About World Economic Forum - WEF
Two Swiss police officers carrying snow shovel through the Davos World Economic Forum Annual Meeting venue The World Economic Forum (World Economic Forum - WEF) is a non-governmental international organization, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. Its predecessor is the current Chairman of the Forum, the Geneva School of Business, Professor Klaus Schwab in 1971 to create a "European Management Forum." In 1987, "European Management Forum," was renamed "World Economic Forum." Forum Annual Meeting for each year in Davos, Switzerland, it is also known as the "Davos Forum."
World Economic Forum's global influence from the head of state, business leaders and renowned experts. Companies to participate in the forum members include the world's more than 70 countries and regions, more than 1,000 large companies and enterprises, their total annual turnover of more than 4 trillion U.S. dollars. The organization released its annual Global Competitiveness Report, was regarded as the most authoritative national rankings system. International conference with the rest of the world than the most prominent feature of Davos is more focused on enterprises and entrepreneurs on business development services, strategic thinking. With the changes of the times, its contents are constantly updated. There is also a feature of the World Economic Forum is that it's unofficial, informal color. What really became renowned for the World Economic Forum is to promote reconciliation in South Africa and the Middle East. In formal occasions can not solve the problem, the World Economic Forum to discuss more appropriate. World Economic Forum is a non-governmental international organization, is recognized as the unofficial top-level international economic forum, which published its annual Global Competitiveness Report is considered the most authoritative rankings system. Since 2000, the World Economic Forum each year in energy, biotechnology and health care, information technology, a technology leader selected three major areas. Successful candidate must have outstanding contributions to scientific and technological innovation, and industry and the community have a long-term influence. Internet search engine giant Google would have been elected. In 2006, a total of 36 companies to receive this honor. The corporate brand in the World Brand Lab (World Brand Lab) prepared in 2006, "the world's 500 Most Influential Brands" list ranked 467th.
