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Corporate Tax around the World; 1980 to 2023

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Country Outlook (Economic, Business Environment and Health Sector) //ar.knoema.com/azqcseb/country-outlook-economic-business-environment-and-health-sector 2023-01-06T05:47:29Z Misha Gusev ar.knoema.com://ar.knoema.com/user/1000560
Country Outlook (Economic, Business Environment and Health Sector)

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India Battles to Clean Up Bad Loans That Threaten Its Financial Stability //ar.knoema.com/kekyhog/india-battles-to-clean-up-bad-loans-that-threaten-its-financial-stability 2022-02-28T04:45:53Z Alex Kulikov ar.knoema.com://ar.knoema.com/user/1847910
India Battles to Clean Up Bad Loans That Threaten Its Financial Stability

India is not only the third largest economy in the world, but of the top 10 largest economies globally, it has the third highest share of bad loans, too. India's non-performing loans represent 10 percent of total bank loans and about $210 billion of outstanding debt. Since 2008 when attention shifted globally to financial stability and the role of the banking sector, the share of non-performing loans in India has grown by 7.5 percent and is expected to worsen in the coming years, according to the Central Bank of India.To preempt a major national banking crisis, New Delhi is striving to clean up stressed debt with the help of resolution professionals and independent asset management companies.Some investors will view the anticipated sale of a large volume of India's distressed assets as a niche investment opportunity in this large economy, an opportunity worth upwards of $10 billion to the Indian economy during the next year, according to local financial press.

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Apple iPhone Sales Worldwide //ar.knoema.com/doonyab/apple-iphone-sales-worldwide 2021-12-10T08:10:11Z Alex Kulikov ar.knoema.com://ar.knoema.com/user/1847910
Apple iPhone Sales Worldwide

(10 December 2021) During the first quarter of 2019 (Apple’s second fiscal quarter), sales of the Apple iPhone decreased by 17 percent compared to the same quarter last year. Since announcing its results for the second fiscal quarter, Apple's share price has also dropped six percent.   The iPhone first quarter results were neither unexpected nor the steepest decreases in iPhone revenues the company has faced. Apple reported more dramatic decreases in iPhone revenues during the second and third quarters of 2016 as well as the first quarter of 2018. Earlier this year Apple's CEO Tim Cook also warned investors that he anticipated sales would slow primarily because of the economic deceleration in China. Cook called out China’s 4Q 2018 GDP growth specifically, which was the second-lowest of the last 25 years.    While revenue growth from other Apple products and services remains strong, Apple’s net revenue was down five percent to $58 billion in the wake of slowing iPhone sales, highlighting the company’s vulnerability to this revenue stream. The iPhone makes up 54 percent of Apple’s sales value. The company's reliance on the iPhone is, however, gradually shifting toward other products, including the iPad and Apple Watch, and services, such as Apple Music and the recently unveiled TV streaming platform Apple TV+.

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Equilar | Compensation of Apple CEO Tim Cook up 30% in 2020 //ar.knoema.com/bqxifjb/equilar-compensation-of-apple-ceo-tim-cook-up-30-in-2020 2021-06-17T14:04:56Z Nikolai Kuznetsov ar.knoema.com://ar.knoema.com/user/6481950
Equilar | Compensation of Apple CEO Tim Cook up 30% in 2020

(25 May 2021) Apple Inc.'s revenue was $274,515 million in 2020 up 5.51% from the previous year. For background, Apple CEO Tim Cook's total compensation increased 28% to 14.8 million US$ in 2020, which is still less than his high water mark of 15.7 million in 2018. Tim Cook's 2020 compensation consisted of $10.7 million in non-equity incentive awards, $3 million in salary (unchanged since 2018), and $1 million in other compensation, according to Equilar - the leading provider of corporate leadership data. Moreover, in 2020, Cook received $280 million for disposing of directly owned stocks. Cook got most of his stock via an equity award in 2011 when he took over as CEO from co-founder Steve Jobs. 

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Number of Starbucks Stores Globally, 1992-2021 //ar.knoema.com/kchdsge/number-of-starbucks-stores-globally-1992-2021 2021-04-16T10:14:35Z Alex Kulikov ar.knoema.com://ar.knoema.com/user/1847910
Number of Starbucks Stores Globally, 1992-2021

(29 March 2021)  Today Starbucks is the largest coffeehouse company in the world, with 32,938 retail locations as of the first quarter of 2021, followed distantly by coffee shop chains such as Dunkin Donuts with about 10,000 restaurants, Tim Hortons with 4,300 outlets, and Costa Coffee with nearly 1,700 stores worldwide. Starbucks was founded in 1971 in Seattle, Washington, and incorporated on November 4, 1985, to become the publicly traded Starbucks Corporation.Based on the company's positive, sustained operating results, it is ranked among Forbes' Top-500 world's biggest public companies.  Starbucks' international footprint has expanded to 24,058 stores worldwide since first expanding outside the US market in 1996, with stores located in three main markets: the Americas, which includes Canada, Latin America, and the US; China and the Asia Pacific (CAP); and the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). The domestic market still represents more than half of all Starbucks stores; California, with 1,863 locations, has more stores than any other state.  Starbucks operates two types of stores: company-operated and licensed. Currently, the store count is almost equally distributed between these two types - 51 percent of stores are company-operated and the other 49 percent are licensed - even under continuous expansion. During the first quarter of 2021, Starbucks launched 278 new stores. The company's growth is bolstered by a low turnover of its stores. Only 443 Starbucks stores have closed throughout the company's history: 240 stores in 2009, the year of the global financial crisis; 42, in 2010; and 161 in 2011.

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Tamoco Store Visitation Data: McDonald's vs Starbucks //ar.knoema.com/ulaumqg/tamoco-store-visitation-data-mcdonald-s-vs-starbucks 2021-04-12T06:38:43Z Alex Kulikov ar.knoema.com://ar.knoema.com/user/1847910
Tamoco Store Visitation Data: McDonald's vs Starbucks

(1 April 2021) McDonald's and Starbucks are two of the most popular fast-food chains in the United States. California and Texas are the largest markets for both franchises in terms of the number of stores. This is not surprising, since these are the two most populous US states. But looking at the actual number of visits to these two brands — as tracked by Tamoco in August and September last year— gives slightly a different picture:California was in 12th place among all states by the number of visits to McDonald's, and in 5th place in trips to Starbucks.At the same time, Florida had the highest share of visits to McDonald's (12% of visits in all states) while Texas was the leader for Starbucks (11%).Other notable differences between the two chains in terms of the distribution of visits by states are shown in the chart below.Variations in COVID restrictions and infection rates between different states during the time period analyzed may be a factor in states' traffic levels. Note: The figures presented are not the total number of visits but only those tracked through geo-location data from cell phones. Tamoco collects visits by tracking 300 million smartphones worldwide and attributing the geo-location data to over 20 million points of interest to make better sense of how consumers behave in the offline world.

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Business Confidence in Chile //ar.knoema.com/qpepxve/business-confidence-in-chile 2020-09-04T11:25:53Z Nematullah Khan ar.knoema.com://ar.knoema.com/user/1975840
Business Confidence in Chile

(4 September 2020) Business confidence rose to 42.5 in August from 37.8 in July. The August's print was driven by trade (45.1 in Aug vs 40.6 in July) and construction (25.7 in Aug vs 12.7 in July) sector. .

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Germany: ifo Business Climate Index Recovery in May Tells Partial Story //ar.knoema.com/cvplcye/germany-ifo-business-climate-index-recovery-in-may-tells-partial-story 2020-06-04T05:54:39Z Nematullah Khan ar.knoema.com://ar.knoema.com/user/1975840
Germany: ifo Business Climate Index Recovery in May Tells Partial Story

(2 June 2020)  Business sentiment improved in Germany in May, as reflected by the ifo Business Climate Index, which increased to 79.5 points from 74.2 in April. The uptick in the index was made possible by a sharp increase in business climate expectations. The bounce may be constrained, however, as many corporate leaders remain pessimistic about the business environment. The business situation index dropped slightly in May, and the ifo dispersion that measures uncertainty expectations among respondents increased in May.

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Which US States are Small Business Friendly? //ar.knoema.com/xqltbz/which-us-states-are-small-business-friendly 2020-04-02T19:44:44Z Alex Kulikov ar.knoema.com://ar.knoema.com/user/1847910
Which US States are Small Business Friendly?

Small businesses in the United States are engines of the American economy, employing nearly 20 percent of Americans. So, what makes one state more small-business friendly than another? The results are in from the Thumbtack Small Business Survey—the largest continuous study of small business perceptions of government policy in the US—and may even surprise you if you associate big cities and large population centers with small business opportunity.    #1 South Dakota. Spanning geography and climate, the most friendly states were South Dakota, Tennessee, Alaska, Michigan, and Utah, all earning an overall A+. South Dakota shot to the top of the rankings in 2018 with a top score in all categories except ease of hiring (graded a D) and starting a business (B-), no doubt impeded by its relatively small, rural population base.    #42 New York. A surprise for some, New York ranked 42nd in this year's survey, with hiring (graded C+), tax code (F), and government websites (F) lowering its friendliness profile.   #50 Illinois. One state had to be last, but in the case of Illinois, which scored six Fs, two Ds, and one B (ease of hiring), clearly some states have much further to go than others to improve the business climate from the perspective of the small business owners.   The 2018 survey results are based on the responses of 7,500 small business owners in 50 states and 57 cities who answered questions about the policies of their states and cities toward small business, as well as the overall level of support in their community. The survey included: the ease of starting a business, ease of hiring, regulatory burdens, and available training and networking opportunities for business owners. Visit Thumbtack for more details on the survey. Explore the Thumbtack Small Business Survey findings below by selecting a state of interest and a survey category.  

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Business Environment //ar.knoema.com/ukcplmf/business-environment 2020-03-18T18:10:16Z Misha Gusev ar.knoema.com://ar.knoema.com/user/1000560
Business Environment

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Small Business Optimism Rebounding After 5-Month Decline //ar.knoema.com/ovpsayc/small-business-optimism-rebounding-after-5-month-decline 2020-01-15T02:59:02Z Alex Kulikov ar.knoema.com://ar.knoema.com/user/1847910
Small Business Optimism Rebounding After 5-Month Decline

The Index of Small Business Optimism increased 0.5 points in February to 101.7, according to the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), ending a 5-month decline during which the index tumbled to the lowest level since US President Trump took office. The decline of small business optimism was amid overall growing economic uncertainty and the partial US government shutdown and tracked with a declining consumer confidence index.As compared to the previous month, more US small business* owners expressed confidence about future business conditions and planned capital outlays. Owners also said that it is a good time to expand. Interesting responses given that earning trends weakened.The Small Business Optimism Index is composed of 10 equally weighted and seasonally adjusted variables from the NFIB monthly member survey that covers topics ranging from outlook, earnings, and sales to investment and credit conditions. Small business is important business in the United States. According to the US Census Bureau, of the 5.9 million US companies in 2015, 3.6 million had fewer than five employees and employed a combined 5.9 million people, or about 5 percent of total US employment.Sentiment and economic importance of small business is uneven geographically, a point that will likely resurface when the US 2020 presidential election campaigning begins in earnest. Learn more about which states are considered small-business friendly. * According to the US Small Business Association's size standards, 'small business' varies by industry, but for most, a business is defined as small if it employs less than 500 employees or earns less than $7.5 million a year. Most small firms work in professional, scientific and technical services, construction, retail trade, and health care.

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Global Entrepreneurship Index 2018 //ar.knoema.com/nyyasp/global-entrepreneurship-index-2018 2019-08-02T18:56:08Z Alex Kulikov ar.knoema.com://ar.knoema.com/user/1847910
Global Entrepreneurship Index 2018

Ecuador has the world's highest share of nascent entrepreneurs per capita at about 30 percent of the population. This measure is known as total early-stage entrepreneurial activity (TEA). But, does this mean that Ecuador is more entrepreneurial than the United States, which has a TEA of only 14 percent? The answer depends on how we define “entrepreneur”.  One key global economic growth driver is the ability of an entrepreneur to bring a concept to market, adding to national income, providing new goods and services, and creating jobs. In doing so, innovative entrepreneurship contributes to the foundation of a stable and civil society. By this definition, the United States is the most entrepreneurial country in the world, according to the Global Entrepreneurship Index (GEI). The GEI is a complex, multifaceted measure of national-level entrepreneurship ecosystems. GEI evaluates 14 components of the entrepreneurship ecosystems of 137 countries worldwide. For evaluation purposes, GEI defines entrepreneurship ecosystems as the “dynamic, institutionally embedded interaction between entrepreneurial attitudes, entrepreneurial abilities, and entrepreneurial aspirations by individuals, which drives the allocation of resources through the creation and operation of new ventures”.According to the 2018 report, the top 3 countries based on the quality of entrepreneurial ecosystem are the US, Switzerland, and Canada - unchanged from the previous year. The 3 percent growth of the average GEI scores globally since last year's Index could influence global economic growth and add as much as $7 trillion to global GDP because institutions that support entrepreneurship contribute to the economy as a whole.

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R&D Expenditure by Industrial Sectors //ar.knoema.com/cyudzeb/r-d-expenditure-by-industrial-sectors 2019-08-02T14:35:58Z Alex Kulikov ar.knoema.com://ar.knoema.com/user/1847910
R&D Expenditure by Industrial Sectors

The data shows the sectoral distribution of world's top 2500 companies that invested €607.2 billion in R&D as of 2014 - representing about 90% of the total expenditure on R&D by business worldwide. The sample contains 608 companies based in the EU, 829 companies based in the US, 360 in Japan and 703 from the rest of the world.

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NAM Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey, Q1, 2019 //ar.knoema.com/dzxvete/nam-manufacturers-outlook-survey-q1-2019 2019-05-29T09:09:01Z Nematullah Khan ar.knoema.com://ar.knoema.com/user/1975840
NAM Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey, Q1, 2019

The U.S. manufacturing sector rebounded a bit in Q1, 2019 as the sector empowered by pro-growth reforms like tax reform and regulatory certainty. Tax reform in particular helped many manufacturers to invest in more hiring and compensation. The manufacturers remain very optimistic about business conditions and confident about the future as well, 89.5 percent of respondents have felt optimistic about their company’s outlook in Q1 2019. Moreover, the NAM manufacturing outlook index rose to 59.7 in Q1, 2019 from 59.1 in Q4, 2018. The index reading above 50 indicates the expansion and below 50 contraction.

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Ease of Doing Business in Africa //ar.knoema.com/umrhdae/ease-of-doing-business-in-africa 2018-10-16T22:28:38Z Ilona Ambartsumyan ar.knoema.com://ar.knoema.com/user/1000340
Ease of Doing Business in Africa

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Global Competitiveness //ar.knoema.com/clwiine/global-competitiveness 2018-09-27T11:43:12Z Alex Kulikov ar.knoema.com://ar.knoema.com/user/1847910
Global Competitiveness

The Global Competitiveness Index (GCI)  is a global study on the basis of which ranking of countries in terms of economic competitiveness in the world is formed. The World Economic Forum defines competitiveness as the ability of the country and its institutions to ensure stable economic growth, which would be stable in the medium term. GCI is determined by numerous and very diverse factors which were divided into three subindexes: Basic requirements, Efficiency enhancers, Innovation and sophistication factors. The index is composed of 12 pillars of competitiveness. They are Institutions, Infrastructure, Macroeconomic Stability, Health and Primary Education, Higher Education and Training, Goods Market Efficiency, Labour Market Efficiency, Financial Market Sophistication, Technological Readiness, Market Size, Business Sophistication, Innovation.  According to overall index, Switzerland is the most competitive country in the world retaining leading position since 2008 after it outpaced United States which, in turn, worsened its position and moved from the first to the third place over the same period. While competitiveness is positively related to the wealth of the nation expressed through the GDP per capita, the relation between competitiveness and happiness seems to follow negative square pattern: middle level of competitiveness corresponds to the highest level of happiness. Along with the index characterizing country's economic competitiveness (the Global Competitiveness Index) there are indexes assessing country's performance in innovation sphere and its subdivisions (Innovation Union Scoreboard, Knowledge Economy Index, Global Innovation Index). 

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South Africa Country Outlook (Economic, Business Environment and Health Sector) //ar.knoema.com/zmnlhxb/south-africa-country-outlook-economic-business-environment-and-health-sector 2018-08-16T12:29:12Z Vinisha Venugopal ar.knoema.com://ar.knoema.com/user/1046490
South Africa Country Outlook (Economic, Business Environment and Health Sector)

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The Most Attractive Markets: Understanding China's Market Potential //ar.knoema.com/fiypzpb/the-most-attractive-markets-understanding-china-s-market-potential 2018-05-31T07:28:01Z Alex Kulikov ar.knoema.com://ar.knoema.com/user/1847910
The Most Attractive Markets: Understanding China's Market Potential

Corporate growth strategies typically include some combination of deepening existing market penetration and new product and market development. New market entry through acquisitions, greenfield investment, joint venture or other forms are considered generally to be the most controllable ways to drive business growth. And, many emerging markets, such as Brazil, India, Argentina, with their growing middle-classes are attractive targets for these growth strategies.   With the ever-increasing complexity underlying trade openness, regulatory, and tax systems, among other factors globally, identifying the best target markets for a specific company remains part science, part art. Market attractiveness assessments cover demand, value chain, competition, innovation, regulatory environment, barriers to entry, risks, and security issues, among other critical measures. Companies also rely on composite metrics to compare markets across several dimensions simultaneously during the early stage of analysis preceding detailed analyses. One such metric is the Market Potential Index (MPI) published by Michigan State University. The MPI is a composite indicator assessing a country's market potential across eight dimensions: market size, intensity, growth rate, consumption capacity, receptivity, commercial infrastructure, economic freedom and country risk. Each dimension is based on several indicators. For example, market size is based on the size of the urban population and the volume of electricity consumption whereas GNI per capita and private consumption serve as proxies for market intensity.According to the MPI, in 2017, China was the most attractive market in the world for the fourth consecutive year. Hong Kong, India, Canada, and Japan also made the top 5.Many countries in the top of the ranking are developed European countries. Brazil has steadily fallen in the ranking according to market attractiveness, dropping from 11th in 2010 to 35th in 2017. In today’s Viz of the Day we provide access to several key metrics commonly used in market attractiveness assessments, highlighting China as an example of how the metrics provide insight for business analysts. China has been a popular target of market attractiveness studies for more than two decades, with companies timing entry, level of investment, and market strategies to coincide with regulatory and market growth expectations. Opportunities. China’s enormous market size and related market growth potential are key factors in its attractiveness. While market growth is gradually cooling, the Chinese economy is still among the top 10 fastest growing economies worldwide. Over the last five years, China’s real GDP grew at an average annual rate of 7.2 percent. Weaknesses and obstacles. Limited internet access along with low market intensity and receptivity as well as living standards remain persistent challenges for China. Restrictions on economic freedom frequently reach headlines as well based on constraints on the flow of investment capital and the financial sector's dependence on and susceptibility to government control and interference, according to the Heritage Foundation.Only 53 percent of the population in China has Internet access. In addition, international Internet bandwidth is among the lowest in the world, trailing behind countries such as Liberia, Iran, Namibia, and India.In addition, China’s market receptivity—e.g. openness—approximated by its foreign trade as a share of GDP is among the lowest in the world.Living standards in the country are also still low despite rapid economic growth, with a per capita income lower than Russia, Mexico, and Argentina.

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Ease of Doing Business Across the World //ar.knoema.com/mlmgbub/ease-of-doing-business-across-the-world 2018-01-23T10:11:26Z Alex Kulikov ar.knoema.com://ar.knoema.com/user/1847910
Ease of Doing Business Across the World

Doing Business assesses country regulations applied to small- and medium-size enterprises across 10 major areas of doing business from the registration of new entity to the resolving insolvency. Thriving small- and medium-size enterprises are one of the major drivers behind the creation of new jobs and growth of national wealth. That is why governments should provide such enterprises with prosperous environment, i.e. the rules that guarantee low transactional costs of time and money as well as predictability of economic interaction between the stakeholders. Thus, low costs of starting a business alone does not necessarily mean efficient regulations since absence of minority investors protection regulations or getting credit opportunities may considerably constrict firm's financing capability and, as a result, its growth potential. On average around the world, starting a business requires 25 days, 7 procedures and costs 32% of income per capita in fees. And while it takes half a day and one procedure to register new business in New Zealand, in Suriname the same procedure requires 208 days. Source: World Bank Doing Business 2014

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Seventh Middle East Conference on Global Business, Economics, Finance and Banking //ar.knoema.com/azwlei/seventh-middle-east-conference-on-global-business-economics-finance-and-banking 2018-01-23T09:21:24Z Alina Buzanakova ar.knoema.com://ar.knoema.com/user/1293450
Seventh Middle East Conference on Global Business, Economics, Finance and Banking

We are delighted to inform you that a Seventh Middle East Conference on Global Business, Economics, Finance and Banking is being jointly organized by the prestigious SDMIMD, Mysore, Karnataka State, India and the Global Business  Research Journals (GBRJ). You are cordially invited to submit your research  manuscripts/case studies in all areas of research in Business. In addition to paper presentations and discussions, the Conference will include invited lectures on contemporary topics in emerging trends in Global Business, Economics, Finance and Banking. Event Holder: J A Alpha Business Research & Publishers Pvt. Ltd. Date: 6 October 2018

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Number of steps needed to get a business licence //ar.knoema.com/tarbaf/number-of-steps-needed-to-get-a-business-licence 2017-11-06T06:56:05Z Misha Gusev ar.knoema.com://ar.knoema.com/user/1000560
Number of steps needed to get a business licence

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Meeting: Enterprise Policy - Regional Perspective //ar.knoema.com/ggnhmoc/meeting-enterprise-policy-regional-perspective 2017-08-09T11:25:44Z Alina Buzanakova ar.knoema.com://ar.knoema.com/user/1293450
Meeting: Enterprise Policy - Regional Perspective

The most recent Turkey Investment Climate Assessment completed by the World Bank in 2010 revealed wide variation in the quality of the business environment across regions and how firms operating in different regions tend to be affected by various aspects of the investment climate. The Regional Investment Climate Assessment Project will help identify bottlenecks to doing business at regional level across the country. Identification of these bottlenecks is the first step in removing them and promoting private sector development at the regional level in Turkey. The World Bank and Turkish Ministry of Development are co-hosting a meeting to present two projects aimed at boosting Turkey's investment climate. They will help build regional and central government institutional capacity for promoting continuous investment climate improvements. Event holder: The World Bank

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Meeting: Enterprise Policy - Regional Perspective //ar.knoema.com/krfbwvc/meeting-enterprise-policy-regional-perspective 2017-08-09T11:24:41Z Alina Buzanakova ar.knoema.com://ar.knoema.com/user/1293450
Meeting: Enterprise Policy - Regional Perspective

The most recent Turkey Investment Climate Assessment completed by the World Bank in 2010 revealed wide variation in the quality of the business environment across regions and how firms operating in different regions tend to be affected by various aspects of the investment climate. The Regional Investment Climate Assessment Project will help identify bottlenecks to doing business at regional level across the country. Identification of these bottlenecks is the first step in removing them and promoting private sector development at the regional level in Turkey. The World Bank and Turkish Ministry of Development are co-hosting a meeting to present two projects aimed at boosting Turkey's investment climate. They will help build regional and central government institutional capacity for promoting continuous investment climate improvements. Event holder: The World Bank

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Meeting: Enterprise Policy - Regional Perspective (Turkey Investment Climate Assessment) //ar.knoema.com/bfdixdg/meeting-enterprise-policy-regional-perspective-turkey-investment-climate-assessment 2017-08-09T11:10:30Z Alina Buzanakova ar.knoema.com://ar.knoema.com/user/1293450
Meeting: Enterprise Policy - Regional Perspective (Turkey Investment Climate Assessment)

The most recent Turkey Investment Climate Assessment completed by the World Bank in 2010 revealed wide variation in the quality of the business environment across regions and how firms operating in different regions tend to be affected by various aspects of the investment climate. The Regional Investment Climate Assessment Project will help identify bottlenecks to doing business at regional level across the country. Identification of these bottlenecks is the first step in removing them and promoting private sector development at the regional level in Turkey. The World Bank and Turkish Ministry of Development are co-hosting a meeting to present two projects aimed at boosting Turkey's investment climate. They will help build regional and central government institutional capacity for promoting continuous investment climate improvements. Event holder: The World Bank

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2017 International Business and Consumer Research Conference (IBCR) //ar.knoema.com/mbuxmob/2017-international-business-and-consumer-research-conference-ibcr 2017-04-17T09:09:15Z Alina Buzanakova ar.knoema.com://ar.knoema.com/user/1293450
2017 International Business and Consumer Research Conference (IBCR)

The 2017 IBCR conference covers two thematic areas. The first theme is about contemporary service management and service experience. The second theme is about tourism and hospitality experiences in the digital era. Two keynote speakers are invited: Professor Evert Gummesson and Professor Jay Kandampully. Also, three well-reputed journals will participate in the conference by publishing outstanding papers from the conference. These are Journal of Service Management (Section), Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services (Special issue), and Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management (Special issue). This conference is not open to the public. Date of Event: 24-27 April 2017 Venue: Kenzi Menara Palace (5 stars), Marrakech (Morocco)

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The Panama Papers: Key Statistics //ar.knoema.com/vutfzc/the-panama-papers-key-statistics 2016-08-04T07:24:37Z Alex Kulikov ar.knoema.com://ar.knoema.com/user/1847910
The Panama Papers: Key Statistics

The Washington, DC-based International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) has released a database of the so-called Panama Papers - information leaked primarily from Mossack Fonseca, one of the world's leading global law firms providing services of incorporation of offshore entities and headquartered in Panama. The leak is the largest ever of offshore financial records and contains about 11.5 million legal and financial records dating back more than 40 years.  The files expose more than 213,000 offshore entities created in 21 jurisdictions, stripping away the secrecy from the offshore holdings of 238,000 people from 200 countries, including 140 politicians and public officials. The Panama Papers came to be in late-2014 when an anonymous source transferred more than 2.6 terabytes of data from Mossack Fonseca - including documents, electronic spreadsheets, and letters - to reporters at the German newspaper Süeddeustche Zeitung. Since the data received by the newspaper were raw reports and not a standardized registry, the newspaper asked the ICIJ to organize a global collaborative to analyze the files. The combined effort of more than 370 reporters from around the world allowed for the creation of a structured database which is convenient to use for analysis of the leaked data. The database covers only a portion of the leaked records, avoiding disclosure of personally identifying information related to bank accounts, emails, and financial transactions. The data indicates that Mossack Fonseca collaborated with more than 14,000 intermediaries - usually banks, law-firms or middlemen going between those seeking an offshore firm and a provider of offshore services. Most of the intermediaries (about 38%) operated in Hong Kong, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. With the help of this broad network of go-betweens, Mossack Fonseca set up more than 213,000 companies, trusts and foundations for its customers. However, the records show that since 2011 clients of the law firm have been rapidly deactivating their offshore entities. Thus, during the last four years the number of incorporated offshore companies declined by almost 50 percent. This is partly due to the fact that offshore companies as a rule are active for only a short period of time. Among 21 offshore jurisdictions, the most popular is the British Virgin Islands, home to almost a half of all entities captured in the dataset. The second most favorable tax haven is Panama, accounting for 48,373 incorporations. For more information, visit the ICIJ official Offshore Leaks Database website. 

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Forbes 2016 World's Billionaires List //ar.knoema.com/onondkd/forbes-2016-world-s-billionaires-list 2016-06-02T12:42:30Z Alex Kulikov ar.knoema.com://ar.knoema.com/user/1847910
Forbes 2016 World's Billionaires List

According to the 2016 Forbes World's Billionaires List, the total number of billionaires worldwide expanded to 1,810. The aggregate net worth of the list's members exceeded $6 trillion, while the average net worth was $3.6 billion.  Source: Forbes World's Billionaires

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World Bank Doing Business 2015: Going Beyond Efficiency //ar.knoema.com/ulomqp/world-bank-doing-business-2015-going-beyond-efficiency 2016-05-16T13:51:15Z Alex Kulikov ar.knoema.com://ar.knoema.com/user/1847910
World Bank Doing Business 2015: Going Beyond Efficiency

Doing Business 2015: Going Beyond Efficiency, a World Bank Group flagship publication, is the 12th in a series of annual reports measuring the regulations that enhance business activity and those that constrain it. Doing Business presents quantitative indicators on business regulations and the protection of property rights that can be compared across 189 economies—from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe—and over time. Doing Business measures regulations affecting 11 areas of the life of a business. Ten of these areas are included in this year’s ranking on the ease of doing business: starting a business, dealing with construction permits, getting electricity, registering property, getting credit, protecting minority investors, paying taxes, trading across borders, enforcing contracts and resolving insolvency. Doing Business also measures labor market regulation, which is not included in this year’s ranking. Data in Doing Business 2015 are current as of June 1, 2014. The indicators are used to analyze economic outcomes and identify what reforms of business regulation have worked, where and why. This year’s report introduces a notable expansion of several indicator sets and a change in the calculation of rankings. Source: World Bank Doing Business 2015: Going Beyond Efficiency

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MLB Franchise Value by Team, 2016 //ar.knoema.com/pqtieqf/mlb-franchise-value-by-team-2016 2016-05-05T06:21:16Z Alex Kulikov ar.knoema.com://ar.knoema.com/user/1847910
MLB Franchise Value by Team, 2016

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Airline Industry | Airline Companies //ar.knoema.com/ddajdig/airline-industry-airline-companies 2016-04-01T14:47:54Z Alex Kulikov ar.knoema.com://ar.knoema.com/user/1847910
Airline Industry | Airline Companies

Overview | Plane Crash Statistics | Air Passenger Market Analysis | Air Transport Traffic Data | Airline Companies | The European Aircraft Fleet

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The Quality Of Judicial System And Business Environment //ar.knoema.com/vhojcxb/the-quality-of-judicial-system-and-business-environment 2015-12-16T13:53:46Z Alex Kulikov ar.knoema.com://ar.knoema.com/user/1847910
The Quality Of Judicial System And Business Environment

Well-functioning legal and judicial institutions are critical to economic growth in modern economies. They define the rules by which markets function, and they provide a means to resolve disputes, protect economic and social rights, and hold governments accountable for their actions. By promoting investment, good judicial institutions can contribute to economic growth and development. “The centrality of a strong justice mechanism lies in its essential contribution to fostering economic stability and growth, and to enabling all manner of disputes to be resolved within a structured and orderly framework” [UNODC, 2011*].  The role of institutions goes beyond the legal framework. Government attitudes toward markets and freedoms and the efficiency of its operations are also very important: excessive bureaucracy and red tape, overregulation, corruption, dishonesty in dealing with public contracts, lack of transparency and trustworthiness, inability to provide appropriate services for the business sector and political dependence of the judicial system impose significant economic costs to businesses and slow the process of economic development.  Data compiled by two independent international agencies clearly show, that the overall quality of legal system, as well as the quality of justice institutions (both civil and criminal), are directly correlate with the business environment and economic performance:All High-income OECD countries, with only exception of Greece, have high scores on WB Ease of Doing Business and WJP Rule Of Law Index scales;High-income non-OECD countries (with notable exceptions such as Russia, Argentina and Venezuela) also have high scores on both scales, while many Upper-middle-income economies fail primarily by quality of justice indicators. Thus, peculiarities of justice institutions in these countries could add a risk factor and lead to a major loss.Lower-middle-income and low-income economies, on average, have lower scores by all business and legal environment factors, and there are no country with low-income gaining the score higher than median. In this Viz we invite you to explore interrelations between the quality of business environment and various aspects of legal system performance and the quality of judicial insttitutional framework. Also, we provide detailed UNODC criminal jusice (prosecution and courts) statistics to help provide a more holistic overview. Sources: World Bank Doing Business 2016 Measuring Regulatory Quality and Efficiency; The World Justice Project's The Rule of Law Index, 2015; UNODC Administration of Justice Statistics (2011-2013) * Resource Guide on Strengthening Judicial Integrity and Capacity, UNODC 2011.

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Global Competitiveness Report | Annual Changes //ar.knoema.com/xwonbw/global-competitiveness-report-annual-changes 2015-11-25T11:24:21Z Mikhail Zhukovskii ar.knoema.com://ar.knoema.com/user/1293430
Global Competitiveness Report | Annual Changes

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Global Dynamism Index (GDI) //ar.knoema.com/uiwekpd/global-dynamism-index-gdi 2015-11-11T14:03:12Z Alex Kulikov ar.knoema.com://ar.knoema.com/user/1847910
Global Dynamism Index (GDI)

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Survey of Mining Companies, 2012/2013 //ar.knoema.com/bbmqsid/survey-of-mining-companies-2012-2013 2015-10-26T12:07:51Z Balaji S ar.knoema.com://ar.knoema.com/user/1000220
Survey of Mining Companies, 2012/2013

           The Policy Potential Index (PPI) is a composite index, measuring the overall policy attractiveness of the 96 jurisdictions in the survey. The index is composed of survey responses to 15 policy factors that affect investment decisions. The PPI is normalized to a maximum score of 100. Finland had the highest PPI score of 95.5. Along with Finland, the top 10 ranked jurisdictions are Sweden, Alberta, New Brunswick, Wyoming, Ireland, Nevada, Yukon, Utah, and Norway. All were in the top 10 last year except for Utah and Norway. Yukon was the first Canadian territory to make the top 10 in 2011/2012. Both Quebec and Saskatchewan fell out of the top 10 in 2012/2013. Chile, which had previously been the only jurisdiction outside North America consistently in the top 10 over the life of the survey, has continued to fall in the rankings to 23rd place in this survey. Norway rose to 10th in the rankings from 24th in 2011/2012, and Sweden and Finland have now been in the top 10 for the last three and four years, respectively. Source: FRASER

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Forbes: World's Billionaires 2015 edition //ar.knoema.com/ywsqsed/forbes-world-s-billionaires-2015-edition 2015-09-16T17:39:45Z Anil Kumar TN ar.knoema.com://ar.knoema.com/user/1563900
Forbes: World's Billionaires 2015 edition

According to the 2015 World's Billionaires List from Forbes magazine, the total number of billionaires around the world expanded to 1,826 persons from 1645 a year ago, with an aggregate net worth now exceeding $7 trillion, up from $6.4 trillion last year. The average net worth of the gropu decreased by $60 million to $3.86 billion. The 29th edition, released in March 2015, is visualized below for Knoema users to compare and contrast across countries and between the 2014 and 2015 edition. A few noteworthy examples:According to the March 2015 edition, US citizens made up 15 of the top 20 richest people in the world.The total number of billionaires in India expanded to 90, up from 56 in the 2014 edition. Source: Forbes World's Billionaires March 2015

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Global Connectedness Index //ar.knoema.com/wtvhhyd/global-connectedness-index 2015-06-17T14:03:12Z Mikhail Zhukovskii ar.knoema.com://ar.knoema.com/user/1293430
Global Connectedness Index

DHL released the third edition of its Global Connectedness Index (GCI), a detailed analysis of the state of globalization around the world. The latest report, authored by internationally acclaimed globalization expert Professor Pankaj Ghemawat together with Steven A. Altman, shows that global connectedness, measured by cross-border flows of trade, capital, information and people, has recovered most of its losses incurred during the financial crisis. Especially the depth of international interactions – the proportion of interactions that cross national borders – gained momentum in 2013 after its recovery had stalled in the previous year. Nonetheless, trade depth, as a distinct dimension of globalization, continues to stagnate and the overall level of global connectedness remains quite limited, implying that there could be gains of trillions of US dollars if boosted in future years. The DHL Global Connectedness Index aims to provide the most comprehensive and timely account of the world’s global connectedness, backed up by regional and country level analysis covering 140 countries that encompass 99% of the world’s GDP and 95% of its population. It focuses on 12 types of trade, capital, information, and people flows (or stocks cumulated from past flows) and is generated based entirely on hard data to separate the facts about global connectedness from fiction or “globaloney.” Depth measures countries’ international flows relative to the size of their domestic economies. While all the established globalization indexes devote some attention to depth, the DHL Global Connectedness Index is the only one to register the steep drop-off in trade and capital flows that accompanied the global financial crisis. In addition to depth, the DHL Global Connectedness Index also looks—unlike other globalization indexes—at breadth as well as several other measures of the distribution of international interactions. Breadth measures how closely a country’s distribution of international flows across its partner countries matches the global distribution of the same type of flows.   Source of data: DHL, Global Connectedness Index  

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The Global Retail Development Index //ar.knoema.com/dcujqk/the-global-retail-development-index 2015-03-08T16:16:41Z Alex Kulikov ar.knoema.com://ar.knoema.com/user/1847910
The Global Retail Development Index

The annual A.T. Kearney Global Retail Development Index ranks the top 30 developing countries for retail expansion worldwide. The Index combines 25 macroeconomic and retail-specific indicators to help retailers devise successful global strategies and to identify developing market investment opportunities. GRDI scores are based on the following four variables: market attractiveness, market saturation, country and business risk and the time pressure, which represents near-term opportunities. Each country ranked on a 0-to-100-point scale—the higher the ranking, the more urgency there is to enter a country. The GRDI is unique because it identifies today's most successful markets and those that offer the most potential for the future. In 2014, GRDI ranks Chile first for the first time. Years of economic and political stability have helped the country build one of South America's most sophisticated retail environments. China moves back into second place this year, but even as the economy slows and conditions become more difficult for foreign retailers, the huge and growing market is impossible to ignore. Uruguay has one of the GRDI's most attractive markets and is ranked 3rd for the second straight year. Source: Global Retail Development Index, 2014. More on A.T.Kearney's web site.0-to-100-point scale—the higher the ranking, the more urgency there is to enter a country. Countries are selected from 200 developing nations based on three criteria: - See more at: http://www.atkearney.com/consumer-products-retail/global-retail-development-index/full-report#sthash.RVmqIfxM.dpuf

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The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor //ar.knoema.com/fxyrgbf/the-global-entrepreneurship-monitor 2015-02-26T13:13:04Z Alex Kulikov ar.knoema.com://ar.knoema.com/user/1847910
The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor

The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor is the largest ongoing study of entrepreneurial dynamics in the world. Initiated in 1999 as a partnership between London Business School and Babson College, the first study covered 10 countries; since then over 100 ‘National Teams’ from every corner of the globe have participated in the project, which continues to grow annually. GEM explores the role of entrepreneurship in national economic growth, unveiling detailed national features and characteristics associated with entrepreneurial activity. The data collected is ‘harmonized’ by a central team of experts, guaranteeing its quality and facilitating cross-national comparisons. The program has three main objectives: • To measure differences in the level of entrepreneurial activity between countries • To uncover factors leading to appropriate levels of entrepreneurship • To suggest policies that may enhance the national level of entrepreneurial activity. On this page you can explore the latest GEM data by choosing the indicator of interest from the list for cross-country comparisons or analyze the detailed entrepreneurship profile with the radar charts below by selecting the country on the map Source: Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, 2015

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The Index of Economic Freedom //ar.knoema.com/ytsefg/the-index-of-economic-freedom 2015-02-09T16:28:04Z Alex Kulikov ar.knoema.com://ar.knoema.com/user/1847910
The Index of Economic Freedom

The Heritage Foundation and The Wall Street Journal have recently updated The Index of Economic Freedom, which shows the advancement in economic freedom, prosperity, and opportunity across 186 countries. The Index covers 10 freedoms from property rights to entrepreneurship, which represent a comprehensive analysis of countries' economic conditions in a clear and friendly format. With Knoema's flexibility you can easily observe each of these sub-indices on the radar chart by clicking the country on the map, or by choosing the indicator of your interest from a dropdown list above the dashboard. Note: each of the sub-indices and the Overall Score are represented in 0 – 100 scale, where 100 stands for the maximum freedom. For more information about the index, please visit The Heritage Foundation website

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LAC Rankings //ar.knoema.com/hplghvd/lac-rankings 2014-12-04T13:48:07Z Misha Gusev ar.knoema.com://ar.knoema.com/user/1000560
LAC Rankings

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Competitiveness 2 //ar.knoema.com/vzfypgg/competitiveness-2 2013-11-21T13:20:52Z International Comparisons ar.knoema.com://ar.knoema.com/user/1100180
Competitiveness 2

The United States ranks third in the overall global competitive score, yet has shown the least improvement over the last 10 years among countries reviewed here.

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Size of shadow economy and Ease of doing Business //ar.knoema.com/iijtaxf/size-of-shadow-economy-and-ease-of-doing-business 2012-07-14T11:44:42Z Misha Gusev ar.knoema.com://ar.knoema.com/user/1000560
Size of shadow economy and Ease of doing Business

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