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| Publish Year | Name of Report | Categories | Data Points | Link | Publisher | Authors | Annual Release | Index | City, State, Metro Rankings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Corporate Equality Index 2018 | Diversity and Inclusion | Sexual Orientation in U.S. Non-Discrimination Policy; Gender Identity in U.S. Non-Discrimination Policy; Domestic Partner Benefits; Transgender-Inclusive Benefits; Organizational LGBTQ Competency; Public Commitment to the LGBTQ Community | https://www.hrc.org/campaigns/corporate-equality-index | Human Rights Campaign | Deena Fidas, Beck Bailey, Liz Cooper, Lana Williams, Madeline Perrou | Yes | Yes | No |
| 2017 | 2017 Tech-30 | Real Estate; Industry Sector | Tech Cluster Impact on Local Real Estate Market | https://www.cbre.us/research-and-reports/Tech-30-2017 | CBRE | Colin Yasukochi, Lexi Russell | Yes | No | Yes |
| 2018 | Retail 2030 | Retail; Industry Sector | 40 insights about the future of retail in 2030 | http://www.cbre.us/real-estate-services/real-estate-industries/retail-services/retail-innovation-hub/retail-2030 | CBRE | Natasha Patel, Melina Cordero, Liz Hung | No | No | No |
| 2018 | Cyberstates 2018 | Tech; Industry Sector | Tech industry employment; rankings by tech; tech industry wages, tech industry number of establishments | https://www.cyberstates.org/pdf/CompTIA_Cyberstates_2018.pdf | CompTIA | Corporate Author | Yes | No | Yes |
| 2018 | 2018 Global State of Remote Work | Remote Work; Industry Sector | remote work facts and figures; role of remote workforce; satisfaction of remote workers | https://www.owllabs.com/state-of-remote-work#introduction | OWL Labs | Corporate Author | Yes | No | No |
| 2017 | Worst Connected Cities 2017 | Internet | Percentage of Household Internet Connectivity | https://www.digitalinclusion.org/worst-connected-cities-2017/ | National Digital Inclusion Alliance | Corporate Author | Yes | No | Yes |
| 2018 | South America: 2030 Trends | State Trends | GDP Growth Rates, Crime Rates, Poverty Rates, Population | https://theglobalamericans.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/DOD_South-America_FINAL.pdf | Florida International University | Lead Author: Christopher Sabatini | No | No | No |
| 2018 | A New Statistic System for the European Union | International Data Policy | Statistical Information Across EU Countries | http://bruegel.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/A-NEW-STATISTICAL-SYSTEM-FINAL.pdf | Buregel | Andreas V Georgiou | No | No | No |
| 2016 | Social Impact Bonds: The Early Years | Social Impact Bonds | Fund Performance | http://socialfinance.org/content/uploads/2016/07/SIBs-Early-Years_Social-Finance_2016_Final.pdf | Social Finance | Annie Dear, Alisa Helbitz, Rashmi Khare, Ruth Lotan, Jane Newman, Gretchen Crosby Sims, Alexandra Zaroulis | No | No | No |
| 2018 | The Opportunity Atlas | Upward mobility at the local level. | Economic Outcomes (Household income, incarceration rate, etc.) and Neighborhood Characteristics (Median Rent, Poverty Rate, etc.) | https://www.opportunityatlas.org/ | Opportunity Insights | Director: Raj Chetty | No | No | Yes |
| 2018 | Rise of the Global Startup City | Startup Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital Investment | VC per City, Deal-flow per City | http://startupsusa.org/global-startup-cities/ | Center for American Entrepreneurship | Richard Florida, Ian Hathaway | No | No | Yes |
| 2017 | The Future of Skills 2030 | Workforce | Occupation and Skills Analysis, Relative Importance of Skills, Abilities, and Knowledge Areas | https://futureskills.pearson.com/research/assets/pdfs/technical-report.pdf | Pearson | Hasan Bakhshi, Jonathan M. Downing, Michael A. Osborne, Philippe Schneider | No | No | No |
| 2018 | Smart Cities, IoT, and Cost Savings | Smart Cities | Cost Savings of each Smart City feature. | https://www.interdigital.com/white_papers/abi-research-smart-cities-and-cost-savings | ABI Research | Dominique Bonte | No | No | No |
| 2018 | Leading Beyond Limits: Mayoral Powers in the Age of New Localism | Local Policy | Mayoral Power, Local Institutions and Policy, Local Executive Responsibility | https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/bro17006_0091.pdf | Brookings Institute | Alaina Harkness, Bruce Katz, Caroline Conroy, Ross Tilchin | No | No | No |
| 2017 | Tech Trends | Tech; Industry Sector | AI, Technology Ecosystem, Design, Workforce, New Industries | https://www.accenture.com/t20180803T070620Z__w__/us-en/_acnmedia/Accenture/next-gen-4/tech-vision-2017/pdf/Accenture-TV17-Full.pdf | Accenture | Corporate Author | Yes | No | No |
| 2018 | CSR Index | Corporate Social Responsibility | CSR in Annual Reports; Tenor of UN Sustainable Dev. Goals | http://us.mediatenor.com/images/CSR_2018.pdf | InnoVatio Ltd. | Editors: Roland Schatz, Matthias Vollbracht | Yes | Yes | No |
| 2018 | Global Agenda Index 2018 | Media Trends | Media Tenor, Awareness Diffusion | http://us.mediatenor.com/images/GAI_2018.pdf | MediaTenor | Editor: Roland Schatz | Yes | Yes | No |
| 2017 | The 2017 M&A Report: The Technology Takeover | Mergers and Acquisitions; Finance | Global M&A Activity, M&A Valuations, M&A Trends | https://www.bcg.com/publications/2017/corporate-development-finance-technology-digital-2017-m-and-a-report-technology-takeover.aspx | Boston Consulting Group | Jens Kengelbach , Georg Keienburg , Timo Schmid , Sönke Sievers , Ketil Gjerstad , Jesper Nielsen , and Decker Walker | Yes | No | No |
| 2019 | The State of the Deal: M&A trends 2019 | Mergers and Acquisitions; Finance | Strategic Drivers of M&A, Financing and Multiples, Obstacles and Headwins | https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/pages/mergers-and-acquisitions/articles/ma-trends-report.html? | Deloitte | Department Managing Partner: Russell Thompson | Yes | No | No |
| 2019 | Global Private Equity Report 2019 | Private Equity | Investments, Exits, Fundraising, Spotlight on China | https://www.bain.com/contentassets/318bc95c5ddb4c10a5e00a46a58c3f28/bain_report_private_equity_report_2019.pdf | Bain & Company | Department Head: Hugh MacArthur | Yes | No | No |
| 2018 | 2018 Emerging Tech Trends Report | Tech Trends | AI, Cognitive Computing, Security, Recognition | https://futuretodayinstitute.com/2018-tech-trends-annual-report/ | Future Today Instititue | Founder: Amy Webb | Yes | No | No |
| 2018 | 2018 Tech Trends For Journalism and Media | Tech Trends for News | AI News, Bots, 360-degree video, Holograms, VR, 5G, Blockchain | https://futuretodayinstitute.com/2018-tech-trends-for-news/ | Future Today Instititue | Founder: Amy Webb | Yes | No | No |
| 2018 | Public Pension Study | Public Pensions | Top funds by amount invested, performance | https://www.investmentcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2018-public-pension-study-final3.pdf | American Investment Council | Corporate Author | Yes | No | No |
| 2019 | 100 Resilient Cities | City Government, Local Resilience | Ability to handle disaster, urban resilience data points, municipal experience | https://100rc.app.box.com/s/c0glptl3pjjlq0d95l03ie1uxf1htfrf | Urban Institute and Rockefeller Foundation | Lead Authors: Carlos Martín, Sara McTarnaghan | No | No | Yes |
| 2019 | State of the Remote Work | Workforce | Survey of Remote Workers, Employers; Flexibility of Work Environment | https://buffer.com/state-of-remote-work-2019 | Buffer, Doist, Hubstaff, Remote-How, RemoteYear, Trello, Workfrom, We Work Remotely | Corporate Author | Yes | No | No |
| 2019 | U.S. Media Quality Report | Media Trends | Media Quality | https://go.integralads.com/us-mqr-2018-h1 | Integral Ad Science | Corporate Author | Yes | No | No |
| 2019 | Cities with Oldest Homes: Age of Housting Stock Data | Residential Infrastructure | Housting Statistics, Year Built of Units | http://www.governing.com/gov-data/transportation-infrastructure/age-year-built-for-homes-in-cities.html | Governing | Corporate Author | No | No | Yes |
| 2016 | Financial State of the Cities | City Financial State | Debt of Cities, per capita measures including surplus and debt per taxpayer | https://www.truthinaccounting.org/news/detail/financial-state-of-the-cities-2016 | Financial State of the Cities 2016 | Corporate Author | Yes | No | Yes |
| 2017 | Creative City Index 2017 | Creative Industries | Creative jobs, creative education, Performing Arts Companies, Motion Picture and Video Industries | https://www.homes.com/blog/2017/04/creative-city-index-2017/ | Homes.com | Corporate Author | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 2011 | The Creative City Index: Measuring the Pulse of the City | Creative Cities | Distinctiveness, diversity, vitality, openness, trust, connectivity, place-making, liveability | http://charleslandry.com/themes/creative-cities-index/ | Charles Landry | Charles Landry | No | Yes | Yes |
| 2015 | The High Cost of Disparities | Inequality | Costs associated with unemployment, income inequality, lack of health care | https://www.michigan.gov/documents/mdcr/052015GRCC-MDCREquityReport_490697_7.pdf | West Michigan Leadership Collaborative | Tamber Bustance, Eric Williams | No | No | No |
| 2018 | Social Needs Index | Social Need | Population below poverty, households with mortgage or rent greater than 30% of income, gini index of concentrated incmoe | https://www.policymap.com/2018/06/social-needs-index/ | https://www.policymap.com/2018/06/social-needs-index/ | New Localism Advisors | No | No | Yes |
| 2019 | Fostering Effective Energy Index 2018 | Energy Infrastructure | Energy Infrastructure System Performance, Environmental Sustainability, Energy Acecss & Security | http://reports.weforum.org/fostering-effective-energy-transition-2018/ | World Economic Forum | Corporate Author | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 2018 | The Global Future Council on Energy: Policy Recommendations | Energy Infrastructure | Energy Policy - Carbon Pricing | https://economy.nodes.world/2019/03/25/energy-infrastructure-and-electricity-costs/ | World Economic Forum | Corporate Author | No | No | No |
| 2018 | Annual Average Electricity Price Comparison by State | Energy Infrastructure | Electricity price per KW Hour | http://www.neo.ne.gov/statshtml/204.htm | Nebraska Energy Office | Corporate Author | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 2019 | 2018 U.S. Average Electricity Retail Prices | Energy Infrastructure | U.S. Cost of Electricity per KW Hour | https://www.eia.gov/ | U.S. Energy Information Administration; U.S. Chamber of Commerce | Corporate Author | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 2019 | The Geography of Prosperity | Wellbeing | Household income, unemployment rate | http://www.hamiltonproject.org/assets/files/PBP_FramingChapter_compressed_20190307.pdf | Hamilton Project | ryan Nunn, Jana Parsons, and Jay Shambaugh | Yes | No | Yes |
| 2019 | Vitality Index | Wellbeing and prosperity | Household income, unemployment rate | http://www.hamiltonproject.org/charts/exploring_the_geography_of_prosperity | Hamilton Project | Corporate Author | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 2019 | How Stagnating Cities Can Prepare for the Future | Economic Stagnation; Decline; Distressed Cities | Population change, Real per-capita GDP; College-Degree Attainment | https://media4.manhattan-institute.org/sites/default/files/R-0319-AR.pdf | Manhattan Project | Aaron M. Renn | No | Yes | Yes |
| 2018 | Partners or Pirates? Collaboration and Competition in Local Economic Development | Local Policy; Local Economic Development | Encourage collaboration, costs of collaboration and competition | https://www.urban.org/research/publication/partners-or-pirates-collaboration-and-competition-local-economic-development/view/full_report | Urban Institute | Megan Randall, Kim Rueben, Brett Theodos, Aravind Boddupalli | No | No | No |
| 2019 | Low Income Displacement and Concentration in U.s. Census Tract, 2000 to 2016 | Gentrification and Displacement | Income change, racial displacement, college degrees per census tract | https://myottetm.github.io/USMapBoxIMO/USLwDispConc.html | Institute on Metropolitan Opportunity | Corporate Author | No | No | Yes |
| 2019 | The most valuable PE-backed company in every US State | Private Equity | Private Equity Investment | https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/the-most-valuable-pe-backed-company-in-every-us-state | Pitchbook | Corporate Author | No | No | Yes |
| 2018 | Neighborhood Gentrification across Harris County: 1990 to 2016 | Gentrification and Displacement | Income change, racial displacement, college degrees per census tract | https://kinder.rice.edu/sites/g/files/bxs1676/f/documents/KI%20Research%20Report_Gentrification%202.pdf | Rice Kinder Institute for Urban Research | Wendie Choudary, Jie Wu, Mingming Zhang | No | Yes | Yes |
| 2015 | Gentrification in America Report | Gentrification and Displacement | Income change, racial displacement, college degrees per census tract | https://www.governing.com/gov-data/gentrification-in-cities-governing-report.html | Governing | Mike Maciag | No | Yes | Yes |
| 2019 | Gentrification and cultural displacement in American Cities | Gentrification and Displacement | Income change, racial displacement, college degrees per census tract | https://ncrc.org/gentrification/ | National Community Reinvestment Coalition | Jason Richardson, Bruce Mitchell, Juan Franco | No | Yes | Yes |
| 2019 | 125 Best Places to Live in the USA | Job Market Index, Value Index | Unemployment Rate, Average Salary, Housing Affordability, Annual Household Income Across Cities | https://realestate.usnews.com/places/methodology | U.S. News and World Reports | Corporate Author | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 2019 | Globalization in Transition: The Future of Trade and Value Chains | Globalization | Trade Intensity, Labor-cost arbitrage, intra-regional trade | https://www.mckinsey.com/~/media/McKinsey/Featured%20Insights/Innovation/Globalization%20in%20transition%20The%20future%20of%20trade%20and%20value%20chains/MGI-Globalization%20in%20transition-The-future-of-trade-and-value-chains-Full-report.ashx | McKinsey | Jacques Bughin, James Manyika, Jonathan Woetzel | Yes | No | No |
| 2019 | 2017 State Report on Early Stage Entrepreneurship | State of Entrepreneurship and Startups | Rate of New Entrepreneurs, Opportunity Share of New Entrepreneurs, Startup Job Creation, Survival Rate | https://indicators.kauffman.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/02/2017-State-Report-on-Early-Stage-Entrepreneurship-February-20191.pdf | The Kauffman Foundation | Robert Fairlie, Sameeksha Desai, A.J. Herrmann | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 2019 | Global Ecosystem Report | State of Entrepreneurship and Startups | Founder Mindset, City demographics, Industry Startup Ecosystems | https://startupgenome.com/reports | Startup Genome | Corporate Author | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 2018 | State of Startups 2018 | State of Entrepreneurship and Startups | Founder Survey | http://stateofstartups.firstround.com/2018/#trends-and-takes | First Round Capital | Corporate Author | Yes | No | No |
| 2019 | 2019 Global Ecosystem Rankings | State of Entrepreneurship and Startups | Business Climate, Firm Capability | https://www.startupblink.com/ | Startup Blink | Corporate Author | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 2018 | Outdoor Recreation Outlook 2018 | Outdoor Recreation Economic Statistics and Cultural Impact | Tourist share of Federal and State Parks | http://www.funoutdoors.com/files/Outdoor%20Recreation%20Outlook%202018.pdf | American Recreation Coalition | Corporate Author | Yes | No | No |
| 2018 | Outdoor Participation report 2018 | Outdoor Recreation Participation | Demographics associated with ourdoor participant | https://outdoorindustry.org/resource/2018-outdoor-participation-report/ | Outdoor Industry Association | Corporate Author | Yes | No | No |
| 2019 | Global Financial Stability Report: Vulnerabilities in a Maturing Credit Cycle | Global Financial Risk | Indicators, Metrics, and Policy associated with global risk indicators | https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/GFSR/Issues/2019/03/27/Global-Financial-Stability-Report-April-2019 | International Monetary Fund | Corporate Author | Yes | No | No |
| 2018 | Blockchain Market Shares, Market Strategies, and Market Forecasts, 2018 to 2024 | Blockchain Industry Outlook | Market analysis, industry verticals | https://www.ibm.com/downloads/cas/PPRR983X | Wintegreen Research | Corporate Author | No | No | No |
| 2018 | Deloitte's 2018 global blockchain survey | Blockchain Industry Survey | State of market, challenges, etc. from Blockchain executives | https://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/Deloitte/us/Documents/financial-services/us-fsi-2018-global-blockchain-survey-report.pdf | Deloitte | Corporate Author | No | No | No |
| 2018 | Blockchain in Business | Blockchain Industry Survey | State of market, challenges, etc. from Blockchain executives | https://www.pwc.com/gx/en/issues/blockchain/blockchain-in-business.html | PWC | Steve Davies, Scott Likens | No | No | No |
| 2018 | Emerging Technology Projection: The Total Economic Impact of IBM Blockchain | Blockchain cost savings and business benefits | CapEx and OpEx Savings, Transaction revenue, Pilot Costs, Risk | https://www.ibm.com/downloads/cas/QJ4XA0MD | IBM | Steve Odell, Julia Fadzeyeva | No | No | No |
| 2019 | Blockchain Trends 2019 | Blockchain Industry Outlook | Emerging Trends in Blockchain | https://www.cbinsights.com/research/report/blockchain-trends-2019/ | CB Insights | Corporate Author | Yes | No | No |
| 2019 | Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs: Removing Barriers | Access to Capital | Capital, Policy, Information, Talent | https://www.kauffman.org/-/media/kauffman_org/entrepreneurship-landing-page/capital-access/capitalreport_042519.pdf | Kauffman Foundation | Victor Hwang, Sameeksha Desai, Ross Biard | No | No | No |
| 2018 | Real Estate Market Size 2017 | Real Estate | Real Estate and per capita GDP | https://www.msci.com/documents/10199/6fdca931-3405-1073-e7fa-1672aa66f4c2 | MSCI | Corporate Author | Yes | No | No |
| 2019 | Community Index | Community Development | Diversity, Investment, Talent, Sustainability | https://fourtheconomyindex.shinyapps.io/community_index/#section-dashboard | Fourth Economy | Corporate Author | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 2018 | 50 State Property Tax Comparison | Property Tax | Taxes | https://www.lincolninst.edu/sites/default/files/pubfiles/50-state-property-tax-comparison-for-2017-full_1.pdf | Lincoln Institute of Land policy | Corporate Author | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 2019 | Property Taxes by County | Property Tax | Taxes | https://money.cnn.com/interactive/real-estate/property-tax/ | Tax Foundation | Corporate Author | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 2019 | The Small Business Sector in Urban America | Small Business Revenue Growth | Revenue Growth | https://www.jpmorganchase.com/content/dam/jpmorganchase/en/legacy/corporate/institute/document/institute-small-business-sector-report.pdf | JP Morgan Chase | Corporate Author | No | No | No |
| 2019 | IAB internet advertising revenue report: 2018 full year results | Advertising Industry Report | Internet and Digital Advertising | https://www.iab.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Full-Year-2018-IAB-Internet-Advertising-Revenue-Report.pdf | IAB Prepared by PwC | Corporate Author | Yes | Yes | No |
| 2019 | The Digital Advertising States You Need for 2018 | Advertising Industry Report | Internet and Digital Advertising | https://www.appnexus.com/sites/default/files/whitepapers/guide-2018stats_2.pdf | AppNexus | Corporate Author | Yes | No | No |
| 2019 | Quarterly Mobile Index Q1 2019: Mobile Advertising Trends | Advertising Industry Report | Internet and Digital Advertising | http://qmi.pubmatic.com/ | PubMatic | Corporate Author | Yes | No | No |
| 2017 | Why Competition in the Politics Industry is Failing America: A Strategy for Reinvigorating our Democracy | Politics and Competition | Voter Engagement, Congressional Disapproval | https://www.hbs.edu/competitiveness/Documents/why-competition-in-the-politics-industry-is-failing-america.pdf | Harvard Business School | Katherine M. Gehl and Michael E. Porter | No | No | No |
| 2015 | The State of the Affluent 2014 | Economics | Wealth Ownership | http://www.cegworldwide.com/downloads/ebwp/eread/SOA/State_of_the_Affluent.pdf | CEG Worldwide | John J. Bowen Jr., Paul Brunswick, James Dean, Jonathan J. Powell | No | No | No |
| 2019 | Black Demographics | Economics, Economic Justice | Demographic Data | https://blackdemographics.com/ | Black Demographics | Corporate Author | Yes | No | No |
| 2018 | International Private Equity and Venture Capital Valuation Guidelines | Private Equity, Venture Capital, Valuation | Valuation | http://www.privateequityvaluation.com/Portals/0/Documents/Guidelines/IPEV%20Valuation%20Guidelines%20-%20December%202018.pdf?ver=2018-12-21-085233-863 | International Private Equity and Venture Capital | Corporate Author | Yes | No | No |
| 2019 | Small Business Equity Tracker 2018 | Venture Capital, Equity Capital, Risk Capital | Market Analysis, industry verticals | https://www.british-business-bank.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Equity-Tracker-Report-2018.pdf | British Business Bank | Corporate Author | Yes | No | No |
| 2019 | Pitchbook-NVCA Venture Monitor | Venture Capital, Equity Capital, Risk Capital | Market Analysis, industry verticals | https://pitchbook.com/news/reports/1q-2019-pitchbook-nvca-venture-monitor | Pitchbook, NVCA | Corporate Author | Yes | No | No |
| 2019 | Blockchain and Property in 2018: At the End of the Beginning | Blockchain and Fractional Property Ownership | Blockchain | https://www.newamerica.org/documents/2121/Graglia_Mellon_blockchain.pdf | New America | J. Michael Graglia, Christopher Mellon | No | No | No |
| 2019 | Crime and Murder in 2018: A Preliminary Analysis | Violent Crime Rates | Crime Rates | https://www.brennancenter.org/sites/default/files/publications/2018_09_CrimeAnalysisV6.pdf | Brennan Center for Justice | Ames C. Grawert, Adureh Onyekwere, and Cameron Kimble | Yes | No | Yes |
