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Johann Gott helped as well, though it's clear that Erik Peterson is the guy in charge of the actual substance of the index.
Quote:
Johan Gott is a manager with A.T. Kearney’s Global Business Policy Council, a
strategic service designed to help corporations and governments anticipate and
capitalize on global geopolitical, socio-economic and technological change. He is
the author of A.T. Kearney Global Services Location Index and A.T. Kearney Foreign
Direct Investment Confidence Index. He advises numerous multinational companies
on future strategy based on scenario planning and global foresight projects, as well
as localization strategies for foreign direct investment decisions. In addition, he has
worked with governments and industry associations in Asia, Africa and the Americas
to enhance country competitiveness and promote foreign direct investment. Johan
holds a B.Sc. in International Relations from University of Gothenburg, Sweden and an
M.A. in International Economics and International Relations from Johns Hopkins
University’s Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS).
I wouldn't be surprised if they did, but probably couldn't sway any stats in Chicago's favor for #1 or #2.
Well its interesting. Here's what the OP wrote:
It takes into
account 26 metrics over five dimensions of
business activity, human capital, information
exchange, cultural experience, and political
engagement.
Look at their explanation for Beijing and BsAs.
Beijing, in eighth position, breaks into the top 10 for the
first time, thanks to an increase in the number of
Fortune 500 companies, international schools,
broadband subscribers, and museums. And Buenos
Aires becomes the first Latin American city to join the
top 20, based on the strength of its human capital and
cultural scene, both of which reflect the city's long-standing cosmopolitan tradition.
For Beijing, its bizarre because there is NO Fortune 500 list for the whole world based on revenue as in the US, broadband is common in the developed world, and "International Schools" is a pathetic and useless criteria vs. Foreign Born population. How absurd.
For Buenos Aires, their reasoning is totally opinion based.
So once again, I have to reiterate the BS call, but we've been doing that to every non-stat ranking forever so this is nothing new.
This is based on a weighted average score, not solely revenue like for the US, where its nothing but show-me-the-money.
Im just saying.
But they have the revenues listed right there in the link. You don't believe the Royal Dutch Shell company has the highest revenues in the world?
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