| The World Competitiveness Yearbook (WCY) is the world�s most renowned and comprehensive annual report on the competitiveness of nations, ranking and analyzing how a nation�s environment creates and sustains the competitiveness of enterprises. |
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Features 60 national and regional economies |
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Includes 323 different criteria, grouped into four Competitiveness Factors |
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Hard data are taken from international and regional organizations and private institutes |
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Survey data are drawn from the Executive Opinion Survey (4,166 respondents) |
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Aggregates data over a 5-year period |
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Ensures accuracy through collaboration with 57 Partner Institutes worldwide |
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Published without interruption since 1989 |
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| INNOVATIONS FOR 2004: |
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1 new region: Scotland |
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Overall ranking; rankings by population size; rankings by peer group and regional rankings |
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Online database providing access to the WCY database including 5-year time series |