Cross Industries Frost Radar™: City-level Macroeconomic and Investment Opportunities, 2024

Dubai, Kuala Lumpur, and Mumbai are Frontrunners in Emerging Markets Driven by Focus on Competitiveness, Pro-business Policies, and Skills Development

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Macroeconomics

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16-Oct-2024
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Venturing into emerging markets is imperative for businesses seeking to capitalize on opportunities such as capturing market share, leveraging lower operating costs, diversifying supply chains, accessing young talent, expanding into strategic hubs, and driving innovation by addressing local needs.

In light of the future growth potential identified in emerging market countries, it is essential to conduct a deeper analysis of cities within these key markets that demonstrate strong future prospects. The Frost Radar framework takes a holistic approach to assessing city competitiveness by evaluating a broad set of parameters categorized under Growth (G) and Innovation (I), offering a systematic, data-driven methodology for global CEOs and investors to select optimal locations for expanding their global footprint. The selection of cities for the index is based on a comprehensive macro-to-micro approach, narrowing down to 25 viable cities from a universe of emerging market cities, based on overall country potential and city GDP levels. The Frost Radar plots the 10 cities that emerge as global emerging market frontrunner cities out of the selected 25.

This macroeconomic thought leadership provides a snapshot of leading cities in emerging markets. Decision-makers and businesses can leverage insights into city-specific policy levers, growth drivers, innovation ecosystems, best practices, and growth opportunities that will gain prominence due to structural shifts across sectors in the long term.

Strategic Imperatives

Macroeconomic Growth Environment in Emerging Economies

Frost Radar™ for City Attractiveness: Top 10 Go-to-Investment Cities in Emerging Markets

Frost Radar™ for City Attractiveness: Detailed Ranking for Top 10 Go-to-Investment Cities in Emerging Markets

Frost Radar™ for City Attractiveness Competitive Environment

Frost Radar™: Complete City Ranking

Frost Radar™: City Comparative Analysis

Frost Radar™: City Comparative Analysis (continued)

Frost Radar™: City Comparative Analysis (continued)

Frost Radar™: City Comparative Analysis (continued)

Frost Radar™: City Comparative Analysis (continued)

Dubai

Dubai (continued)

Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur (continued)

Mumbai

Mumbai (continued)

Riyadh

Riyadh (continued)

Warsaw

Warsaw (continued)

Mexico City

Mexico City (continued)

Bengaluru

Bengaluru (continued)

Bangkok

Bangkok (continued)

Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi (continued)

Santiago

Santiago (continued)

Best Practices

Growth Opportunities

City Selection: Macro to Micro Methodology

Frost Radar™: City Benchmarking Methodology

Frost Radar™: City Comparative Analysis Methodology

Filter I–City Selection

Filter II–City Selection

Frost Radar™: Benchmarking Future Growth Potential 2 Major Indices, 12 Analytical Ingredients, 1 Platform

Frost Radar™: Benchmarking Future Growth Potential 2 Major Indices, 12 Analytical Ingredients, 1 Platform (continued)

Significance of Being on the Frost Radar™

Frost Radar™ Empowers the CEO’s Growth Team

Frost Radar™ Empowers Investors

Frost Radar™ Empowers Governments/Policymakers

Benefits and Impacts of Growth Opportunities

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Frost Radar™: Benchmarking Future Growth Potential 2 Major Indices, 10 Analytical Ingredients, 1 Platform

Growth Index

Growth Index (GI) is a measure of a company’s growth performance and track record, along with its ability to develop and execute a fully aligned growth strategy and vision; a robust growth pipeline system; and effective market, competitor, and end-user focused sales and marketing strategies.

  • Market Share (previous 3 years)
    This is a comparison of a company’s market share relative to its competitors in a given market space for the previous 3 years.
  • Revenue Growth (previous 3 years)
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  • Sales and Marketing
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Innovation Index

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  • INNOVATION SCALABILITY
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  • RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
    This is a measure of the efficacy of a company’s R&D strategy, as determined by the size of its R&D investment and how it feeds the innovation pipeline.
  • PRODUCT PORTFOLIO
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  • MEGATRENDS LEVERAGE
    This is an assessment of a company’s proactive leverage of evolving, long-term opportunities and new business models, as the foundation of its innovation pipeline.
  • CUSTOMER ALIGNMENT
    This evaluates the applicability of a company’s products/services/solutions to current and potential customers, as well as how its innovation strategy is influenced by evolving customer needs.

Significance of Being on the Frost Radar™

Companies plotted on the Frost RadarTM are the leaders in the industry for growth, innovation, or both. They are instrumental in advancing the industry into the future.

  • GROWTH POTENTIAL
    Your organization has significant future growth potential, which makes it a Company to Action.
  • BEST PRACTICES
    Your organization is well positioned to shape Growth Pipeline™ best practices in your industry.
  • COMPETITIVE INTENSITY
    Your organization is one of the key drivers of competitive intensity in the growth environment.
  • CUSTOMER VALUE
    Your organization has demonstrated the ability to significantly enhance its customer value proposition.
  • PARTNER POTENTIAL
    Your organization is top of mind for customers, investors, value chain partners, and future talent as a significant value provider.

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Venturing into emerging markets is imperative for businesses seeking to capitalize on opportunities such as capturing market share, leveraging lower operating costs, diversifying supply chains, accessing young talent, expanding into strategic hubs, and driving innovation by addressing local needs. In light of the future growth potential identified in emerging market countries, it is essential to conduct a deeper analysis of cities within these key markets that demonstrate strong future prospects. The Frost Radar framework takes a holistic approach to assessing city competitiveness by evaluating a broad set of parameters categorized under Growth (G) and Innovation (I), offering a systematic, data-driven methodology for global CEOs and investors to select optimal locations for expanding their global footprint. The selection of cities for the index is based on a comprehensive macro-to-micro approach, narrowing down to 25 viable cities from a universe of emerging market cities, based on overall country potential and city GDP levels. The Frost Radar plots the 10 cities that emerge as global emerging market frontrunner cities out of the selected 25. This macroeconomic thought leadership provides a snapshot of leading cities in emerging markets. Decision-makers and businesses can leverage insights into city-specific policy levers, growth drivers, innovation ecosystems, best practices, and growth opportunities that will gain prominence due to structural shifts across sectors in the long term.
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Deliverable Type Frost Radar
Author Rituparna Majumder
Industries Cross Industries
No Index No
Is Prebook No
Keyword 1 City Macroeconomics
Keyword 2 Investment Opportunities
Keyword 3 Urban Growth Trends
Podcast No
WIP Number PFQI-01-00-00-00

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