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Select the variables to be used in comparison    All   None  
Institutions
1.1 Political Environment All   None  
 1.1.1 Political stability & absence of violence/terrorism
 1.1.2 Government effectiveness
 1.1.3 Press freedom
1.2 Regulatory Environment All   None  
 1.2.1 Regulatory quality
 1.2.2 Rule of law
 1.2.3 Cost of redundancy dismissal
1.3 Business Environment All   None  
 1.3.1 Ease of starting a business
 1.3.2 Ease of resolving insolvency
 1.3.3 Ease of paying taxes
Human Capital and Research
2.1 Education All   None  
 2.1.1 Expenditure on education
 2.1.2 Public expenditure on education per pupil
 2.1.3 School life expectancy
 2.1.4 Assessment in reading
 2.1.5 Pupil-teacher ratio
2.2 Tertiary Education All   None  
 2.2.1 Tertiary enrolment
 2.2.2 Graduates in science and engineering
 2.2.3 Tertiary inbound mobility
 2.2.4 Gross tertiary outbound enrolment
2.3 Research and Development All   None  
 2.3.1 Researchers
 2.3.2 Gross expenditure on R&D (GERD)
 2.3.3 Quality of scientific research institutions
Infrastructure
3.1 ICT All   None  
 3.1.1 ICT access
 3.1.2 ICT use
 3.1.3 Governments online service
 3.1.4 Online e-participation
3.2 General Infrastructure All   None  
 3.2.1 Electricity output
 3.2.2 Electricity consumption
 3.2.3 Trade and transport-related infrastructure
 3.2.4 Gross capital formation
3.3 Ecological Sustainability All   None  
 3.3.1 GDP per unit of energy use
 3.3.2 Environmental performance
 3.3.3 ISO 14001 environmental certificates
Market Sophistication
4.1 Credit All   None  
 4.1.1 Ease of getting credit
 4.1.2 Domestic credit to private sector
 4.1.3 Microfinance institutions gross loan portfolio
4.2 Investment All   None  
 4.2.1 Ease of protecting investors
 4.2.2 Market capitalization
 4.2.3 Total value of stocks traded
 4.2.4 Venture capital deals
4.3 Trade and Competition All   None  
 4.3.1 Applied tariff rate
 4.3.2 Market access for non-agricultural exports
 4.3.3 Imports of goods and services
 4.3.4 Exports of goods and services
 4.3.5 Intensity of local competition
Business Sophistication
5.1 Knowledge Workers All   None  
 5.1.1 Employment in knowledge-intensive services
 5.1.2 Firms offering formal training
 5.1.3 GERD performed by business enterprise
 5.1.4 GERD financed by business enterprise
 5.1.5 GMAT mean score
 5.1.6 GMAT test takers
5.2 Innovation Linkages All   None  
 5.2.1 University/industry collaboration
 5.2.2 State of cluster development
 5.2.3 GERD financed by abroad
 5.2.4 Joint ventures / strategic alliances deals
 5.2.5 Share of patents with foreign inventor
5.3 knowledge Absorption All   None  
 5.3.1 Royalty and license fees payments
 5.3.2 High-tech imports
 5.3.3 Computer and communications service imports
 5.3.4 Foreign direct investment net inflows
Knowledge and Technology Outputs
6.1 Knowledge Creation All   None  
 6.1.1 National office patent applications
 6.1.2 Patent Cooperation Treaty applications
 6.1.3 National office utility model applications
 6.1.4 Scientific and technical journal articles
6.2 Knowledge Impact All   None  
 6.2.1 Growth rate of GDP per person engaged
 6.2.2 New business density
 6.2.3 Total computer software spending
 6.2.4 ISO 9001 quality certificates
6.3 Knowledge Diffusion All   None  
 6.3.1 Royalty and license fees receipts
 6.3.2 High-tech exports
 6.3.3 Computer and communications service exports
 6.3.4 Foreign direct investment net outflows
Creative Outputs
7.1 Creative Intangibles All   None  
 7.1.1 National office trademark registrations
 7.1.2 Madrid Agreement trademark registrations
 7.1.3 ICT and business model creation
 7.1.4 ICT and organizational model creation
7.2 Creative Goods and Services All   None  
 7.2.1 Recreation and culture consumption
 7.2.2 National feature films produced
 7.2.3 Daily newspapers circulation
 7.2.4 Creative goods exports
 7.2.5 Creative services exports
7.3 Online Creativity All   None  
 7.3.1 Generic top level domains (gTLDs)
 7.3.2 Country-code top level domains (ccTLDs)
 7.3.3 Wikipedia monthly edits
 7.3.4 Video uploads on YouTube