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5. Shanghai


Fortune 500 Score: 61.4% Office rental cost: $812 psm


Shanghai’s position on the Yangtze River Delta gives companies easy access to China’s large manufacturing base, research and development and back office operations in the region and edges it slightly ahead of Beijing.


7. Beijing


Fortune 500 Score: 60.4% Office rental cost: $735 per square metre


Best known for it’s popularity with mining, construction and agricultural companies it is renowned for being the heart of China’s political administration, many firms who operate closely with the public sector and state- owned companies and highly regulated sectors such as energy and mining favour Beijing over Shanghai.


6. Moscow Fortune 500 Score: 60.7 Office rental cost: $850 per square metre


With a population of 13 million and key location for Central and Eastern European markets, Moscow has become a professional services sector hub with a highly skilled labor force. The


redevelopment of


the city centre and the construction of the Moscow International Business Centre have grown the cities appeal to foreign businesses.


10. Paris


Fortune 500 Score: 55.7% Office rental cost: $1,093 psm


9. Dubai 8. Madrid


Fortune 500: 59.6% Office rental cost: $484 psm


More than 75 per cent of companies in the media, technology and telecommunications sectors have offices in Madrid which is also home to Telefonica - Europe’s second-largest phone company.


Fortune 500 score: 56.1 Office rental cost: $524 psm


Dubai is gradually emerging from the chaos of the crisis particularly those in the industrial goods and services sectors. Given its strategic location - halfwaybetween Europe and Asia - it serves as the head office for higher-level decision-making.


Paris plays host to offices of many front-office business functions because of its advanced economy and high skills base. Professional services and the insurance sector have a large representation in Paris.


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