Reporte Global De Competitividad 2008-2009

The Global Competitiveness Report 2008–2009

Highlights
Michael E. Porter, Harvard University Klaus Schwab, World Economic Forum

The Highlights of The Global Competitiveness Report 2008-2009 © 2008 World Economic Forum

World Economic Forum Geneva, Switzerland 2008

HIGHLIGHTS OF

The Global Competitiveness Report 2008–2009

KLAUS SCHWAB World Economic Forum MICHAEL E. PORTERHarvard University Co-Directors, The Global Competitiveness Report

The Highlights of The Global Competitiveness Report 2008-2009 © 2008 World Economic Forum

The Highlights of The Global Competitiveness Report 2008–2009 is published by the World Economic Forum within the framework of the Global Competitiveness Network.

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AT THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM

Professor Klaus Schwab Executive Chairman Professor Xavier Sala-i-Martin Chief Adviser of the Global Competitiveness Network Fiona Paua Senior Director, Head of Strategic Insight Teams
GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS NETWORK

Jennifer Blanke, Director, Senior Economist, Head of Global Competitiveness NetworkMargareta Drzeniek Hanouz, Director, Senior Economist Irene Mia, Director, Senior Economist Thierry Geiger, Economist, Global Leadership Fellow Ciara Browne, Senior Community Manager Agustina Ciocia, Community Manager Eva Trujillo Herrera, Research Assistant Patrick McGee, Research Assistant Pearl Samandari, Coordinator

Highlights of The Global Competitiveness Report 2008–2009 is an extractfrom The Global Competitiveness Report 2008–2009. The full report can be downloaded free of charge from the World Economic Forum’s website at www.weforum.org/gcr.

AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY

Michael Porter Bishop William Lawrence University Professor
INSTITUTE FOR STRATEGY AND COMPETITIVENESS

Christian Ketels, Principal Associate Richard Bryden, Director of Information Products Mercedes Delgado,Institute Fellow and Assistant Professor at Temple University

We thank Hope Steele for her superb editing work and Ha Nguyen for her excellent graphic design and layout. The terms country and nation as used in this publication do not in all cases refer to a territorial entity that is a state as understood by international law and practice. The terms cover welldefined, geographicallyself-contained economic areas that may not be states but for which statistical data are maintained on a separate and independent basis.

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Contents

Partner Institutes

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Preface
by Klaus Schwab

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Highlights of Chapter 1.1: The Global Competitiveness Index: Prioritizing the Economic Policy Agenda
byXavier Sala-i-Martin, Jennifer Blanke, Margareta Drzeniek Hanouz, Thierry Geiger, Irene Mia, and Fiona Paua

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Highlights of Chapter 1.2: Moving to a New Global Competitiveness Index
by Michael E. Porter, Mercedes Delgado, Christian Ketels, and Scott Stern

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Acknowledgments

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The Highlights of The Global Competitiveness Report 2008-2009 © 2008 World Economic Forum

TheHighlights of The Global Competitiveness Report 2008-2009 © 2008 World Economic Forum

Partner Institutes

The World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Network is pleased to acknowledge and thank the following organizations as our valued Partner Institutes, without whom the realization of The Global Competitiveness Report 2008–2009 would not have been feasible:
Albania Institute for...