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European Cities and Regions of the Future 2012/2013 Winners
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IN A MORE COMPETITIVE CLIMATE THAN EVER, WITH TOTAL FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN EUROPE FALLING BY MORE THAN 7% IN 2011, LONDON HAS MAINTAINED ITS TITLE AS fDi MAGAZINE’S EUROPEAN CITY OF THE FUTURE 2012/13, WHILE THE GREATER STOCKHOLM REGION HAS OVERTAKEN THE SOUTH-EAST UK TO BECOME THE EUROPEAN REGION OF THE FUTURE. RACHEL CRAIG REPORTS
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Bristol leads small cities
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Stockholm tops region list
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RANK CITY COUNTRY 1 London UK2 Paris France3 Vienna Austria4 Moscow Russia5 Munich Germany6 Dublin Ireland7 Berlin Germany8 Stockholm Sweden9 Copenhagen Denmark10 Hamburg Germany
TOP 10 MAJOR EUROPEAN CITIES
TOP 10 LARGE EUROPEAN CITIES RANK CITY COUNTRY 1 Edinburgh UK2 Glasgow UK3 Amsterdam Netherlands4 Oslo Norway5 Helsinki Finland6 Frankfurt Germany7 Birmingham UK8 Rotterdam Netherlands9 Leipzig Germany10 Gothenburg Sweden
RANK CITY COUNTRY 1 London UK2 Paris France3 Vienna Austria4 Moscow Russia5 Reading UK6 Munich Germany7 Cambridge UK8 Dublin Ireland9 Berlin Germany10 Stockholm Sweden11 Edinburgh UK12 Copenhagen Denmark13 Hamburg Germany14 Glasgow UK15 Amsterdam Netherlands16 Bristol UK17 Oslo Norway18 Zurich Switzerland19 Brussels Belgium20 Prague Czech Rep21 Warsaw Poland22 Barcelona Spain23 Antwerp Belgium24 Liverpool UK25 Dundee UK
TOP 25 EUROPEAN CITIES OVERALL
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London was ranked top European City of the Future for the third consecutive time
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RANK CITY COUNTRY 1 Bristol UK2 Antwerp Belgium3 Zurich Switzerland4 Lyon L L France5= Liverpool UK5= Manchester UK UKManchester7 Utrecht Netherlands8 Sheffield UK9 Belfast UK10 Plymouth UK
TOP 10 MICRO EUROPEAN CITIES TOP 10 SMALL EUROPEAN CITIES RANK CITY COUNTRY 1 Reading UK2 Cambridge UK3 Dundee UK4 Slough UK5 Milton Keynes UK6 Bordeaux France7 Oxford UK8 Nottingham UK9 Eindhoven Netherlands10 Cork Ireland
RANK CITY COUNTRY 1 Moscow Russia2 Prague Czech Republic3 Warsaw Poland4 St Petersburg Russia5 Bucharest Romania6 Sofia Bulgaria7 Brno Czech Republic8 Budapest Hungary9 Kraków Poland10 Bratislava Slovakia
TOP 10 EASTERN EUROPEAN CITIES RANK CITY COUNTRY 1 London UK2 Reading UK3 Cambridge UK4 Dublin Ireland5 Stockholm Sweden6 Edinburgh UK7 Copenhagen Denmark8 Glasgow UK9 Bristol UK10 Oslo Norway
TOP 10 NORTHERN EUROPEAN CITIES
RANK CITY COUNTRY 1 Barcelona Spain2 Madrid Spain3 Lisbon Portugal4 Istanbul Turkey T T5 Valencia V V Spain6 Milan Italy7 Rome Italy8 Bilbao Spain9 Ljubljana Slovenia10 Murcia Spain
TOP 10 SOUTHERN EUROPEAN CITIES RANK CITY COUNTRY 1 Paris France2 Vienna Austria3 Munich Germany4 Berlin Germany5 Hamburg Germany6 Amsterdam Netherlands7 Zurich Switzerland8 Brussels Belgium9 Antwerp Belgium10 Lyon L L France
TOP 10 WESTERN EUROPEAN CITIES
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Paris is fDi’s leading western European City of the Future
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RANK CITY COUNTRY 1 Edinburgh UK2 Plymouth UK3 Dundee UK4 Bristol UK5 London UK6 Glasgow UK7 Sheffield UK8 Reading UK10= Cork Ireland10= Liverpool UK
TOP 10 FDI STRATEGYNORTHERN EUROPE
RANK CITY COUNTRY 1 Barcelona Spain2 Lisbon Portugal3 Murcia Spain4 Valencia V V Spain5 Tbilisi Georgia6 Konya Turkey T T7 Santa Cruz de TenerifeTT Spain8 Jastrebarsko Croatia9 Gaziantep Turkey T T10 Subotica Serbia
TOP 10 FDI STRATEGY:SOUTHERN EUROPE
RANK CITY COUNTRY 1 Katowice Poland2 Kraków Poland3 Lublin Poland4 Lviv L L Ukraine5 Brno Czech Rep6 Warsaw W W P Parsaw oland7 Ostrava Czech Rep8 Poznan Poland9 Cheb Czech Rep10 Moscow RMoscow ussia
TOP 10 FDI STRATEGY:EASTERN EUROPE
RANK CITY COUNTRY 1 Berlin Germany2 Antwerp Belgium3 Munich Germany4 Hamburg Germany5 Leipzig Germany6 Bordeaux France7 Grenoble France8 Lyon L L France9 Vienna Austria10 Nuremberg Germany
TOP 10 FDI STRATEGY:WESTERN EUROPE
Central Berlin illuminated in changing patterns during the annual Festival of Lights in the city, which has been ranked as the best European City of the Future for FDI promotion strategy
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RANK CITY COUNTRY 1 Kharkiv Ukraine2 Dnipropetrovsk UDnipropetrovsk kraine3 Tbilisi Georgia4 Nizhny Novgorod Rovgorod ussia5 Kazan Russia6 Rostov-na-Donu Russia7 Belgrade Serbia8 Samara Russia9 Minsk BMinsk elarus10 Sofia Bulgaria
TOP 10 MAJOR CITIES: COST EFFECTIVENESS
RANK CITY COUNTRY 1 Yaroslavl Y Y Russia2 Odessa Ukraine3 Lviv L L Ukraine4 Chisinau Moldova5 Tyumen T T Russia6 Vilnius Lithuania7 Kiev Ukraine8 Krasnodar Rrasnodar ussia9 Poznan Poland10 Konya Turkey T T
TOP 10 LARGE CITIES: COST EFFECTIVENESS
RANK CITY COUNTRY 1 Mykolayiv Ukraine2 Kaluga Russia3 Plovdiv Bulgaria4 Constanta Romania5 Timisoara Romania6 Brasov Romania7 Riga Latvia8 Tallinn T T Estonia9 Iasi Romania10 Kaunas Lithuania
TOP 10 SMALL CITIES: COST EFFECTIVENESS
RANK CITY COUNTRY 1 Ternopil T T Ukraine2 Berdyansk Uerdyansk kraine3 Truskavets T T Ukraine4 Pereyaslav- Kmelnytsky Ukraine5 Vranje Serbia6 Jelgava Latvia7 Zajecar S Sajecar erbia8 Drohobych Ukraine9 Ventspils Latvia10 Rivne Ukraine
TOP 10 MICRO CITIES: COST EFFECTIVENESS
The Bridge of Peace over Kura River in Tbilisi, Georgia, which retained its top five position for cost effectiveness in major cities
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RANK CITY COUNTRY 1 Vienna Austria2 Paris France3 London UK4 Munich Germany5 Copenhagen Denmark6 Stockholm Sweden7 Dublin Ireland8 Brussels Belgium9 Sofia Bulgaria10 Moscow Russia
TOP 10 MAJOR CITIES ECONOMIC POTENTIAL
RANK CITY COUNTRY 1 Oslo Norway2 Frankfurt Germany3 Stuttgart Germany4 Düsseldorf G GDüsseldorf ermany5 Amsterdam Netherlands6 Helsinki Finland7 Gothenburg Sweden8 Hannover G Gannover ermany9 Nuremberg Germany10 Edinburgh UK
TOP 10 LARGE CITIES ECONOMIC POTENTIAL
RANK CITY COUNTRY 1 Zurich Switzerland2 Antwerp Belgium3 Belfast UK4 Graz Austria5 Malmö Sweden6 Utrecht Netherlands7 Lyon L L France8 Bratislava Slovakia9 Bristol UK10 Toulouse T T France
TOP 10 SMALL CITIES ECONOMIC POTENTIAL
RANK CITY COUNTRY 1 Luxembourg Luxembourg2 Stavanger N Ntavanger orway3 Cambridge UK4 Geneva Switzerland5 Bergen Norway6 Linz Austria7 Slough UK8 Monaco France9 Shannon Ireland10 Basel Switzerland
TOP 10 MICRO CITIES ECONOMIC POTENTIAL
RANK CITY COUNTRY 1 London UK2 Paris France3 Madrid Spain4 Berlin Germany5 Stockholm Sweden6 Moscow R Russia7 Istanbul Turkey T T8 Barcelona Spain9 Saint Petersburg Russia10 Brussels Belgium
TOP 10 MAJOR CITIES HUMAN RESOURCES
RANK CITY COUNTRY 1 Oslo Norway2 Amsterdam Netherlands3 Helsinki Finland4 Valencia V V Spain5 Kiev Ukraine6 Edinburgh UK7 Glasgow UK8 Gothenburg Sweden9 Marseille France10 Birmingham UK
TOP 10 LARGE CITIES HUMAN RESOURCES
RANK CITY COUNTRY 1 Zurich Switzerland2 Utrecht Netherlands3 Lyon L L France4 Manchester UK UKManchester5 Cardiff UK UKardiff6 Bilbao Spain7 Bristol UK8 Montpellier France9 Leicester UK UKeicester10 Belfast UK
TOP 10 SMALL CITIES HUMAN RESOURCES
RANK CITY COUNTRY 1 Oxford UK2 Nottingham UK3 Dundee UK4 Cambridge UK5 Aberdeen UK6 Newcastle upon TyneTT UK7 Southampton UK8 Cork Ireland9 Galway Ireland10 Geneva Switzerland
TOP 10 MICRO CITIES: HUMAN RESOURCES
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RANK CITY COUNTRY 1 Paris France2 Stockholm Sweden3 Copenhagen Denmark4 London UK5 Madrid Spain6 Brussels Belgium7 Dublin Ireland8 Munich Germany9 Hamburg Germany10 Prague Czech Rep
TOP 10 MAJOR CITIES QUALITY OF LIFE
RANK CITY COUNTRY 1 Oslo Norway2 Frankfurt Germany3 Amsterdam Netherlands4 Helsinki Finland5 Athens A A Greece6 Stuttgart Germany7 Zaragoza Spain8 Edinburgh UK9 Düsseldorf G GDüsseldorf ermany10 Gothenburg Sweden
TOP 10 LARGE CITIES QUALITY OF LIFE
RANK CITY COUNTRY 1 Zurich Switzerland2 Utrecht Netherlands3 Bilbao Spain4 Malmö Sweden5 Toulouse T T France6 Antwerp Belgium7 Bristol UK8 Bratislava Slovakia9 Genova Italy10 Lyon L L France
TOP 10 SMALL CITIES QUALITY OF LIFE
RANK CITY COUNTRY 1 Monaco France2 Luxembourg Luxembourg3 Slough UK4 Milton Keynes UK5 Bergen Norway6 Piraeus Greece7 Geneva Switzerland8 Reading UK9 Oxford UK10 Cork Ireland
TOP 10 MICRO CITIES QUALITY OF LIFE
Monte Carlo in the principality of Monaco, which came top for quality of life in micro cities
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TOP 10 MICRO CITIES BUSINESS FRIENDLINESS
RANK CITY COUNTRY 1 London UK2 Paris France3 Stockholm Sweden4 Copenhagen Denmark5 Brussels Belgium6 Hamburg Germany7 Vienna Austria8 Munich Germany9 Berlin Germany10 Barcelona Spain
TOP 10 MAJOR CITIES INFRASTRUCTURE
RANK CITY COUNTRY 1 Rotterdam Netherlands2 Amsterdam Netherlands3 Frankfurt Germany4 Düsseldorf G GDüsseldorf ermany5 Essen Germany6 Aachen Germany7 Bremen Germany8 Gothenburg Sweden9 Oslo Norway10 Marseille France
TOP 10 LARGE CITIES INFRASTRUCTURE
RANK CITY COUNTRY 1 Duisburg Germany2 Utrecht Netherlands3 Liverpool UK4 The Hague Netherlands5 Zurich Switzerland6 Wolverhampton UK7 Manchester UK UKManchester8 Sheffield UK9 Leeds UK10 Cardiff UK UKardiff
TOP 10 SMALL CITIES INFRASTRUCTURE
RANK CITY COUNTRY 1 Slough UK2 Basel Switzerland3 Reading UK4 Milton Keynes UK5 Genk Benk elgium6 Stoke UK7 Mechelen Belgium8 Cambridge UK9 Reykjavík Iceland10 Nottingham Uk
TOP 10 MICRO CITIES INFRASTRUCTURE
RANK CITY COUNTRY 1 London UK2 Moscow R Russia3 Brussels Belgium4 Warsaw Poland5 Prague Czech Rep6 Paris France7 Copenhagen Denmark8 Stockholm Sweden9 Bucharest Romania10 Dublin Ireland
TOP 10 MAJOR CITIES BUSINESS FRIENDLINESS
RANK CITY COUNTRY 1 Amsterdam Netherlands2 Oslo Norway3 Frankfurt Germany4 Helsinki Finland5 Glasgow UK6 Gothenburg Sweden7 Rotterdam Netherlands8 Düsseldorf G GDüsseldorf ermany9 Birmingham UK10 Edinburgh UK
TOP 10 LARGE CITIES BUSINESS FRIENDLINESS
RANK CITY COUNTRY 1 Zurich Switzerland2 Manchester UK UKManchester3 Bristol UK4 Antwerp Belgium5 Malmö Sweden6 Leicester UK UKeicester7 Bratislava Slovakia8 Leeds UK9 Utrecht Netherlands10 Coventry UK
TOP 10 SMALL CITIES BUSINESS FRIENDLINESS
RANK CITY COUNTRY 1 Cambridge UK2 Luxembourg Luxembourg3 Reading UK4 Geneva Switzerland5 Nottingham UK6 Basel Switzerland7 Newcastle upon TyneTT UK8 Aberdeen UK9 Slough UK10 Aarhus Denmark
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RANK CITY COUNTRY 1 Berlin Germany2 Munich Germany3 Hamburg Germany4 Barcelona Spain5 London UK6 Vienna Austria7 Dublin Ireland8 Warsaw Poland9 Tbilisi Georgia10 Moscow Russia
TOP 10 MAJOR CITIES FDI STRATEGY
RANK CITY COUNTRY 1 Edinburgh UK2 Leipzig Germany3 Glasgow UK4 Kraków Poland5 Nuremberg Germany6 Lviv L L Ukraine7 Birmingham UK8 Valencia V V Spain9 Poznan Poland10 Konya Turkey T T
TOP 10 LARGE CITIES FDI STRATEGY
RANK CITY COUNTRY 1 Antwerp Belgium2 Plymouth UK3 Bristol UK4 Lyon L L France5 Katowice Poland6 Sheffield UK7 Liverpool UK8 Lublin Poland9 Lisbon Portugal10 Murcia Spain
TOP 10 SMALL CITIES FDI STRATEGY
RANK CITY COUNTRY 1 Bordeaux France2 Dundee UK3 Grenoble France4 Reading UK5 Cork Ireland6 Eindhoven Netherlands7 Sunderland UK8 Cambridge UK10= Linz Austria10= Galway Ireland
TOP 10 MICRO CITIES FDI STRATEGY
Munich (above) is ranked second behind Berlin for FDI strategy in major cities, while the Belgian city of Antwerp (left) achieved first place in the small cities category of FDI strategy
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The Sergels Torg in Stockholm, Sweden, which is ranked the
number one region in Europe for FDIRANK REGION COUNTRY
Greater Stockholm Sweden2 South-east UK3 Copenhagen Denmark4 Ile-de-France France5 Scotland UK6 Prague Czech Republic7 Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany8 Noord-Holland Netherlands9 Greater Dublin Ireland10 Thames ValleyVV UK11 Greater Zurich Switzerland12 Utrecht Netherlands13 Northern Ireland UK14 Vienna Austria15 Västsverige V V Sweden16 South-west UK17 Brussels Capital Belgium18 Bratislavský kraj Slovakia19 Catalonia Spain20 North-west UK21 Bayern Germany22 Comunidad de Madrid Spain23 Isle of Man UK24 Kent UK25 Central Federal District Russia
TOP 25 REGIONS OVERALL
RANK REGION COUNTRY 1 Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany2 Catalonia Spain3 Copenhagen Denmark4 Comunidad de Madrid Spain5 Scotland UK6 Utrecht Netherlands7 Northern Ireland UK8 Flanders Belgium9 Greater Stockholm Sweden10 Wallonia Belgium11 Kainuu region Finland12 Thames ValleyVV UK13 Val De Marne V V France14 Brabant Netherlands15 Bretagne France16 Ile-de-France France17 Lesser Poland Poland18 Pomurje Slovenia19 Isle of Man UK20 Emilia-Romagna Italy21 Bouches Du Rhone France
in Provence22 Opolskie Poland23 Vasterbotten V V Sweden24 Greater Manchester UK UKreater Manchester25 Central Bohemia Region Czech Republic
TOP 25 REGIONS FDI STRATEGY
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Puerta del Sol Square, Madrid, Spain; the Comunidad de Madrid entered the top 10 large regions in the European Cities and Regions of the Future 2012/13 ranking
RANK REGION COUNTRY 1 South-east UK2 Ile-de-France France3 Scotland UK4 Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany5 Noord-Holland Netherlands6 South-west UK7 Catalonia Spain8 North-west UK9 Bayern Germany10 Comunidad de Madrid Spain
TOP 10 LARGE REGIONS OVERALL
RANK REGION COUNTRY 1 Greater Stockholm Sweden2 Copenhagen Denmark3 Prague Czech Republic4 Greater Dublin Ireland5 Thames ValleyVV UK6 Greater Zurich Switzerland7 Utrecht Netherlands8 Northern Ireland UK9 Vienna Austria10 Västsverige V V Sweden
TOP 10 SMALL REGIONS OVERALL RANK REGION COUNTRY 1 Copenhagen Denmark2 Utrecht Netherlands3 Northern Ireland UK4 Greater Stockholm Sweden5 Kainuu region Finland6 Thames ValleyVV UK7 Val De Marne V V France8 Pomurje Slovenia9 Isle of Man UK10 Bouches Du Rhone France
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TOP 10 SMALL REGIONS FDI STRATEGY
RANK REGION COUNTRY 1 Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany2 Catalonia Spain3 Comunidad de Madrid Spain4 Scotland UK5 Flanders Belgium6 Wallonia Belgium7 Brabant Netherlands8 Bretagne France9 Ile-de-France France10 Lesser Poland Poland
TOP 10 LARGE REGIONS FDI STRATEGY
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The Czech Republic city of Prague ranked first overall for FDI in eastern European regions
RANK REGION COUNTRY 1 Greater Stockholm Sweden2 South-east UK3 Copenhagen Denmark4 Scotland UK5 Greater Dublin Ireland6 Thames ValleyVV UK7 Northern Ireland UK8 Västsverige V V Sweden9 South-west UK10 North-west UK
TOP 10 NORTHERN REGIONS OVERALL
RANK REGION COUNTRY 1 Copenhagen Denmark2 Scotland UK3 Northern Ireland UK4 Greater Stockholm Sweden5 Kainuu region Finland6 Thames ValleyVV UK7 Isle of Man UK8 Vasterbotten V V Sweden9 Greater Manchester UK UKreater Manchester10 Kent UK
TOP 10 NORTHERN REGIONS FDI STRATEGY
RANK REGION COUNTRY 1 Lesser Poland Poland2 Opolskie Poland3 Central Bohemia Czech Rep4 Pilsen Region Czech Rep5 Pardubice Czech Rep6 Metropolis Silesia Poland7 Zaporizhia Ukraine8 Stara Zagora Region Bulgaria9 Tuapsinsky district T T Russia10 Greater Poland Poland
TOP 10 EASTERN REGIONS FDI STRATEGY
RANK REGION COUNTRY 1 Prague Czech Rep2 Bratislava Slovakia3 Central Federal District Rentral Federal District ussia4 Bucharest Romania5 Kozep-Magyarorszag Hungary6 Central Bohemia Czech Rep7 Lesser Poland Poland8 Masovian Poland9 Metropolis Silesia Poland10 Pardubice Czech Rep
TOP 10 EASTERN REGIONS OVERALL
RANK REGION COUNTRY 1 Catalonia Spain2 Comunidad de Madrid Spain3 Andalucia Spain4 Aragon Spain5 Emilia-Romagna Italy6 Asturias Spain7 Pomurje Slovenia8 Comunidad Valenciana VV Spain9 Lazio Italy10 Lombardia Italy
TOP 10 SOUTHERN REGIONS OVERALL
RANK REGION COUNTRY 1 Catalonia Spain2 Comunidad de Madrid Spain3 Pomurje Slovenia4 Emilia-Romagna Italy5 Asturias Spain6 Canary Islands Spain7 Split-Dalmatia County C County roatia8 Attica A A Greece9 East Macedonia Greece10 Castilla-La Mancha Spain
TOP 10 SOUTHERN REGIONS FDI STRATEGY
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The Ile-de-France region, comprised mostly of the Paris metropolitan area,
leads the way for FDI in western regions
Düsseldorf is the capital of Nordrhein-Westfalen, which is ranked first for FDI
strategy in western regionsRANK REGION COUNTRY 1 Ile-de-France France2 Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany3 Noord-Holland Netherlands4 Greater Zurich Switzerland5 Utrecht Netherlands6 Vienna Austria7 Brussels Capital Belgium8 Bayern Germany9 Baden-Württemberg Germany10 Flanders Belgium
TOP 10 WESTERN REGIONS OVERALL
RANK REGION COUNTRY 1 Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany2 Utrecht Netherlands3 Flanders Belgium4 Wallonia Belgium5 Val De Marne V V France6 Brabant Netherlands7 Bretagne France8 Ile-de-France France9 Bouches Du Rhone France
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TOP WESTERN REGIONS FDI STRATEGY*
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Greater Dublin is the region ranked first for economic potential among European regions
RANK REGION COUNTRY 1 Greater Dublin Ireland2 Greater Zurich Switzerland3 Greater Stockholm Sweden4 Noord-Holland Netherlands5 Vienna Austria6 Karlsruhe Technology TT Germany Region7 Copenhagen Denmark8 Prague Czech Rep9 Ile-de-France France10 Thames ValleyVV UK
TOP 10 REGIONS ECONOMIC POTENTIAL
RANK REGION COUNTRY Ile-de-France France
2 Central Federal District Rentral Federal District ussia3 South-east UK4 Scotland UK5 Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany6 Greater Stockholm Sweden7 Baden-Württemberg Germany8 Bayern Germany9 Thames ValleyVV UK10 Brussels Capital Belgium
TOP 10 REGIONS HUMAN RESOURCES
RANK REGION COUNTRY 1 Greater Stockholm Sweden2 Ile-de-France France3 Greater Zurich Switzerland4 Comunidad de Madrid Spain5 Utrecht Netherlands6 Navarra Spain7 Copenhagen Denmark8 Brussels Capital Belgium9 Val De Marne V V France10 Yvelines Y Y France
TOP 10 REGIONS QUALITY OF LIFE
RANK REGION COUNTRY 1 Bucharest-Ilfov Romania2 Indjija Serbia3 Sremska Mitrovica Serbia4 Vojvodina V V Serbia5 Shumsk U Uhumsk kraine6 Ternopil T T Ukraine7 Mohyliv-Podilskyi Ukraine8 Transcarpathia T T Ukraine9 Lviv region L L Ukraine10 Kharkiv region Ukraine
TOP 10 REGIONS COST EFFECTIVENESS
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RANK REGION COUNTRY 1 South-east UK2 Västsverige V V Sweden3 Scotland UK4 Greater Stockholm Sweden5 Noord-Holland Netherlands6 Hessen Germany7 Copenhagen Denmark8 Bayern Germany9 Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany10 Flanders Belgium
TOP 10 REGIONS INFRASTRUCTURE
RANK REGION COUNTRY 1 Prague Czech Rep2 Greater Stockholm Sweden3 South-east UK4 Greater Zurich Switzerland5 Brussels Capital Belgium6 Noord-Holland Netherlands7 Copenhagen Denmark8 Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany9 Utrecht Netherlands10 Bratislava Slovakia
TOP 10 REGIONS BUSINESS FRIENDLINESS
Belfort and Statue of Pieter de Coninck and Jan Breidel at The Markt in Bruges, Flanders, which achieved a top 10 place in the infrastructure ranking
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Sofia, Bulgaria, was ranked joint first with Minsk for gross domestic product growth in cities in 2008
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LAURENT SANSOUCY
GRÁINNE BYRNE
JULIA MIKEROVA
STEEN ROSENFALCK
MICHAEL CREAMER
DOUGLAS CLARK