Business Dynamics

Exploring city labour markets can provide important insights for businesses, governments and other stakeholders in helping to better evaluate the socioeconomic standing of city economies. The report studies the labour market across the world’s ...

Italy’s Ease of Doing Business ranking is improving, but remains far below regional peers. High levels of unemployment and tax rates continue to hamper the nation’s competitiveness. A rigid labour market and an increasing shortage of labour, mainly ...

South Africa continues to suffer from bureaucratic hurdles that make doing business difficult. Additionally, businesses in South Africa have to cope with a poor rule of law, excessively high unemployment as well as inequality rates and widespread ...

With Africa on the rise, consumer opportunities have typically been looked at through socioeconomic metrics. With the challenges the continent faces, opportunities can be developed by turning challenges into concepts and turning those concepts into ...

Argentina continues to suffer from bureaucratic hurdles that make doing business difficult. Apart from the regulatory hurdles, businesses in Argentina have to cope with relatively high tax rates and a poor rule of law. Nevertheless, the Argentine ...

Malaysia’s ambitions of becoming an upper-income economy are being realised through strong economic development. Although in deficit, its budget is undergoing further fiscal restraint. However, trading with Asia Pacific is substantial, exposing ...

Turkey’s business environment is increasingly subject to state interference, leading to lack of judicial transparency. Public procurement corruption also deters foreign investors. A significant gender employment gap points to low female workforce ...

Colombia’s business environment rankings compare well with regional peers. Furthermore, the government is embarking upon an ambitious infrastructure plan that hopes to transform the country’s logistics landscape, whilst lower corporate tax rates ...

This report captures the views on sustainability of over 600 professionals working across the globe in different industries. The report shows how companies define sustainability and engage with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), while ...

South Korea is an easy place to do business. It has a highly competitive economy, thanks to a well-developed physical and ICT infrastructure. However, the South Korean government exerts significant control in key sectors, and large family-owned ...

Spain’s business environment has benefited from recent reforms. However, a rigid labour market, and low levels of economic freedom continue to hamper the nation’s overall competitiveness. Businesses have benefited from a low interest rate environment...

Light-touch regulations that promote an open economy have secured favourable rankings for the business environment. However, corruption has negatively impacted the political landscape and China is making further inroads into the rule of law that ...

Denmark’s businesses benefit from a market-orientated economy and a lack of corruption. Limited regulation also allows the smooth running of business operations. However, the labour market is facing skills shortages, which are especially acute in ...

Russia’s business landscape has been marred by international sanctions. Consequently, the Russian state has enacted numerous reforms designed to facilitate business operations. Nevertheless, widespread corruption and excessive state influence are ...

Vietnam’s business environment is improving, due to major reforms imposed by the state. However, businesses still face significant regulatory challenges, due to a high regulatory burden that leads to lack of transparency. The nation is emerging as a ...

Although Thailand has implemented various reforms improving its business environment, the country faces a number of challenges. These include an ageing population that is likely to impact competitiveness and exacerbate skills shortages. Having said ...

Germany’s businesses enjoy a solid regulatory environment, enabling them to flourish. However, substantial bureaucracy exists for starting a business, a category which performs badly in the Ease of Doing Business (Doing Business) report, whilst high ...

Indonesia has recently introduced several regulatory reforms resulting in the further liberalisation of its business environment. Due to initiatives undertaken, the country is fast emerging as a preferred investment destination within Asia Pacific. ...

Mexico is ranked as the easiest place for doing business in the Latin American region in 2018, thanks to its high score in the Economic Freedom Index. An improved credit environment, relatively low wage rates and a focus on improving infrastructure ...

Australia benefits from light-touch regulation that allows companies to enjoy economic freedom. However, innovation is relatively low compared to developed countries, as private-sector investment in research and development (R&D) has been muted. The ...