THE WORLD COMPETITIVENESS SCOREBOARD

The World Competitiveness Scoreboard

The World Competitiveness Scoreboard

Answer of Question No. 1

The Global Competitiveness Report remains the flagship publication within the Forum's Centre for Global Competitiveness and Performance, which produces a number of research studies that truly mirror the increased integration and complexity of the world economy. Additional regular publications include The Global Enabling Trade Report, The Global Gender Gap Report, The Global Information Technology Report, and The Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report, as well as various regional and country studies. The Global Competitiveness Report's competitiveness ranking is based on the Global Competitiveness Index (GCI), developed for the World Economic Forum by Sala-i-Martin and first introduced in 2004. The GCI is based on 12 pillars of competitiveness, providing a comprehensive picture of the competitiveness landscape in countries around the world at all stages of development. The pillars are: institutions, infrastructure, macroeconomic environment, health and primary education, higher education and training, goods market efficiency, labour market efficiency, financial market development, technological readiness, market size, business sophistication, and innovation.

The rankings are calculated from both publicly available data and the Executive Opinion Survey, comprehensive annual survey conducted by the World Economic Forum together with its network of Partner Institutes (leading research institutes and business organizations) in the countries covered by the study. In 2010, over 13,500 business leaders were polled in 139 economies. The survey is designed to capture a broad range of factors affecting an economy's business climate. The report also includes comprehensive listings of the main strengths and weaknesses of countries, making it possible to identify key priorities for policy reform. The report contains an extensive data section with a detailed profile for each of the 139 economies featured in the study, providing a comprehensive summary of the overall position in the rankings, as well as data tables with global rankings for over 110 indicators.

Answer of Question No. 2

The tendency of global networking, multi domestic or transnational strategies for local production is spreading not only among Japanese car makers but among GM, Ford and European makers such as VW, BMW and Mercedes Benz. Among these makers the most attractive plan is Ford 'ambitious “World Car strategy” and “Global Sourcing strategy. In 1994, Ford publicized Ford 2000 project as its 21st Century 'grand strategy with new world car strategy. In this project Ford exhibited its grand design targets as follow Advancing effectiveness by global integration of Auto R D, Design ...