Cities

What Do the Best Entrepreneurs Want In A City?
The latest report from Endeavor Insight, contains interviews with 150 top USA executives in the qualities they want in locating a business in a specific area.  Download the full report from the website.

For more on this topic read:

• A recent Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) research report, Hot Spots 2025: Benchmarking the Future Competitiveness of Cities.
• For a broader perspective on general social conditions  you could also download their Global Liveability Ranking and Report August 2013. Every city is assigned a rating of relative comfort for over 30 qualitative and quantitative factors across five broad categories: stability; healthcare; culture and environment; education; and infrastructure.
• Other alternatives are: the Mercer Quality of Living Worldwide City Rankings 2014. It evaluates local living conditions in more than 460 cities it surveys worldwide.  These are analysed according to 39 factors.
• The Ipsos Cities Survey was conducted online in 24 countries around the world, during February 2013. A total of 18,147 people were asked three questions: “Based on what you have seen yourself, or heard about from others, which three cities in the world do you think are the best to…(a) do business in (b) live in (c) visit?  Find out the answers by consulting the website!