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Business Definition for: Competitiveness Index
- an international ranking of states which uses economic and other information to list countries in order of their competitive performance. A competitiveness index can show which countries have overall or industry sector competitive advantage.
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- VIETNAM 65TH IN GROWTH COMPETITIVENESS INDEX - REPORT
- According to "VoV", Vietnam ranked 65th among 80 countries in the growth competitiveness index, according to the World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Report 2002. This was announced by Dr. Andrew Warner of J.E. Austin Associates, INC. at a workshop jointly held in Hanoi by the Planning and Investment Ministry's Central...
- Research articles 2003-08-28
- VIETNAM: VIETNAM 65TH IN GROWTH COMPETITIVENESS INDEX - REPORT.(Brief Article)
- According to ?VoV?, Vietnam ranked 65th among 80 countries in the growth competitiveness index, according to the World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Report 2002. This was announced by Dr. Andrew Warner of J.E. Austin Associates, INC. at a workshop jointly held in Hanoi by the Planning...
- Research articles 2003-08-28
- The United States has the most competitive economy in the world, according to the World Economic Forum's most recent Global Competitiveness Report.(Brief Article)
- The United States has the most competitive economy in the world, according to the World Economic Forum's most recent Global Competitiveness Report. The report constructs a "growth competitiveness index" for 80 industrialised and emerging e The United States has the most competitive economy in the...
- Research articles 2002-11-16
- MEXICO TUMBLES AGAIN IN GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS INDEX.
- Mexico's ranking on a global index of competitiveness fell for the fourth consecutive year in 2005. Mexico ranked 55 this year on the annual index published by the World Economic Forum WEF, compared with 48 last year. The index, which includes 117 nations, measures a...
- Research articles 2005-10-12
- U.S. competitiveness falls
- GENEVA -- U.S. economic competitiveness fell significantly over the past year, as high budget and trade deficits hurt America's business environment, according to a survey released Tuesday by the World Economic Forum. The disappointing response to Hurricane Katrina, government corruption and a decreasing talent pool for employment due...
- Research articles 2006-09-27
- Japan ranks 13th in global competitiveness in 2002
- GENEVA, Nov. 12 Kyodo Japan's 2002 position in global competitiveness rankings improved to 13th place from 21st last year, the World Economic Forum said in a report released Tuesday. The United States led the Growth Competitiveness Index this year, wresting the top position from Finland,...
- Research articles 2002-11-18
- U.S. is number. (Financial & Economic Trends).(Brief Article)
- TECHNOLOGY LEADERSHIP AND ECOnomic prowess make the U.S. the world's most competitive country, according to the World Economic Forum's WEF 2002 "Global Competitiveness Report." The U.S. ranked No. 1 on both the growth competitiveness index, an estimate of economic growth prospects for five to eight years...
- Research articles 2003-01-01
- Competitiveness And Its Relationships With Productivity And Sustainable Development
- The aim of this paper is to present the relationship between the competitiveness of the economy & its individual sectors and productivity & sustainable development. In many definitions of industrial competitiveness, it is stressed that higher productivity is the synonym of improved competitiveness. Higher productivity provides funding for an organisation's...
- White papers 2003-07-01
- WEF wary of Vietnam with report
- Two of Vietnam's major economic indicators have declined drastically this year, according to the Geneva-based World Economic Forum WEF. In a global report issued by the WEF last week, Vietnam ranked 77th out of 104 countries in the growth competitiveness index, and 79th out of 103 in the...
- Research articles 2004-10-25
- The microeconomic rise of India.
- Byline: Yasheng Huang Mar 13, 2006 (Far Eastern Economic Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Report is often quoted but seldom read. As...
- Research articles 2006-03-13
- ADVISORY/ New Index Maps Global 'Digital Divide'; The First, Country-by-Country Ranking of Technology Competitiveness
- Assignment Desks/High Tech Writers ADVISORY ... for Tuesday, June 27 --BUSINESS WIRE Worldwide Yardstick of Financial, Economic, Social Impacts of 'New Economy' WHAT: Audio briefing and online presentation to launch the "Global New Economy Index" -- the first "Cyber Atlas" to map the digital...
- Research articles 2000-06-21
- REMINDER/ New Index Maps Global 'Digital Divide'; The First, Country-by-Country Ranking of Technology Competitiveness
- Assignment Desks/High Tech Writers REMINDER ... for Tuesday, June 27 --BUSINESS WIRE Worldwide Yardstick of Financial, Economic, Social Impacts of 'New Economy' WHAT: Audio briefing and online presentation to launch the "Global New Economy Index" -- the first "Cyber Atlas" to map the digital...
- Research articles 2000-06-27
- ADVISORY/Audio Briefing Today At Noon E.S.T. — New Index Maps Global 'Digital Divide' — the First, Country-by-country Ranking of Technology Competitiveness
- Business Editors ADVISORY...For Tuesday (6/27) --BUSINESS WIRE Worldwide Yardstick of Financial, Economic, Social Impacts of 'New Economy' WHAT: Audio briefing to launch the "Global New Economy Index" -- the first "Cyber Atlas" to map the digital vitality of 47 nations based on New Economy...
- Research articles 2000-06-27
- Energy Roundup: BP Drops Jatropha, Wal-Mart Eco Index, Climate Debate Fireworks and More
- BP leaves D1 Oils Jatropha biofuels venture -- D1 Oils has reached an agreement to buy BP's50 percent interest in D1-BP Fuel Crops Limited, a joint venture to plant Jatropha. Signs of BP's exit have been on the horizon since last month and will allow D1 to join its planting and...
- Blog posts 2009-07-17
- TAIWAN WORLD'S FOURTH MOST COMPETITIVE ECONOMY: WEF REPORT.
- GENEVA, Oct 14 Asia Pulse - Taiwan is the world's fourth most competitive economy, ranking behind Finland, the United States and Sweden, according to the Global Competitiveness Report 2004-2005 published Wednesday by the World Economic Forum WEF. Taiwan moves up a notch this year in terms of the...
- Research articles 2004-10-14
- Australia rises by degrees.
- Oct 19, 2001 The Australian ABIX via COMTEX -- Results of research by the World Economic Forum WEF were released on 18 October 2001. The research ranked Australia fifth in terms of the WEF's growth competitiveness index, up from 11 place in 2000. According...
- Research articles 2001-10-18
- Revising the Atlanta fed dollar index
- THE FOREIGN EXCHANGE VALUE OF THE DOLLAR HAS MANY IMPORTANT USES IN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS INVOLVING EXCHANGE MARKETS, CAPITAL FLOWS, TRADE, COMPETITIVENESS, AND A HOST OF OTHER ISSUES. BECAUSE TRADE WITH A MULTITUDE OF COUNTRIES IS IMPORTANT TO THE U.S. ECONOMY, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, BUSINESSPEOPLE, AND ECONOMISTS ARE INTERESTED IN OVERALL INTERNATIONAL...
- Research articles 1999-07-01
- Mexico tumbles in Competitiveness. (New Business).(Brief Article)
- Mexico has fallen three spots in the Competitive Growth Index ICC from 42nd in 2001 to 45th in 2002, according to a report released by the World Economic Forum in November. The United States topped the list of 80 countries, displacing Finland, which is...
- Research articles 2003-01-01
- Aviation Week Names Herley the Best-Managed Small Company
- Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers LANCASTER, Pa.--BUSINESS WIRE--June 5, 2001 Herley Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq:HRLY) has been named one of the global aviation and aerospace industry's "Best-Managed Companies" according to Aviation Week & Space Technology. In the magazine's June 4 "The Best of the Business" issue, Herley is named the...
- Research articles 2001-06-05
- UST Q2 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions And our first question comes from the line of Filippe Goossens with Credit Suisse. Please proceed. Filippe Goossens - Credit Suisse Yes, good morning, gentlemen, and congratulations on a strong performance here. Murray Kessler Good morning, Filippe. Filippe Goossens - Credit Suisse Good morning. My...
- Earnings calls 2007-07-26
