Analyze and Compare the cost of doing business around the world
Eighth global Competitive Alternatives study
By Dennis Fortnum, National Leader, KPMG Enterprise™
KPMG’s biennial Competitive Alternatives study provides a comparative analysis of the cost of doing business in locations around the world. The 2010 version marks the eighth global study that KPMG has produced using verifiable, comparable measurements to determine where business might find the most cost effective place to locate among advanced industrial economies.
Competitive Alternatives is a valuable tool in the hands of business owners and investors – helping them understand the choices they have when considering to locate their business.
Competitive Alternatives 2010 compares business competitiveness for more than 100 cities in ten countries: Australia, Canada, France, Italy, Japan, Germany, Mexico, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States. For 2010, Competitive Alternatives expands its coverage of large international business centres, adding a number of major global cities to the study for the first time. International results now reflect business costs in each country’s major metropolitan regions.
The 2010 study is issued in two parts:
· Business Costs – March 30, 2010: The primary focus of Competitive Alternatives 2010 is international business costs. The study measures the combined impact of 26 significant cost components that are most likely to vary by location, as applied to 17 different business operations over 10-years. Competitive Alternatives also compares a variety of non-cost factors that also influence the relative attractiveness of locations to business. Aspects considered by the study include labor availability and skills, economic conditions and markets.
· Special Report: Focus on Tax – May 12, 2010: This supplementary report assesses the general tax competitiveness of cities in 10 countries. The report assesses numerous and complex factors affecting a company’s tax burden, in order to provide a simple and effective approach for cross-location comparisons based on the tax results of different business scenarios.
Both parts of Competitive Alternatives are available online at www.competitivealternatives.com. This website includes a variety of online tools to help business owners and investors make informed decisions about where to grow and expand their business.
The online tools allow you to:
· Compare business costs in the cities of their choice
· Assess the impact of exchange rate changes
· Access demographic and economic profiles for each of the cities analyzed
View Competitive Alternatives Report
