| As of 02-23-2012 our Global Location Selector database has : |
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- Number of Countries : 227
- Number of Cities : 775
- Number of Location Factors : 1,469
- Total Data : 261,061
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| We have added about 4 new Countries to our Global Location Selector database this month. Below are the details: |
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| Africa [1] |
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| Europe [2] |
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| Latin America & Caribbean [1] |
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| We have added about 12 new Cities to our Global Location Selector database this month. Below are the details: |
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| Australia [1] |
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| France [1] |
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| Georgia [1] |
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| Germany [1] |
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| Israel [1] |
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| Italy [3] |
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| Oman [1] |
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| Spain [2] |
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| United Kingdom [1] |
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| We have added 20 new Location Factors for 179 Countries from 2001 to 2010. Below are the details : |
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| BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT |
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- Agricultural policy costs
- Burden of customs procedures
- Burden of government regulation
- Business impact of rules on FDI
- Effectiveness of anti-monopoly policy
- Firms formally registered when operations started (% of firms
- Human Development
- Intellectual Property Protection Rank
- ISO certification ownership (% of firms
- Participation and Human Rights
- Patent applications, nonresidents
- Patent applications, residents
- Prevalence of trade barriers
- Protection of minority shareholders' interests
- Sustainable Economic Opportunity
- Time to prepare and pay taxes - Paying taxes
- Time to resolve insolvency - Closing a business
- Trademark applications, direct nonresident
- Trademark applications, direct resident
- Trademark applications, total
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| We have added 20 new Location Factors for 179 Countries from 1998 to 2011. Below are the details : |
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| BUSINESS RISKS |
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- Control of Corruption
- Diversion of public funds
- Government Effectiveness
- Intellectual property protection
- Judicial independence
- Judicial Independence
- Legislation on Violence Against Women
- Orderly Transfers of Power
- Political Stability and Absence of Violence
- Property Rights
- Property Rights (BTI)
- Property Rights (CPIA)
- Property Rights Index
- Property Rights Protection (EIU)
- Public trust of politicians
- Regulatory Quality
- Rule of Law
- Sanctions
- Strength of Judicial Process
- Voice and Accountability
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| We have added 23 new Location Factors for 164 Countries from 2001 to 2010. Below are the details : |
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| EDUCATION |
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- Education Provision and Quality
- Extent of staff training
- Local availability of research and training services
- Primary enrollment ( net rate %)
- Primary School Completion Rate
- Primary School Completion Rate, Female
- Progression to Secondary School
- Public spending on education, total (% of GDP)
- Public spending on education, total (% of government expenditure)
- Quality of math and Science
- Quality of the educational system
- R&D Expenditure Public-Private Sector
- Ratio of Girls to Boys in Primary and Secondary Education
- Ratio of Pupils to Teachers in Primary School
- Researchers in R&D (per million people)
- School enrollment, primary ( % gross)
- School enrollment, secondary ( % gross)
- School enrollment, tertiary (% gross)
- Secondary enrollment (gross rate, %)*
- Technicians in R&D (per million people)
- Tertiary enrollment rate (gross rate, %)
- Tertiary Enrollment Rates
- Total enrollment, primary (% net)
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| We have added 8 new Location Factors for 53 Countries from 2001 to 2009. Below are the details : |
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| ENVIRONMENT AND RURAL SECTOR |
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- Agricultural Input and Produce Markets
- Dialogue Between Government and Rural Organisations
- Environmental Sustainability
- Land and Water for Agriculture
- Policy and Legal Framework for Rural Organisations
- Public Resources for Rural Development
- Role of Environment in Policy Formulation
- Rural Financial Services Development
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| We have added 38 new Location Factors for 79 Countries for the year 2010. Below are the details : |
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| INDUSTRY R & D TO SALES RATIOS |
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- Advertising
- Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
- Apparel & Accessories
- Automotive, Aviation & Aerospace
- Broadcasting
- Business services
- Chemicals
- Construction
- Consumer products
- Education and research services
- Electronics
- Energy & Utilities
- Engineering
- Entertainment & Media
- Financial services
- Food & Beverages
- Games & Gambling
- Healthcare & Life science
- HORECA
- Industrial equipment
- Industrial products
- IT hardware
- Logistics
- Medical, surgical & dental instrument supplies
- Mining, Quarrying and Extraction
- Paper & Allied products
- Pharmaceutical & Biotech
- Publishing
- Real Estate
- Recycling & Waste
- Retail trade
- Security & Safety
- Software
- Telcom
- Toys/Games
- Transportation
- Travel services
- Wholesale trade
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| We have added 39 new Location Factors for 183 Countries for the year 2011. Below are the details : |
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| INDUSTRY ROYALTY RATES |
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- Advertising
- Agriculture, Farming & Fishing
- Alcoholic Beverages & Tobacco
- Apparel & Accessories
- Automotive
- Beauty & Cosmetics
- Broadcasting
- Business Services
- Chemicals
- Construction
- Consumer Products
- Educational Services
- Electronics
- Energy
- Entertainment & Media
- Environmental & Green Technologies
- Financial Services
- Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages
- Games & Gambling
- Hardware
- Healthcare Facilities
- Industrial Equipment
- Insurance
- Internet
- Medical,Surgical & Dental Instrument Supplies
- Metal & Mining
- Oil & Gas
- Paper & Allied Products
- Pharmaceutical & Biotech
- Publishing
- Recycling & Waste
- Restaurants
- Retail Trade
- Security & Safety
- Semiconductors
- Software
- Telecom
- Transportation
- Wholesale Trade
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| We have added 13 new Location Factors for 196 Countries from 2001 to 2010. Below are the details : |
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| INFRASTRUCTURE |
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- Access to Electricity
- Computer Usage
- Fixed broadband Internet subscribers (per 100 people)
- Fixed telephone lines (per 100 pop.)
- Internet Subscribers
- Mobile Phone Subscribers
- Quality of air transport infrastructure
- Quality of electricity supply
- Quality of overall infrastructure
- Quality of Physical Infrastructure
- Quality of port infrastructure
- Quality of railroad infrastructure
- Quality of roads
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| We have added 12 new Location Factors for 118 Countries from 2006 to 2010. Below are the details : |
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| LABOR |
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- Brain drain
- Firing Costs (in weeks of salary)
- Flexibility of wage determination
- Hiring and firing practices
- Labor force with primary education (% of total
- Labor force with secondary education (% of total
- Labor force with tertiary education (% of total
- Pay and productivity
- Unemployment with primary education (% of total unemployment
- Unemployment with secondary education (% of total unemployment
- Unemployment with tertiary education (% of total unemployment
- Unemployment, total (% of total labor force
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| We have added 25 new Location Factors for 192 Countries from 2001 to 2010. Below are the details : |
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| MACRO ECONOMY |
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- Bureaucracy and Red Tape
- Competition
- Competitive Environment
- Currency Inside Banks
- Current account balance (% of GDP
- Exports of goods and services (% of GDP
- Exports of goods and services (annual % growth
- GDP growth (annual %
- GDP per capita growth (annual %
- GDP per capita, PPP (current international $
- GDP, PPP (current international $
- Imports Covered by Reserves
- Imports of goods and services (% of GDP
- Imports of goods and services (annual % growth
- Inflation
- Inflation*
- Investment Climate
- Investment Climate for Rural Businesses
- Management of Public Debt
- Quality of Budget Management
- Quality of Public Administration
- Ratio of Budget Deficit or Surplus to GDP
- Ratio of External Debt Service to Exports
- Ratio of Total Revenue to Total Expenditure
- Unfair Competitive Practices
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| We have added 36 new Location Factors for 53 Countries from 2001 to 2009. Below are the details : |
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| POLITICAL STABILITY |
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- Accountability of Public Officials
- Accountability, Transparency and Corruption in Rural Areas
- Battle Deaths (Civilian and Combatant)
- Civil Liberties
- Civil Liberties (EIU)
- Civil Liberties (Freedom House)
- Civilian Deaths from Civilian-Targeted Violence
- Corruption and Bureaucracy
- Corruption in Government and Public Officials
- Domestic Armed Conflict
- Effective Power to Govern
- Free and Fair Elections
- Free and Fair Executive Elections
- Free Press (Freedom House)
- Freedom of Assembly and Association (CIRI)
- Freedom of Association (EIU)
- Freedom of Association and Assembly
- Freedom of Association and Assembly (Bertelsmann)
- Freedom of Expression
- Freedom of Speech and Press (CIRI)
- Government Involvement in Armed Conflict
- Human Rights
- Internally Displaced People
- International Tensions
- Political Participation
- Political Rights
- Press Freedom
- Press Freedom Index
- Prosecution of Abuse of Office
- Protection of Civil Liberties
- Ratification & Initial Reporting of Core Int'l Human Rights Conventions
- Refugees Originating from the Country
- Transparency and Corruption
- Women in Parliament
- Women's Participation in the Labour Force
- Workers' Rights
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| We have added 29 new Location Factors for 53 Countries from 2001 to 2010. Below are the details : |
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| QUALITY OF LIFE |
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- Access to Improved Sanitation
- Access to Improved Water
- Access to Piped Water
- Adequacy
- Antiretroviral Treatment Provision
- Antiretroviral Treatment Provision for Pregnant Women
- Child Mortality
- Domestic Political Persecution
- Gender Equality
- Global Pension Index
- HIV prevalence (% of adult pop.)
- Human Trafficking
- Immunisation against DPT
- Immunisation against Measles
- Incidence of TB
- Infant mortality (deaths per 1,000 live births)*
- Integrity
- Life expectancy (years)*
- Open Defecation Sanitation
- Physical Integrity Rights Index
- Political Terror Scale
- Safety of the Person
- Social Exclusion
- Social Protection and Labour
- Social Unrest
- Sustainability
- Tuberculosis incidence (cases per 100,000 pop)
- Violent Crime
- Welfare Regime
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| We have added 32 new Location Factors for 195 Countries for the years 2010,2011. Below are the details : |
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| TAX |
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- Extent and effect of taxation
- Non-resident companies, Capital gains on sale of shares in resident companies
- Non-resident companies, Corporate tax rates
- Non-resident companies, Final withholding tax rates, Branch profits
- Non-resident companies, Final withholding tax rates, Dividends
- Non-resident companies, Final withholding tax rates, Fees (management
- Non-resident companies, Final withholding tax rates, Fees (technical
- Non-resident companies, Final withholding tax rates, Interest
- Non-resident companies, Final withholding tax rates, Royalties
- Non-resident individuals, Capital gains on sale of shares in resident companies
- Non-resident individuals, Final withholding tax rates, Dividends
- Non-resident individuals, Final withholding tax rates, Employment income
- Non-resident individuals, Final withholding tax rates, Fees (directors
- Non-resident individuals, Final withholding tax rates, Fees (technical
- Non-resident individuals, Final withholding tax rates, Interest
- Non-resident individuals, Final withholding tax rates, Royalties
- Non-resident individuals, Income tax rates
- Other direct taxes, Inheritance and gift taxes
- Other direct taxes, Net wealth tax
- Resident companies, Capital gains
- Resident companies, Corporate tax rates
- Resident companies, Unilateral double taxation relief
- Resident individuals, Capital gains
- Resident individuals, Income tax rates
- Resident individuals, Unilateral double taxation relief
- Specific issues, Incentives
- Specific issues, Participation relief
- Total tax rate*
- Turnover taxes, Other
- Turnover taxes, VAT/GST (increased
- Turnover taxes, VAT/GST (reduced
- Turnover taxes, VAT/GST (standard
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| We have added 4 new Location Factors for 6 Cities for the years 2010,2011. Below are the details : |
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| ACCESSIBILITY |
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- Average distance to major cities USA
- Average travel time from Chicago(in number of hours)
- Distance to (in time)
- Distance to major internal markets Mexico
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| We have added 7 new Location Factors for 6 Cities for the year 2010. Below are the details : |
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| BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT |
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- Companies with ISO certification
- Effectiveness of Government
- Length of Judicial procedures
- Promotion of Competition
- Property Registration
- Quality of Legal System
- Starting a business
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| We have added 22 new Location Factors for 9 Cities for the year 2010. Below are the details : |
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| BUSINESS RISKS |
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- Burden of government regulation (Ranking
- Business costs of crime and violence (Ranking
- Business costs of terrorism (Ranking
- Car Theft
- Corruption index
- Criminal delicts
- Diversion of public funds (Ranking)
- Efficacy of corporate boards (Ranking)
- Ethical behavior of firms (Ranking)
- Favoritism in decisions of government officials (Ranking)
- Intellectual property protection (Ranking)
- Judicial independence (Ranking)
- Murder rate
- Organized crime (Ranking)
- Property rights (Ranking)
- Protection of minority shareholders' interests (Ranking)
- Public trust of politicians (Ranking)
- Reliability of police services (Ranking)
- Security Perception
- Strength of auditing and reporting standards (Ranking)
- Transparency of government policymaking (Ranking)
- Wastefulness of government spending (Ranking)
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| We have added 13 new Location Factors for 9 Cities for the year 2010. Below are the details : |
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| EDUCATION |
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- Availability of scientists and engineers (Ranking)
- Capacity for innovation (Ranking)
- Company spending on R&D (Ranking)
- Extent of staff training (Ranking)
- Government procurement of advanced technology products (Ranking)
- Internet access in schools (Ranking)
- Local availability of specialized research and training services (Ranking)
- Quality of management schools (Ranking)
- Quality of math and science education (Ranking)
- Quality of scientific research institutions (Ranking)
- Quality of the educational system (Ranking)
- Secondary enrollment (gross rate, %)* (Ranking)
- University-industry collaboration in R&D (Ranking)
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| We have added 7 new Location Factors for 9 Cities for the year 2010. Below are the details : |
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| INFRASTRUCTURE |
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- Availability of latest technologies (Ranking)
- Quality of air transport infrastructure (Ranking)
- Quality of electricity supply (Ranking)
- Quality of overall infrastructure (Ranking)
- Quality of port infrastructure (Ranking)
- Quality of railroad infrastructure (Ranking)
- Quality of roads (Ranking)
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| We have added 20 new Location Factors for 9 Cities for the years 2010,2011. Below are the details : |
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| LABOR |
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- Average daily wage(in US ($))
- Brain drain (Ranking)
- Cooperation in labor-employer relations (Ranking)
- Expenditures R&D
- Female participation
- Flexibility of wage determination (Ranking)
- Forecasted wage inflation
- High and medium/high educated personel
- Hiring and firing practices (Ranking)
- Illiteracy
- Pay and productivity (Ranking)
- Productivity Industrial Sector
- Productivity Services Sector
- Professors in R&D
- Quality of education
- Reliance on professional management (Ranking)
- Total Labor Costs - Engineers(in US ($))
- Total Labor Costs - Managers(in US ($))
- Total labor costs - Manufacturing workers(in US ($))
- Unemployment
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| We have added 3 new Location Factors for 6 Cities for the year 2011. Below are the details : |
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| LABOUR AVAILABILITY AND SKILLS |
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- Availability of direct workforce
- Availability of indirect workforce
- Population nearest city
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| We have added 1 new Location Factors for 6 Cities for the year 2010. Below are the details : |
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| MACRO ECONOMY |
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| We have added 21 new Location Factors for 9 Cities for the year 2010. Below are the details : |
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| MARKET CONDITIONS |
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- Agricultural policy costs (Ranking)
- Burden of customs procedures (Ranking)
- Business impact of rules on FDI (Ranking)
- Buyer sophistication (Ranking)
- Degree of customer orientation (Ranking)
- Ease of access to loans (Ranking)
- Effectiveness of anti-monopoly policy (Ranking)
- Extent and effect of taxation (Ranking)
- Extent of market dominance (Ranking)
- FDI and technology transfer (Ranking)
- Financial market sophistication (Ranking)
- Financing through local equity market (Ranking)
- Firm-level technology absorption (Ranking)
- Intensity of local competition (Ranking)
- Laws relating to ICT (Ranking)
- Prevalence of foreign ownership (Ranking)
- Prevalence of trade barriers (Ranking)
- Regulation of securities exchanges (Ranking)
- Restriction on capital flows (Ranking)
- Soundness of banks (Ranking)
- Venture capital availability (Ranking)
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| QUALITY OF LIFE |
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- Business impact of HIV/AIDS (Ranking)
- Business impact of tuberculosis (Ranking)
- Infant mortality (deaths per 1,000 live births)* (Ranking)
- Life expectancy (years)* (Ranking)
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| We have added 4 new Location Factors for 72 Cities for the years 2010,2011. Below are the details : |
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| REAL ESTATE |
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- Forecasted total occupancy costs per workstation (in US ($))
- Lease price of lot per m2 per year (in US ($))
- Office costs (in US ($)/ Sq.m/month)
- Service and Maintenance fee (in US ($)/month)
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| We have added 9 new Location Factors for 9 Cities for the year 2010. Below are the details : |
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| SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT |
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- Control of international distribution (Ranking)
- Extent of marketing (Ranking)
- Local supplier quality (Ranking)
- Local supplier quantity (Ranking)
- Nature of competitive advantage (Ranking)
- Production process sophistication (Ranking)
- State of cluster development (Ranking)
- Value chain breadth (Ranking)
- Willingness to delegate authority (Ranking)
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| We have added 1 new Location Factors for 6 Cities for the year 2011. Below are the details : |
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| TAX |
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- Number of incentive programs
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| We have added 4 new Location Factors for 6 Cities for the year 2011. Below are the details : |
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| UTILITIES - NETWORK |
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- Electricity Costs (in US ($))
- Gas Costs (in US ($))
- Proof of secure utility provision
- Water Costs (in US ($))
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| We have updated the data for the following Location Factors : |
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| BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT |
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- Closing a business Ranking for 177 Countries for the year 2011
- Cost (% of claim) - Enforcing Contracts for 177 Countries for the year 2011
- Cost (% of estate) - Closing a Business for 152 Countries for the year 2011
- Cost (% of income per capita) - Dealing with Construction Permits for 176 Countries for the year 2011
- Cost (% of income per capita)- Starting a Business for 177 Countries for the year 2011
- Cost (% of property value) - Registering Property for 175 Countries for the year 2011
- Cost to export a Container (in US ($)) - Trading Across Borders for 177 Countries for the year 2011
- Cost to import a Container (in US ($)) - Trading Across Borders for 177 Countries for the year 2011
- Dealing with construction permits Ranking for 177 Countries for the year 2011
- Depth of credit information index - Getting Credit for 186 Countries from 2006 to 2011
- Documents to import - Trading Across Borders for 177 Countries for the year 2011
- Ease of doing business for 177 Countries for the year 2011
- Ease of shareholder suits index - Protecting Investors for 186 Countries from 2006 to 2011
- Enforcing contracts Ranking for 177 Countries for the year 2011
- Extent of director liability index - Protecting Investors for 186 Countries from 2006 to 2011
- Extent of disclosure index - Protecting Investors for 186 Countries from 2006 to 2011
- Getting credit Ranking for 177 Countries for the year 2011
- Minimum capital (% of income per capita) - Starting a Business for 177 Countries for the year 2011
- Number of documents to export - Trading Across Borders for 177 Countries for the year 2011
- Number of payment (per year) - Paying Taxes for 177 Countries for the year 2011
- Number of procedures - Dealing with Construction Permits for 176 Countries for the year 2011
- Number of Procedures - Enforcing Contracts for 177 Countries for the year 2011
- Number of Procedures - Registering Property for 175 Countries for the year 2011
- Number of Procedures - Starting a Business for 177 Countries for the year 2011
- Paying taxes Ranking for 177 Countries for the year 2011
- Private bureau coverage (% of adults) - Getting Credit for 180 Countries from 2006 to 2010
- Protecting investors Ranking for 177 Countries for the year 2011
- Public registry coverage (% of adults) - Getting Credit for 180 Countries from 2006 to 2010
- Recovery rate (cents on the dollar) - Closing a Business for 177 Countries for the year 2011
- Redundancy cost (weeks of salary) - Employing Workers for 181 Countries for the year 2012
- Registering property Ranking for 177 Countries for the year 2011
- Starting a business Ranking for 177 Countries for the year 2011
- Strength of investor protection index - Protecting Investors for 185 Countries from 2006 to 2011
- Strength of legal rights index - Getting Credit for 186 Countries from 2006 to 2011
- Time ( in Years) - Closing a Business for 152 Countries for the year 2011
- Time (in Days) - Enforcing Contracts for 177 Countries for the year 2011
- Time in Days - Registering Property for 175 Countries for the year 2011
- Time in Days - Starting a Business for 177 Countries for the year 2011
- Time In Days -Dealing with Construction Permits for 176 Countries for the year 2011
- Time in Hours (per year) - Paying Taxes for 177 Countries for the year 2011
- Time to export (in days) - Trading Across Borders for 177 Countries for the year 2011
- Time to import ( in days) - Trading Across Borders for 177 Countries for the year 2011
- Total tax rate (% of profit) - Paying Taxes for 177 Countries for the year 2011
- Trading across borders Ranking for 177 Countries for the year 2011
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| BUSINESS RISKS |
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- Corruption Perceptions Index for 175 Countries for the year 2010
- Economic Freedom Index for 178 Countries for the year 2011
- Economic risk for 15 Countries for the year 2011
- Legal risk for 15 Countries for the year 2011
- Operational risk for 15 Countries for the year 2011
- Political risk for 15 Countries for the year 2011
- Security risk for 15 Countries for the year 2011
- Taxation risk for 15 Countries for the year 2011
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| INFRASTRUCTURE |
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- Cellular mobile telephone subscribers per 100 inhabitants for 193 Countries from 2006 to 2009
- Internet users per 100 population for 194 Countries from 2006 to 2009
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| LABOR |
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- Average hourly compensation costs for all direct employees in Manufacturing( in US($)) for 14 Countries for the year 2015
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| FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT |
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- Inward FDI flows ( % of GDP) for 174 Countries for the year 2009
- Inward FDI flows ( US $) for 187 Countries for the year 2009
- Inward FDI stock ( % of GDP) for 184 Countries from 2000 to 2009
- Inward FDI stock ( US $) for 185 Countries from 2000 to 2009
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| MACRO ECONOMY |
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- GDP per Capita for 191 Countries from 2006 to 2010
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| INDUSTRY ROYALTY RATES |
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- Travel Services for 183 Countries for the year 2011
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| ACCESSIBILITY |
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- Average number of weekly international flights for 6 Cities for the year 2011
- Distance to (in km) for 6 Cities for the year 2011
- Number of carriers serving the city for 6 Cities for the year 2011
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| LABOR |
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- Wage levels - Gross for 73 Cities for the years 2010,2011
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| QUALITY OF LIFE |
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- Domestic Purchasing Power - annual income (net) for 73 Cities for the year 2010
- Domestic Purchasing Power - Hourly Pay (Gross & excluding rent) for 73 Cities for the year 2011
- Prices - (Excluding Rent) for 73 Cities for the year 2010
- Prices - (Including Rent) for 73 Cities for the year 2011
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