Elite Quality Index 2025 - The Sustainable Value Creation of Nations

The Elite Quality Index 2025: The Sustainable Value Creation of Nations (EQx2025), the leading global political economy index, is a comparative ranking measuring the sustainability of nations that assesses whether elites create value and expand a nation's knowledge capabilities or use their power to rent seek and maximize their own profits by transferring value from their stakeholders.

List of contents

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. INSIDE THE GLOBAL ELITE QUALITY INDEX (EQx); 3. EQx2025 RESULTS; 4. EQx2025 ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION; 5. INDICATORS; 6. COUNTRY SCORECARDS; 7. REFERENCES

About the author

Tomas Casas-Klett is permanent faculty at the University of St.Gallen. He specializes in International Business, particularly on how to do business in Asia. He is the co-editor of both the annual Elite Quality Index (EQx) report on the sustainable value creation of nations and the annual Value Creation Ratings (VCr) report on the sustainable value creation of firms, as well as the author of the forthcoming book, The Elite Theory of Economic Development.

Guido Cozzi is Full Professor of Macroeconomics at the School of Economics and Political Science at the University of St.Gallen. With an outstanding publication record, he has been awarded several prestigious prizes as well as important research grants and has consulting experience with top institutions and industry associations. His research and teaching activities are in the fields of macroeconomics, economic growth, and development economics.

Product details

• Assisted by: Tomas Casas i Klett (Editor), Cozzi Guido (Editor)
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.07.2025
• EAN: 9781839996429
• ISBN: 978-1-83999-642-9
• Dimensions: 280 mm x 216 mm x 26 mm
• Weight: 454 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Comparative, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development, International business, Political Economy, Development economics and emerging economies