Latin Business Chronicle
Encyclopedia
Latin Business Chronicle (LBC) is a weekly online journal on Latin America
n business and technology.
of 19 Latin American countries, based on six key indicators. Panama tops the ranking, while Brazil comes in last place.
Latin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
n business and technology.
Company information
LBC, a unit of Latin Trade Group, has around 17,000 readers per month.Indexes
LBC publishes rankings of Latin America's top 500 companies,100 Most Powerful Businesspeople, Top 25 Businesswomen, Top 100 Insurance Companies, Top 60 Employers,Top 50 Airports and Top 50 Ports as well as several business indexes related to Latin America.Latin Business Index
The Latin Business Index measures the overall business climate in 19 Latin American countries using 27 subcategories ranging from GDP growth and inflation to competitiveness and political outlook. Panama tops the ranking, with Venezuela in last place.Latin Security Index
The Latin Security Index measures security for multinational executives in Latin America. Costa Rica ranks as the safest country, while Haiti is the most dangerous in the index developed by FTI Consulting for Latin Business Chronicle. (See, for example http://www.poder360.com/dailynews_detail.php?blurbid=6864)Latin Technology Index
The Latin Technology Index measures technology level in 19 Latin American countries. Uruguay tops the ranking, while Cuba comes in last.Latin Tax Index
The Latin Tax Index measures the tax environment in 18 Latin American countries. Chile tops the ranking, while Brazil comes in last.Latin Tourism Index
The Latin Tourism Index measures the tourism impact on the economy in 15 Latin American countries. Uruguay tops the ranking, while Brazil comes in last.Latin Globalization Index
The Latin Globalization Index is a relative measure of the extent of globalizationGlobalization
Globalization refers to the increasingly global relationships of culture, people and economic activity. Most often, it refers to economics: the global distribution of the production of goods and services, through reduction of barriers to international trade such as tariffs, export fees, and import...
of 19 Latin American countries, based on six key indicators. Panama tops the ranking, while Brazil comes in last place.
External links
- Official LBC site
- Fox News Interviews LBC Editor
- The New York Times Quotes LBC
- Wall Street Journal Quotes LBC
- Newsweek Quotes LBC