International and Emerging Markets Blog
Thursday, May 24, 2012
| Posted by: Nick Farr
Categories:
China
| Tags: China,
growth,
UK,
confidence,
exports,
optimism,
Shanghai,
China diary,
UK business
Two of our team leads have been blogging their visit to China and reviewing the growth opportunities in the region. Here, Nick Farr, Head of China Britain Services Group, highlights how confidence in the region could benefit UK business.
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Wednesday, May 09, 2012
| Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Thought leadership
| Tags: business,
M&A,
survey,
IBR,
mergers,
acquisitions,
International business report,
cross-border,
mergers and acquisitions,
Cross border M&A,
optimism
Dynamic businesses seeking growth have retained their appetite for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in 2012 despite the ongoing economic challenges, according to our latest global survey of 12,000 business leaders in 40 economies.
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Wednesday, May 02, 2012
| Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Thought leadership
| Tags: business,
report,
research,
survey,
IBR,
sustainability,
International Business Report,
optimism,
2012,
green,
cleantech,
Nathan Goode
The main drivers in demand for cleantech products are increasingly commercial, according to Grant Thornton’s latest International Business Report (IBR) on the global cleantech industry. Get more information and a copy of the 20-page sector report below…
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Tuesday, April 03, 2012
| Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Thought leadership
| Tags: business,
economy,
survey,
IBR,
economic,
International Business Report,
optimism,
2012,
indicators,
Q1
New data from the International Business Report (IBR) reveals that many mature market businesses are experiencing a more upbeat first quarter – click on the image left to see G7 confidence levels in Q1 in full. This upturn is also having a knock-on effect on emerging economies, with Peru and Brazil leading the way.
Read on for the highlights from our Q1 economic update…
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Friday, February 17, 2012
| Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Brazil,
China ,
India,
Thought leadership
| Tags: India,
finance,
investment,
China,
report,
growth,
insight,
GDP,
inflation,
Brazil,
Russia,
forecast,
BRIC,
optimism,
BRICS,
global economy,
emerging economies,
analysis,
Keep up to date with the BRICs (Brazil, Russia, India and China) – how they are propping up the global economy but also some of the issues they face in 2012 on finance, inflation and investment. Here are some of the highlights from Grant Thornton’s latest survey report.
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Wednesday, October 19, 2011
| Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Thought leadership
| Tags: statistics,
economy,
IBR,
International business report,
Europe,
debt,
index,
US,
crisis,
optimism
New figures from Grant Thornton’s International Business Report (IBR) show a pandemic collapse in business optimism during the third quarter of 2011 with net global business optimism dropping from 31% to just 3%.
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Friday, January 28, 2011
| Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
China
| Tags: business,
statistics,
economy,
China,
survey,
IBR,
GDP,
inflation,
International business report,
confidence,
forecast,
index,
outlook,
Five Year Plan,
optimism
Levels of business optimism in mainland China have taken a dramatic fall over the past 12 months, partly caused by the growing inflation concerns, according to the
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