compelling evidence that women can be powerful drivers of economic growth. Their estimates show that if female employment rates were to match male rates‚ overall GDP would grow significantly in the U.S. by 5%‚ in Japan by 9%‚ and in developing countries like Egypt by a massive 34%. The World Economic Forum also published their annual Global Gender Gap report -- the data suggests a strong correlation between those countries that are
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good at operational management practices such as adoption of lean management‚ focusing on continuous improvement‚ and implementing comprehensive performance documentation processes. Q2. What were the World Economic Forum’s principal conclusions regarding private equity firms? World Economic Forum’s conclusions are that private equity firms do more than apply financial engineering to their target companies. Research has demonstrated that private equity– owned companies have high scores on
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Yet it is the EU’s greying population that will present the biggest challenges in the next 20 years. Europe is currently the oldest region in the world‚ and the upward trajectory of European ageing has been linear for more than 150 years. The share of the population aged 65 and over is set to rise from 17 percent in 2010 to 30 percent in 2060‚ with those aged 80 and over being the fastest-growing age group‚ increasing from five percent to 12 percent over the same period. Population ageing is undoubtedly
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