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Rank |
Score |
Rank |
Score |
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GCI Global Competitiveness Index 2011-2012 |
50 |
4.34 |
6 |
5.41 |
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A Basic requirements SubIndex |
85 |
4.32 |
11 |
5.83 |
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A.01 1st pillar: Institutions |
46 |
4.36 |
19 |
5.27 |
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A.01.01 A. Public institutions |
52 |
4.09 |
20 |
5.24 |
|
A.01.01.01 1. Property rights |
27 |
5.18 |
16 |
5.67 |
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1.01 Property rights |
30 |
5.29 |
18 |
5.73 |
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1.02 Intellectual property protection |
30 |
4.97 |
13 |
5.55 |
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A.01.01.02 2. Ethics and corruption |
66 |
3.33 |
21 |
5.04 |
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1.03 Diversion of public funds |
81 |
2.95 |
14 |
5.58 |
|
1.04 Public trust of politicians |
88 |
2.4 |
37 |
3.67 |
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1.05 Irregular payments and bribes |
48 |
4.64 |
22 |
5.87 |
|
A.01.01.03 3. Undue influence |
52 |
3.73 |
11 |
5.34 |
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1.06 Judicial independence |
35 |
4.97 |
7 |
6.33 |
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1.07 Favoritism in decisions of government officials |
114 |
2.48 |
19 |
4.35 |
|
A.01.01.04 4. Government inefficiency |
38 |
4.1 |
32 |
4.33 |
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1.08 Wastefulness of government spending |
69 |
3.18 |
40 |
3.71 |
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1.09 Burden of government regulation |
112 |
2.73 |
88 |
3.05 |
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1.1 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes |
16 |
5.03 |
19 |
4.93 |
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1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regs |
19 |
4.72 |
12 |
5.01 |
|
1.12 Transparency of government policymaking |
34 |
4.84 |
28 |
4.97 |
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A.01.01.05 5. Security |
110 |
4.1 |
27 |
5.8 |
|
1.13 Business costs of terrorism |
33 |
6.11 |
55 |
5.79 |
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1.15 Organized crime |
112 |
4.16 |
33 |
5.89 |
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1.16 Reliability of police services |
95 |
3.63 |
21 |
5.89 |
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A.01.02 B. Private institutions |
27 |
5.17 |
16 |
5.38 |
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A.01.02.01 1. Corporate ethics |
51 |
4.36 |
14 |
5.9 |
|
1.17 Ethical behavior of firms |
51 |
4.36 |
14 |
5.9 |
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A.01.02.02 2. Accountability |
3 |
5.98 |
33 |
4.86 |
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1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards |
1 |
6.49 |
36 |
5.35 |
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1.19 Efficacy of corporate boards |
2 |
5.8 |
17 |
5.23 |
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1.2 Protection of minority shareholders' interests |
3 |
5.84 |
31 |
4.84 |
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1.21 Strength of investor protection, 0-10 (best)* |
10 |
8 |
77 |
5 |
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A.02 2nd pillar: Infrastructure |
62 |
4.02 |
2 |
6.35 |
|
A.02.01 A. Transport infrastructure |
33 |
4.59 |
5 |
6.27 |
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2.01 Quality of overall infrastructure |
60 |
4.51 |
10 |
6.16 |
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2.02 Quality of roads |
43 |
4.76 |
10 |
6.15 |
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2.03 Quality of railroad infrastructure |
46 |
3.36 |
5 |
5.74 |
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2.04 Quality of port infrastructure |
50 |
4.7 |
10 |
6.13 |
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2.05 Quality of air transport infrastructure |
17 |
6.14 |
6 |
6.45 |
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2.06 Available airline seat kilometers per week, millions* |
24 |
1,152.64 |
5 |
4,641.00 |
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A.02.02 B. Electricity and telephony infrastructure |
97 |
3.45 |
4 |
6.43 |
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2.07 Quality of electricity supply |
97 |
3.72 |
11 |
6.69 |
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2.08 Fixed telephone lines/100 pop.* |
100 |
8.43 |
8 |
55.41 |
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2.09 Mobile telephone subscriptions/100 pop.* |
71 |
100.48 |
30 |
127.04 |
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A.03 3rd pillar: Macroeconomic environment |
55 |
4.96 |
30 |
5.43 |
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3.01 Government budget balance, % GDP* |
104 |
-5.71 |
64 |
-3.27 |
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3.02 National savings rate, % GDP* |
72 |
19.96 |
53 |
22.81 |
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3.04 Interest rate spread, %* |
36 |
3.37 |
21 |
2.67 |
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3.05 General government debt, % GDP* |
54 |
35.74 |
122 |
79.99 |
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3.06 Country credit rating, 0-100 (best)* |
48 |
63.3 |
3 |
93.3 |
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A.04 4th pillar: Health and primary education |
131 |
3.96 |
23 |
6.27 |
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A.04.01 A. Health |
129 |
4.14 |
20 |
6.88 |
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4.01 Business impact of malaria |
103 |
5 |
1 |
N/Appl. |
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4.02 Malaria cases/100,000 pop.* |
90 |
67.37 |
1 |
(NE) |
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4.03 Business impact of tuberculosis |
135 |
3.44 |
16 |
6.52 |
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4.04 Tuberculosis incidence/100,000 pop.* |
141 |
971 |
8 |
4.9 |
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4.05 Business impact of HIV/AIDS |
132 |
3.01 |
26 |
6.11 |
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4.06 HIV prevalence, % adult pop.* |
139 |
17.8 |
21 |
0.1 |
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4.07 Infant mortality, deaths/1,000 live births* |
111 |
43.1 |
19 |
3.5 |
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4.08 Life expectancy, years* |
130 |
51.62 |
22 |
79.94 |
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A.04.02 B. Primary education |
125 |
3.78 |
26 |
5.66 |
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4.09 Quality of primary education |
127 |
2.4 |
36 |
4.6 |
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4.1 Primary education enrollment, net %* |
118 |
84.65 |
25 |
97.63 |
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B Efficiency enhancers SubIndex |
38 |
4.44 |
13 |
5.18 |
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B.05 5th pillar: Higher education and training |
73 |
4.03 |
7 |
5.73 |
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B.05.01 A. Quantity of education |
84 |
4.24 |
1 |
7 |
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5.01 Secondary education enrollment, gross %* |
51 |
93.87 |
20 |
101.7 |
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5.02 Tertiary education enrollment, gross %* |
97 |
15.41 |
n/a |
n/a |
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B.05.02 B. Quality of education |
112 |
3.3 |
32 |
4.75 |
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5.03 Quality of the educational system |
133 |
2.33 |
17 |
4.93 |
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5.04 Quality of math and science education |
138 |
2.08 |
48 |
4.44 |
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5.05 Quality of management schools |
13 |
5.43 |
36 |
4.78 |
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5.06 Internet access in schools |
100 |
3.37 |
41 |
4.86 |
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B.05.03 C. On-the-job training |
35 |
4.55 |
7 |
5.44 |
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5.07 Availability of research and training services |
47 |
4.44 |
3 |
5.98 |
|
5.08 Extent of staff training |
27 |
4.65 |
16 |
4.89 |
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B.06 6th pillar: Goods market efficiency |
32 |
4.66 |
26 |
4.79 |
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B.06.01 A. Competition |
28 |
4.8 |
30 |
4.76 |
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B.06.01.01 1. Domestic competition |
22 |
4.81 |
28 |
4.67 |
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6.01 Intensity of local competition |
49 |
5.15 |
9 |
5.8 |
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6.02 Extent of market dominance |
37 |
4.29 |
3 |
5.73 |
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6.03 Effectiveness of anti-monopoly policy |
7 |
5.33 |
23 |
4.86 |
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6.04 Extent and effect of taxation |
28 |
4.06 |
80 |
3.3 |
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6.06 No. procedures to start a business* |
34 |
6 |
94 |
9 |
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6.07 No. days to start a business* |
84 |
22 |
63 |
15 |
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6.08 Agricultural policy costs |
37 |
4.23 |
76 |
3.77 |
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6.05 Total tax rate, % profits* |
36 |
30.5 |
100 |
48.2 |
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B.06.01.02 2. Foreign competition |
62 |
4.72 |
35 |
5.07 |
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6.09 Prevalence of trade barriers |
51 |
4.68 |
49 |
4.73 |
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6.11 Prevalence of foreign ownership |
34 |
5.23 |
47 |
5.05 |
|
6.12 Business impact of rules on FDI |
55 |
4.85 |
72 |
4.61 |
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6.13 Burden of customs procedures |
62 |
4.23 |
37 |
4.67 |
|
6.14 Imports as a percentage of GDP* |
108 |
31.36 |
81 |
39.91 |
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6.1 Trade tariffs, % duty* |
72 |
5.92 |
4 |
0.85 |
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B.06.02 B. Quality of demand conditions |
41 |
4.38 |
21 |
4.84 |
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6.15 Degree of customer orientation |
67 |
4.64 |
18 |
5.35 |
|
6.16 Buyer sophistication |
31 |
4.13 |
21 |
4.32 |
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B.07 7th pillar: Labor market efficiency |
95 |
4.06 |
64 |
4.41 |
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B.07.01 A. Flexibility |
119 |
3.94 |
125 |
3.83 |
|
7.01 Cooperation in labor-employer relations |
138 |
3.28 |
22 |
5.12 |
|
7.04 Hiring and firing practices |
139 |
2.47 |
132 |
2.8 |
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7.02 Flexibility of wage determination |
138 |
3.04 |
136 |
3.07 |
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7.05 Redundancy costs, weeks of salary* |
46 |
24 |
102 |
69 |
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7.03 Rigidity of employment index, 0-100 (worst)* |
90 |
35 |
112 |
42 |
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B.07.02 B. Efficient use of talent |
63 |
4.18 |
17 |
4.99 |
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7.06 Pay and productivity |
130 |
2.98 |
38 |
4.31 |
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7.07 Reliance on professional management |
18 |
5.49 |
13 |
5.67 |
|
7.08 Brain drain |
48 |
3.8 |
31 |
4.4 |
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7.09 Women in labor force, ratio to men* |
76 |
0.76 |
39 |
0.87 |
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B.08 8th pillar: Financial market development |
4 |
5.48 |
39 |
4.54 |
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B.08.01 A. Efficiency |
23 |
4.51 |
33 |
4.19 |
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8.01 Availability of financial services |
3 |
6.33 |
18 |
5.8 |
|
8.02 Affordability of financial services |
39 |
4.87 |
23 |
5.11 |
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8.03 Financing through local equity market |
4 |
5.13 |
41 |
4.05 |
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8.04 Ease of access to loans |
36 |
3.26 |
54 |
2.97 |
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8.05 Venture capital availability |
44 |
2.93 |
37 |
3.02 |
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B.08.02 B. Trustworthiness and confidence |
2 |
6.46 |
51 |
4.88 |
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8.06 Soundness of banks |
2 |
6.62 |
87 |
4.93 |
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8.07 Regulation of securities exchanges |
1 |
6.36 |
52 |
4.52 |
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8.08 Legal rights index, 0-10 (best)* |
8 |
9 |
39 |
7 |
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B.09 9th pillar: Technological readiness |
76 |
3.6 |
14 |
5.61 |
|
B.09.01 A. Technological adoption |
37 |
5.39 |
35 |
5.48 |
|
9.01 Availability of latest technologies |
39 |
5.69 |
20 |
6.18 |
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9.02 Firm-level technology absorption |
30 |
5.54 |
14 |
5.93 |
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9.03 FDI and technology transfer |
41 |
4.96 |
92 |
4.32 |
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B.09.02 B. ICT use |
102 |
1.8 |
12 |
5.74 |
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9.04 Internet users/100 pop.* |
105 |
12.3 |
12 |
81.85 |
|
9.05 Broadband Internet subscriptions/100 pop.* |
96 |
1.48 |
9 |
31.59 |
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9.06 Internet bandwidth, kb/s/capita* |
112 |
0.21 |
15 |
60.75 |
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9.07 Household with a computer, % |
86 |
18.33 |
11 |
85.74 |
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B.10 10th pillar: Market size |
25 |
4.81 |
5 |
6 |
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B.10.01 A. Domestic market size |
24 |
4.71 |
5 |
5.83 |
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10.03 GDP (PPP)* |
25 |
523.95 |
5 |
2,940.43 |
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10.04 Exports as a percentage of GDP* |
97 |
26.85 |
56 |
45.2 |
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10.01 Domestic market size index, 1-7 (best)* |
24 |
4.71 |
5 |
5.83 |
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B.10.02 B. Foreign market size |
38 |
5.12 |
3 |
6.5 |
|
10.02 Foreign market size index, 1-7 (best)* |
38 |
5.12 |
3 |
6.5 |
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C Innovation and sophistication factors SubIndex |
39 |
3.93 |
5 |
5.53 |
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C.11 11th pillar: Business sophistication |
38 |
4.32 |
4 |
5.66 |
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11.01 Local supplier quantity |
47 |
4.99 |
3 |
5.86 |
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11.02 Local supplier quality |
31 |
5.16 |
4 |
6.04 |
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11.03 State of cluster development |
46 |
3.92 |
13 |
4.86 |
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11.04 Nature of competitive advantage |
97 |
3.01 |
4 |
6.06 |
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11.05 Value chain breadth |
100 |
3.11 |
4 |
6.09 |
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11.06 Control of international distribution |
26 |
4.61 |
4 |
5.3 |
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11.07 Production process sophistication |
41 |
4.32 |
3 |
6.33 |
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11.08 Extent of marketing |
31 |
4.94 |
10 |
5.63 |
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11.09 Willingness to delegate authority |
32 |
4.27 |
15 |
4.81 |
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C.12 12th pillar: Innovation |
41 |
3.53 |
7 |
5.39 |
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12.01 Capacity for innovation |
46 |
3.38 |
3 |
5.73 |
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12.02 Quality of scientific research institutions |
30 |
4.67 |
10 |
5.59 |
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12.03 Company spending on R&D |
36 |
3.56 |
5 |
5.5 |
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12.04 University-industry collaboration in R&D |
26 |
4.62 |
13 |
5.16 |
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12.05 Gov't procurement of advanced tech products |
103 |
3.26 |
29 |
4.18 |
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12.06 Availability of scientists and engineers |
111 |
3.4 |
41 |
4.47 |
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12.07 Utility patents granted/million pop.* |
42 |
2.3 |
9 |
150.58 |
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136 |
2.51 |
32 |
5.63 |
