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» COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE ‘In many parts of the world people are going to rediscover the power of manufacturing, of exports, of developing technology at home’ World Competitiveness 2.0 20 INNOVATION IRELAND REVIEW Issue 2 Spring/Summer 2011
COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE » As the World Competitiveness Centre at IMD announces its 2011 World Competitiveness Rankings, we talk to director STEPHANE GARELLI about some of the key findings IN MAY THE WORLD COMPETITIVENESS CENTRE AT IMD ANNOUNCED ITS ANNUAL WORLD COMPETI- TIVENESS RANKINGS FOR 2011, WHICH INCLUDED NEW RESEARCH RANKINGS ON COUNTRIES’ GOV- ERNMENT AND BUSINESS EFFICIENCIES. THE CEN- TRE’S DIRECTOR STEPHANE GARELLI, A FORMER MANAGING DIRECTOR OF THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM (WEC) SAYS THE FINDINGS DEMONSTRATE A CHANGED GLOBAL LANDSCAPE. Two countries shared the No 1 spot this year, Hong Kong and the US, the latter rebounding from last year’s position in third, thanks largely to the relative recovery of its financial services sector after the crisis, continues Garelli. “Traditionally the US is the first financial power in the world, so this development has placed them back where they used to be to some extent,” he says, but he points also to another factor. “It seems that they are starting to pay more attention to manufacturing than they have done in the past, and this is pushing the confidence levels up in the US.” Hong Kong is, of course, continuing to benefit from the strong growth in China,” Garelli says. “Not only China in general, but in particular the southern region of China, the region of Shenzhen and the Pearl River Delta.” Last year’s top ranked country Singapore drops to third place this year. “It is a little bit down on its No 1 position last year because the country has gone through a period of inaction, as you have done in <strong>Ireland</strong>. There is always a period of uncertainty when this occurs. In the survey Singapore seems to be affected Issue 2 Spring/Summer 2011 INNOVATION IRELAND REVIEW 21
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