Switzerland: IMD Releases the World Competitiveness Yearbook Ranking 2014

PoliticsBrussels ♦ Published: May 22, 2014; 19:20 ♦ (Vindobona)

The US leads, Europe recovers, and big emerging markets struggle.

IMD Releases the World Competitiveness Yearbook / Picture: © Flickr / IMD Business School

IMD today announced its annual world competitiveness ranking. As part of its ranking of 60 economies for 2014, the IMD World Competitiveness Center also looks at perceptions of each country as a place to do business.

"The overall competitiveness story for 2014 is one of continued success in the US, partial recovery in Europe, and struggles for some large emerging markets,"…