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EDITORIAL
Doing IT business
The NGO Business Software Alliance (BSA) has published it’s biannual IT Industry Competitiveness Index for 2011. It is pleasant to see that both Switzerland and Portugal have improved their IT competitiveness:
BSA Index |
2009 |
2011 |
Var. |
Portugal |
30 |
26 |
+4 |
Switzerland |
14 |
12 |
+2 |
Others |
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USA |
1 |
1 |
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Finland |
2 |
2 |
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Singapore |
9 |
3 |
+6 |
Austria |
22 |
17 |
+5 |
Brazil |
40 |
39 |
+1 |
China |
39 |
38 |
+1 |
Czech Rep. |
26 |
27 |
-1 |
France |
17 |
21 |
-4 |
Germany |
20 |
15 |
+5 |
Greece |
32 |
36 |
-4 |
India |
44 |
34 |
+10 |
Italy |
24 |
23 |
+1 |
South Africa |
43 |
47 |
-4 |
Spain |
25 |
24 |
+1 |
Two points catches one’s eye: 1. In terms of competitiveness development, Portugal ranks among the biggest winners even after the crisis was already installed in the country; and 2. Portugal is still quite ahead of other famous IT-locations, e.g. India or China.
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AGENDA
Lisbon, December 13th/2011
Luncheon with Eng. Carlos Moedas, State Secretary Deputy of the Prime Minister. More info.
Lisbon, January 10th/2012
Workshop “State Budget 2012: Important changes of the fiscal and labor law”. More info.
Lisbon, March 22nd/2012
General Assembly of the CCISP. NOTE THE DATE! The location and the agenda will be sent with the invitation.
NEWS
Vila Real 14/10/2011
Portugal has what it takes to become “the largest chestnut producer in Europe”
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Lisbon, 31/10/2011
Government will create the "Passport to export" ... Read more
Bern, 16/11/2011
Federal law enforcement optimized to reduce technical barriers to trade... Read more |
