In addition, we're working toward creating an expanded list of non-financial factors which need to be taken into account by public pension funds and other investment portfolio managers before purchasing international stocks and bonds.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy

We believe they should pay far more attention to non-financial factors such as customer satisfaction, product and service quality, operational performance, and employee commitment leading indicators of future performance that firms can use to navigate confidently toward a sustainable future.

ECONOMIST: Miseducation

So while liquid financial markets, educated workforces and business-friendly legal environments are still indispensable ingredients of any international financial center, non-traditional factors like the state of local infrastructure systems have become an indisputable piece of the puzzle.

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