Focus Taiwan
Date: 11/17/2020
By: Pan Tzu-yu and Joseph Yeh

Taipei, Nov. 17 (CNA) Taiwan ranked No. 20 in the World Talent Ranking for 2020 released last week by the Swiss-based International Institute for Management Development (IMD), maintaining its ranking from the 2019 version of the annual report.

In Asia, Taiwan ranked behind Singapore (9th) and Hong Kong (14th), but was ahead of China (40th), South Korea (31st) and Japan (38th).

Worldwide, Switzerland, Denmark, and Luxembourg are the top three performers this year, followed by Iceland and Sweden, according to the report published on Nov. 12.

The report is based on three factors: investment and development of home-grown talent; appeal — the ability of the country to tap into the overseas talent pool; and readiness — the availability of skills and competencies in the talent pool.    [FULL  STORY]