Digital_Ranking_Report_2021

FACTORS BREAKDOWN - STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES HONG KONG SAR

u Overall top strengths w Overall top weaknesses

KNOWLEDGE

Subfactors

2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 4 5 4 7 6 27 13 12 5 1 7 5 16 17 14

Talent

Scientific concentration Training & education

Talent

Training & education

Scientific concentration Total expenditure on R&D (%) Total R&D personnel per capita

Rank

Rank

Rank

14 w

Employee training

Educational assessment PISA - Math 3

42 30

4 w

Total public expenditure on education

International experience

37

Higher education achievement

Female researchers

Foreign highly-skilled personnel

16

9

-

Management of cities

5

Pupil-teacher ratio (tertiary education)

30

R&D productivity by publication Scientific and technical employment

21

15 u

Digital/Technological skills

Graduates in Sciences Women with degrees

1

2 2

High-tech patent grants

Net flow of international students

35

-

w

Robots in Education and R&D

55

TECHNOLOGY

Subfactors

2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 6 14 12 7 6 6 6 6 12 7 9 11 3 2 1

Technological framework Regulatory framework Capital

Regulatory framework

Capital

Technological framework Communications technology Mobile Broadband subscribers

Rank

Rank

Rank

Starting a business Enforcing contracts Immigration laws

4

IT & media stock market capitalization Funding for technological development

5

7

25 11 11 19

11

17

Banking and financial services

Wireless broadband

6

5

Country credit rating

Internet users

Development & application of tech.

16

21

Scientific research legislation Intellectual property rights

Venture capital

8

Internet bandwidth speed High-tech exports (%)

2 1

7 w

58 u

Investment in Telecommunications

FUTURE READINESS

Subfactors

2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 9 11 12 4 3 25 26 8 14 9 21 25 22 19 17

Adaptive attitudes Business agility

IT integration

Adaptive attitudes

Business agility

IT integration E-Government

Rank

Rank

Rank

- u

E-Participation Internet retailing Tablet possession

Opportunities and threats World robots distribution

1

-

17 w 7 u

38

Public-private partnerships

8

Agility of companies

1

Cyber security Software piracy

11 28

u Smartphone possession

1 5

Use of big data and analytics Knowledge transfer Entrepreneurial fear of failure

12 12 24

Attitudes toward globalization

89

IMD WORLD DI G I TAL COMPET I T I VENESS RANK ING 2021

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