This new lens fits within the ‘business activity’ dimension. “We can no longer consider a city global if it is not at the forefront of entrepreneurship and innovation,” explained Mike Hales, at partner at Kearney in its Operations practice. One is the number of unicorn companies – private startups valued at over $1 billion – in a testament to the global wave of tech startups. A few things have changed about the GCI this year, most notably the addition of two new metrics. Five dimensions form the basis of Kearney’s analysis: business activity, human capital, information exchange, cultural experience and political engagement. Kearney has been ranking global cities every year for a decade now, judging their status as major global urban centres. Here are the 25 most global and vibrant cities in the world. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website ).Combining traditional metrics with some new ones that reflect modern realities, Kearney has produced the latest iteration of its Global Cities Index (GCI). (The above story first appeared on LatestLY on 06:10 PM IST. Apart from all this, the city had also received the second runners-up spot at the World Smart City Awards-2016 in Barcelona.
Odisha’s capital city had earlier won National Planning Excellence and Achievement Awards-2017 awarded by the American Planning Association (APA). Reports state that the city became one of the finalists to compete for a position in the World Smart City Expo in 2016. The city has been ranked 13 as far as 'safety' is concerned, apart from coming in at 20th position with respect to Mobility, Health, and Productivity. Bhubaneswar’s position among the top cities in the world does not come as a surprise as the city has earned a place for itself at the international level even before.
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