Information
Business
Misc
Business insights & company information
Trends
- trendwatching.com
: relies on a network of "trend spotters", who are incentivised for reporting emerging consumer trends; a summary of the findings is presented in free monthly Trend Briefings. - Trend Hunter : has numerous categories, and lots of new products/gadgets
- Google Insights for Search : can compare search volume patterns across specific regions, categories, time frames, etc.
- TED : ideas worth spreading about Technology, Entertainment, Design
Reports
Official bodies
- World Economic Forum
- Office of the Director of National Intelligence (US) — see the Global Trends 4-year-periodic report
- The CIA's World Factbook — reports by country
- OECD Better Life Index
Interactive tool enabling users to see how countries perform (and what the ranking is) according to the importance they have to define for each of the following parameters: housing, income, jobs, community, education, environment, civic engagement, health, life satisfaction, safety and work-life balance.
Think tanks
- Deutsche Bank Research (think Tank)
- Centre Français de Recherche sur le Renseignement (in French)
- Intelink (in French)
Miscellaneous
- Country productivity (58 countries + Hong Kong) (file to download)
The country productivity is measured by calculating the GDP (in Purchasing Power Parity) per capita per hour worked. It can be prorated according to the unemployment rate, so as to focus on the productivity of the people in employment (supposing they are the only ones contributing to the GDP).
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