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Global 100 software leaders

Which are the leading software companies worldwide?
Where is the industry & market headed?
What trends are reshaping the way vendors operate?

View the top 100 software companies worldwide & in emerging markets.

PwC's Mark McCaffrey discusses software industry trends that are causing companies to change the way they are doing business.

PwC interviewed senior executives of large software providers about how these key trends will impact their business.

What did they say?

The talent challenge - Keeping CEOs awake at night

CEOs are facing their most critical leadership challenge – to keep costs under control while rebuilding trust and employee engagement.

It’s a time for extraordinary leadership

Tax strategy and its impact on corporate reputation

Tax has become a key part of corporate strategy, risk and reputation – rather than just a financial item

Find out how CEOs' focus on tax strategy is expanding in our tax perspective from the 16th Annual Global CEO Survey.

Question everything. Be ready for anything.

Why resilience belongs in your corporate DNA
Global 100 software leaders: Who's on top?

How are companies benefiting from Cloud, SaaS, mobile devices & consumerisation of IT?
Today’s talent challenges are hurting growth

A time for businesses and HR to show extraordinary leadership
Tax and corporate reputation

Find out why it’s a risk no business leader can ignore

What is organisational resilience?

Resilience is a strategic mindset that embraces preparedness, integrity and opportunity, through times of change and crisis. Which is to say, every day.

Harvard Law’s David Kennedy discusses the critical role of integrity in a resilient organisation.

Learn more about resilience

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Industry insights

Asset managementEmerging Trends in European Real Estate: Our predictions for 2013
Capital projects & infrastructureCrunch time for Brazilian infrastructure
Pharmaceuticals & life sciencesPharma 2020: From vision to decision
TechnologyDisplay: Enabling devices to offer users more natural interaction

NextGen study

The largest, most comprehensive global generational study ever conducted

Discover what organisations can do to keep their millennial employees engaged and happy.

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Audit and regulatory affairs

Mandatory firm rotation

See our views on why recent proposals to mandate the rotating of audit firms would significantly reduce the quality of audit and the reliability of financial reporting.

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Audit, independence and integrity

We’ve recently seen many changes designed to enhance independence and objectivity. See our proposals for how we can build on the safeguards and reforms already in place.

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Some argue that allowing auditors to carry out any non-audit services for their audit clients weakens their independence, objectivity and professional scepticism. Here’s why we disagree.

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Competition and choice in the audit market

Healthy competition is good for the marketplace, but this should not be achieved through artificial intervention. See our views on competition in the audit market.

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Governance and transparency of the audit

Audit committees have a key role to play, and their role should be strengthened to help make them even more effective and to help their decision-making around reappointing auditors.

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Benefits of scale

Large, global companies require an audit firm of comparable size and scale. See our views on the EC's proposals to address the dominance of the Big Four firms.

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