12019GlobalCitiesReportAQuestionofTalent:HowHumanCapitalWillDeterminetheNextGlobalLeaders2019GlobalCitiesReportTheGlobalCitiesIndexandOutlookrevealtheworld’stop-performingcitiesandthosewiththemostpotential.22019GlobalCitiesReportViewonline:bit.ly/2019-Global-Cities2019GlobalCitiesIndexResultsNewYorkkeepsthetopspot,butleadingcitiesshouldn’tgetcomplacentAleadingtrioatrisk?TheGlobalCitiesIndexandOutlookprovideinsightsintothecurrentperformanceandfuturepotentialofcities(seefigure1).Completerankingsandmoredetailsaboutthemethodologyareprovidedintheappendix.TheIndexrevealswhichcitiesarethemostcompetitivenowinkeyareasfrombusinessactivityandculturetohumancapital,politicalengagement,andinformationexchange.NewYork,London,andPariscontinuetoholdthetopthreeplaces.ThistriohasdominatedtheIndexforthepastdecade,butevenastheirstandingsremainthesame,changesinthebroaderIndexscoressuggestafundamentalshiftisunderway.201812345768911151012161317181419222420232521∆201912345678910111213141516171819202122232425CityNewYorkLondonParisTokyoHongKongSingaporeLosAngelesChicagoBeijingWashington,D.C.SydneyBrusselsSeoulBerlinMadridMelbourneTorontoMoscowShanghaiAmsterdamBostonSanFranciscoBarcelonaBuenosAiresVienna201835164148733111216191013182325175092021238∆201912345678910111213141516171819202122232425CityLondonSingaporeSanFranciscoAmsterdamParisTokyoBostonMunichDublinStockholmTorontoGenevaSydneyMelbourneZurichBerlinCopenhagenViennaVancouverAbuDhabiHoustonMoscowMontrealNewYorkTaipeiGlobalCitiesIndexrankGlobalCitiesOutlookrankFigure1Thetop25citiesintheGlobalCitiesIndexandOutlookSource:A.T.Kearney2019GlobalCitiesreport—————+1–1——+1+4–2–1+2–2+1+1–4—+2+3–2—+1–4+2+3–2+2–1+8+1–1+24+1+1+4+6–4–2+2+6+7–2+30–12–2–2–22+1332019GlobalCitiesReportViewonline:bit.ly/2019-Global-CitiesHeightenedbusinessactivityandstrongperformanceinattractinghumancapitalhavehelpedNewYorkmaintainitstopspot,buttheoverallstrengthoftheAsianeconomyhasacceleratedtheperformanceofTokyoandHongKong,whichnowrankfou...
