AT Kearney index

Question 1

what is measures

Answer 1

level of globalisation

Question 2

how index is worked out and scored

Answer 2

• more holistic (well rouded) indicators
• scored from 0-1

Question 3

indexes used

Answer 3

• Political engagement = international treaties, orgs, peacekeeping corporations involvement
• technological activity = internet users, hosts and servers
• personal contact = calls, travel, remittance

-economic integration = international trade and FDI

Question 4

advantages

Answer 4

• covers 96% worlds GDP

-covers 84% worlds pop

Question 5

disadvantages

Answer 5

• who decides which measures are given more weighting

-only 64 countries included while 158 in KOF

-difficult to measure cultural trends as they change and develop quickly and also hard to put into a statistic