Switzerland and Singapore often top global rankings, be it for innovation, competitiveness or citizen satisfaction, yet their underlying social, economic and political systems differ substantially.
The first issue of the Elite Quality Index (EQx), which uses 72 indicators to examine the quality of elites and their influence on value creation, proves helpful in explaining this puzzle. Article of Prof. Michael Hilb, Prof. Tomas Casas, Prof. Alwyn Lim in The Business Times &  Die Neue Zürcher Zeitung.