Vienna Drops in “Global Cities Index”

Politics ♦ Published: April 16, 2014; 18:48 ♦ (Vindobona)

Vienna drops three places. Regardless of the financial crisis the largest global financial centers in New York and London are still the cities with the biggest influence world-wide.

Vienna now ranks 16th in the international globalization ranking. / Picture: © Vindobona.org

Consultancy enterprise A. T. Kearney has created the “Global Cities Index” for the fourth time. For this index a total of 84 major cities on all continents were examined regarding their level of globalization. The basis for the ranking is 26 parameters in five categories: economic attractivity, human capital, access for information, significance of cultural life and the political…