Competetive Business Report 2011 - 2012

Schwab

The Global Competitiveness Report 2011–2012

The Global

Competitiveness Report

2011–2012

Klaus Schwab, World Economic Forum

The Global Competitiveness Report 2011-2012 © 2011 World Economic Forum

World Economic Forum

Geneva, Switzerland 2011

Professor Klaus Schwab

World Economic Forum

Editor

The Global

Competitiveness Report

2011–2012

Professor Xavier Sala-i-Martin

Columbia University

Chief Advisor of the Centre for Global Competitiveness and Performance

The Global Competitiveness Report 2011-2012 © 2011 World Economic Forum

The Global Competitiveness Report 2011–

2012

2012 is published by the World Economic

Forum within the framework of the Centre for

Global Competitiveness and Performance

World Economic Forum

Geneva

Professor Klaus Schwab

Executive Chairman

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ISBN-13: 978-92-95044-74-6

ISBN-10: 92-95044-74-6

CENTRE FOR GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS AND PERFORMANCE

Jennifer Blanke, Senior Director, Lead

Economist, Head of the Centre for Global

Competitiveness and Performance

Beñat Bilbao-Osorio, Associate Director,

Economist

Roberto Crotti, Junior Quantitative

Economist

Margareta Drzeniek Hanouz, Director,

Senior Economist

Brindusa Fidanza, Associate Director,

Environmental Initiatives

Thierry Geiger, Associate Director,

Economist

Ciara Browne, Associate Director

Pearl Samandari, Community Manager

Satu Kauhanen, Coordinator

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