International and Emerging Markets Blog

Europe’s business leaders surveyed on eurozone crisis

Thursday, February 09, 2012 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: Thought leadership | Tags: business, statistics, report, survey, IBR, financial, International business report, Europe, debt, EU, crisis, business leaders, integration, euro, eurozone, single currency, sovereign debt crisis, analysis,

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How are business leaders in and around the European Union reacting to the eurozone crisis, do they still support the euro – and what do they think is the solution? Grant Thornton asked 50 senior executives in each economy to find out…

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Why businesses fail in Hong Kong and China

Tuesday, December 13, 2011 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: China , Thought leadership | Tags: business, China, financial, banking, failure, Hong Kong, SMEs, problems, profit, solutions, asset-backed financing, contingency, credit, cash management, financing operations, Barry Tong, financial management

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Barry Tong, partner in advisory services at Grant Thornton Jingdu Tianhua in Hong Kong, looks at some of the internal challenges facing SMEs in China and suggests some practical steps in financial management to help ensure survival…

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South Africa: ready to kick off?

Thursday, December 16, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: South Africa | Tags: business, infrastructure, IBR, financial, South Africa, World Cup, David Reuben, cost, crime, WEF

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The World Cup has spurred the delivery of much-needed improvements to infrastructure in South Africa, but crime is still costing business. David Reuben, Head of Audit, Grant Thornton Johannesburg, reviews SA’s state of play post-World Cup…

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