News:  CSF lauded for conducting Executive Opinion Survey
Name of the Newspaper: The Statesman
Date of publication: Wednesday, 25 June, 2008

ISLAMABAD: The Competitiveness Support Fund was applauded at the World Economic Forum East Asia conference held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on introducing a pioneer strategy for conducting Executive Opinion Survey 2008 for the Global Competitiveness Report 2008-09. According to CSF press statement here on Tuesday, the CSF strategy for the survey was based on engaging the students from leading business schools and other academic institutes to carry out the executive opinion surveys throughout the country.

Through this exercise, the CSF aimed at timely submission of the survcy forms and improving the data collection process in terms of both quality as well as quantity. It also resulted in creating a group of future business leaders who would be sensitised on the importance of Global Competitiveness Index (GCI), its 12 pillars and the role of business community in measuring the GCI. - APP