Measuring the business elites of India and China: powerhouse methodology meets powerhouse economies

Andrew Green, Jenny Heak and Simon Staplehurst

If forecasts are to be believed, China and India will rank as the world's first and second largest economies by the middle of this century.

Measuring the business elites of India and China: powerhouse methodology meets powerhouse economies

Andrew GreenIpsos Global Media, United Kingdom

Jenny HeakIpsos Global Media, Hong Kong

Simon StaplehurstIpsos Media, United Kingdom

BACKGROUND

If the pundits are to be believed, China and India will rank as the world's first and second largest economies by the middle of this century, surpassing those of the United States and Japan. But surprising as this may seem to some, it merely marks their return to positions they enjoyed for centuries prior to the industrial revolution in the late 18th century.

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