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
      1.4 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
                  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
                            4.2 Indicator Scorecards
                            5. INDICATORS
                            5.1 Indicator Weighting Table Overview
                              5.2 Indicator Table: Definitions and Rationale
                                6. COUNTRY SCORECARDS
                                  7. REFERENCES
                                  7.1 Bibliography
                                    7.2 Data Sources and Indicator References
                                      7.3 Contributor Citations and Recognition
                                        7.4 Artistic Acknowledgments