IBR Q2/2015
07 Jul 2015
Business confidence across emerging Asia Pacific has risen for the third straight quarter, according to the Grant Thornton International Business Report (IBR), a quarterly global survey of 2,580 business leaders. China showed the biggest improvement however the recent volatility in Chinese shares would indicate this optimism will be prone to volatility. Generally business leaders across the region remain buoyant about growth prospects.
Grant Thornton IBR - Automation 2015
02 Jul 2015
Two thirds of businesses in emerging Asia Pacific are planning to automate a key operational process over the next 12 months according to data from the Grant Thornton International Business Report (IBR), slightly ahead of the global average (56%). These companies are looking to lower costs, and for greater accuracy and increased flexibility to increase or decrease production, while three in five expect this automation to replace workers.
Global M&A snapshot 2015 - Transaction momentum building
28 Apr 2015
The latest research from the Grant Thornton International Business Report (IBR), a global survey of 5,400+ business leaders in 35 economies, finds strong M&A activity and it’s set to grow further over the next 12 months. Businesses’ merger and acquisition (M&A) plans, both current and forecast, are becoming more focused as the quality of available targets improves and is matched by a five-year high in the willingness of potential vendors to contemplate a sale.
Hotels 2020
19 Mar 2015
Understanding core business functions and your customer’s expectations are crucial to the application of new technologies.
Women in business 2015 results
05 Mar 2015
As International Women’s Day approaches, new research from Grant Thornton reveals that Eastern European countries dominate the international league table for senior female business leaders, including seven of the top ten, with Russia at number one. However the proportion of women reaching the top tier of the business world has shown little progress over the past decade, leading to renewed calls for quotas, one of 12 recommendations set out in the report released today - Women in business: the path to leadership.
IBR Q4/2014
13 Jan 2015
The Q4 findings of the Grant Thornton International Business Report (IBR) show a significant decline in business optimism in Thailand and ASEAN countries from the previous quarter. Although a decrease in optimism was a common finding amongst most of those surveyed, Thailand showed a considerable difference with a 44% point drop from 71% in Q3 to 27% in Q4. This is a much larger drop that the global change (43% to 35%) and deeper than the ASEAN drop, which itself was fairly sharp (56% to 23%).
