The World Economic Forum (WEF) produces an annual report on global competitiveness. It uses 12 pillars to rank countries’ competitiveness.   Pillar 3 looks at the extent of ICT adoption while pillar 6 focuses on education and skills.

• 1. Outline the measures used by the WEF in pillars 3 and 6 to assess the extent of ICT adoption and the levels of education and skills.
• 2. Why might technology multinationals like Facebook, Google/YouTube, and Amazon be interested in the results in pillar3 and 6 of the WEF report?  Hint: address this question from the point of view of companies seeking out markets and production locations for their operations—it would be useful here to refer to Chapter 6 Assessing Country Attractiveness.
• 3.
  • a. Using the latest Global Competitiveness Report pillars 3 and 6 results, compare and contrast the attractiveness of Singapore and Brazil to technology MNCs.
  • b. Now compare the attractiveness of Brazil and Singapore with Finland.    

Websites

Global Competitiveness Reports are available at:

https://www.weforum.org/reports/the-global-competitveness-report-2018

http://uk.businessinsider.com/skills-google-apple-microsoft-2017-2

https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/23/opinion/sunday/friedman-how-to-get-a-job-at-google.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/20/business/in-head-hunting-big-data-may-not-be-such-a-big-deal.html?module=inline

http://michiganfuture.org/01/2018/google-finds-stem-skills-arent-the-most-important-skills/

https://careers.google.com/

https://www.facebook.com/careers/

https://www.amazon.jobs/en

http://uis.unesco.org/en/country/fi

http://uis.unesco.org/en/country/br

http://uis.unesco.org/en/country/sg

http://www.oecd.org/education/singapore-tops-latest-oecd-pisa-global-education-survey.htm

http://www.oecd.org/education/highlightsfinland.htm

http://www.oecd.org/education/Brazil-country-profile.pdf