It is the latest signatory of the World Economic Forum's (WEF) Partnering for Cyber Resilience initiative.
Still, Atkinson argues with the rationale behind the WEF's placement more than the overall findings.
Not much, if this year's meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) is anything to go by.
The call was backed by politicians and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) at WEF's gathering in Davos.
Though the report reads like an academic paper, the WEF wants it to provoke dialogue and action.
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That's the difference between being second best in Asia-Pacific (the WEF's take) versus fifth or seventh best.
The WEF said it showed that global "green" businesses were not the only ones with sustainability credentials.
The grand prize: an invite to the WEF and a chance to increase awareness about a special issue.
On this issue, another tale from India, told at the WEF main conference in January, is worth recalling.
But it is not, according to experts at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos.
You probably saw that the WEF also has the U.S. falling this year.
The study by the World Economic Forum (WEF) pinpointed firms in countries as diverse as Costa Rica, Egypt and China.
The 10th anniversary of the report is also prodding the WEF to consider what new indicators to include in future reports.
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Mr Gopinath was encouraged to stick to his guns as an entrepreneur when the WEF elected him its youngest ever Young Leader.
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The WEF surveyed 13, 500 people in 139 countries to establish their rankings.
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The WEF obliged with 19 broad initiatives for world leaders to ponder.
Entrepreneurship education for all youth is a goal that was first set in 2009 by the Global Education Initiative of WEF.
At this year's WEF, "collaborative innovation" were the buzzwords for delegates.
At the WEF Council on Financing and Capital on which I participate, we assessed the role of financial institutions in modern society.
The WEF surveys 90 different factors, including hard data such as gross domestic product and softer factors like perceived level of bribery and ethical behavior.
The WEF principles requite signatories to recognise the importance of cooperation, develop risk management programmes and encourage partners and suppliers to adopt the same commitments.
In Davos, during WEF week, the raw ingredients are already assembled.
The event, the forum's 33rd annual summit, has been themed 'Building Trust' to reflect that the WEF termed "an extraordinary climate of global uncertainty and complexity".
Last month, the World Economic Forum (WEF) discussed a levy on financial institutions that would be used to help bail out banks in any future crisis.
Data comes from publicly available sources and an annual survey the WEF conducts on related topics that is sent to partner research institutes and business organizations.
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In the three previous times that I have attended the WEF, that belief among participants was palpable and partly believable, at least in the Davos echo chamber.
By their reckoning, Singapore placed first and the U.S. sixth, thanks in part to a lower estimation of the U.S.'s venture capital bounty than the WEF estimated.
"The Annual Meeting 2009 is one of the most crucial in the near 40-year history of the World Economic Forum, " WEF founder Klaus Schwab told journalists on Wednesday.
The WEF Open Cloud Initiative is observing projects like ULAP and refining their approach to advocacy and fundraising as governments and the private sector make their priorities known.
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