Authors/editors
Tomas Casas i Klett is Assistant Professor at the University of St. Gallen, specializing in International Business, China and Eurasia, as well as in high-performance teams.Guido Cozzi is Full Professor of Macroeconomics at School of Economics and Political Science at University of St. Gallen since 2012.
With contributions by Óscar Afonso, Jan Ketil Arnulf, Michael Asiedu, Sebastian Boeck, James Breiding, Tomas Casas i Klett, Chedia Beka, Guido Cozzi, Dag Morten Dalen, James W. Davis, Céline Diebold, Carlos Gómez-Ribas, Theresa Goop, Mounir Hassen, Michael Hilb, Rupert Hoogewerf, Johnson Hung Zhen Feng, Martin Langen, Alwyn Lim, Anton Muscatelli, Martin Nerlinger, Maria Osterloh Mejia, Hanzhen Ouyang, Janicke Rasmussen, Cláudia Ribeiro, Felix Rüdiger, Pablo San Martin, Gudrun Sander, Marcus Schütz, Alex Sebastiani, Shi Shuo, Shi Weilei (Stone), Etsuro Shioji, Raphael Summermatter, Emiliano Heresi Toni, Alexander Tonn, Nuno Torres, Xu Weijie, Zhang Jun, Zhou Weihua.
Table of Contents
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 Measuring Sustainable Value Creation to Safeguard the Future
1.2 The NextGen Value Creation Barometer 2024: Prioritizing Opportunities for the Young
1.3 Why Small Nations have Great Elites
1.4 EQx2024 Power and Value Sub-Indices at a Glance
1.5 Building and Shaping the EQx Community
2. UNPACKING THE GLOBAL ELITE QUALITY INDEX
2.1 Conceptual Framework and Definitions
2.2 EQx Architecture
2.3 EQx Pillars
2.4 EQx Methodology
2.5 The PanelEQx (PEQx2024) Dataset: Measuring Elite Quality over Time for Academic and Policy Purposes
2.6 Critically Reflecting on Normalization
2.7 Data Interpretation and Black Swan Events in the EQx
2.8 The Elite Quality Index as a Resource for International Business Education
3. EQX2024 RESULTS
3.1 Elite Quality Country Scores and Global Rankings
3.2 State of Elites Framework: Country Mapping
3.3 Value Configuration Framework: Value Creation and Extraction and Shares of Overall Economic Activity
3.4 Pillar Results
3.5 Outstanding Country Performances by Pillar
4. EQX2024 ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION
4.1 Country Scorecards: Deep-dive Analyses
- Argentina: The Paradox of Undeveloped Potential
pages: 1-2
DOI: https://doi.org/10.33058/seismo.30892.3201 - Chile: From Zero to Hero to Average? The Stagnation of a Latin American Miracle
pages: 1-2
DOI: https://doi.org/10.33058/seismo.30892.7812 - China: Balancing Control, Culture, and Institutions
pages: 1-2
DOI: https://doi.org/10.33058/seismo.30892.3031 - Ethiopia: Shaping the Future Despite Adversity
pages: 1-2
DOI: https://doi.org/10.33058/seismo.30892.4732 - Georgia: A Difficult Legacy Waiting for Complete Political and Economic Modernization
pages: 1-2
DOI: https://doi.org/10.33058/seismo.30892.2679 - Ghana: Walking the Tightrope of Economic Development
pages: 1-2
DOI: https://doi.org/10.33058/seismo.30892.5169 - Japan: Seizing its Moment in the Spotlight?
pages: 1-2
DOI: https://doi.org/10.33058/seismo.30892.7414 - Norway: Diversification is Hard
pages: 1-3
DOI: https://doi.org/10.33058/seismo.30892.1683 - Peru: Political Crisis and Instability, but with Space for Higher Economic Growth
pages: 1-4
DOI: https://doi.org/10.33058/seismo.30892.3069 - Portugal: Recovering Lost Ground in Power but not Value
pages: 1-2
DOI: https://doi.org/10.33058/seismo.30892.7243 - Singapore: State-mediated Value Creation Reclaims Top Spot for Elite Quality
pages: 1-2
DOI: https://doi.org/10.33058/seismo.30892.8172 - Spain: Political Elites Create More Value than Economic Elites
pages: 1-2
DOI: https://doi.org/10.33058/seismo.30892.7722 - Switzerland: A Surprisingly Stable and Sustainably Strong Runner-up
pages: 1-2
DOI: https://doi.org/10.33058/seismo.30892.1785 - The United Kingdom: A Further Slow Decline as Political Instability Combines with Economic Stagnation
pages: 1-2
DOI: https://doi.org/10.33058/seismo.30892.3508 - The United States: How to Preserve a Dynamic, Future-oriented Economy Without Leaving a Large Part of Society Behind?
pages: 1-2
DOI: https://doi.org/10.33058/seismo.30892.5419
4.2 Indicator Scorecards
- Artificial Intelligence for Value Creation
pages: 1-2
DOI: https://doi.org/10.33058/seismo.30892.6519 - Finetuning the Political Economy for Value Creation in the Real Estate Sector
pages: 1-4
DOI: https://doi.org/10.33058/seismo.30892.1182 - The Elite Business Model of Drugs: A Fatal Form of Value Extraction
pages: 1-5
DOI: https://doi.org/10.33058/seismo.30892.9126 - The Unseen Price: Suicide‘s Impact on Value Creation
pages: 1-3
DOI: https://doi.org/10.33058/seismo.30892.1084 - The Rail Revolution: Solving the Climate Crisis or Taking the Wrong Track?
pages: 1-4
DOI: https://doi.org/10.33058/seismo.30892.9153 - Unicorns: The Engine of Creative Destruction and Elite Circulation
pages: 1-2
DOI: https://doi.org/10.33058/seismo.30892.3151
4.3 EQx-Indicator Family Analyses
- The Billionaires EQx-Indicator Family 2024
pages: 1-3
DOI: https://doi.org/10.33058/seismo.30892.1346 - The Diversity & Inclusion EQx-Indicator Family 2024
pages: 1-3
DOI: https://doi.org/10.33058/seismo.30892.2703 - The Ecology EQx-Indicator Family 2024
pages: 1-3
DOI: https://doi.org/10.33058/seismo.30892.7143 - The SDG EQx-Indicator Family 2024
pages: 1-2
DOI: https://doi.org/10.33058/seismo.30892.7561