Our professionals share their insights on a variety of topics and economic issues.
| Forging ahead: a study of mergers and acquisitions in the metals sector in 2007 Deal making in the global metals sector soared to unprecedented levels during 2007 and is up 67% on the previous year, despite the impact of the credit crunch. ‘Forging Ahead’, the latest study of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the metals sector, also found there have been dynamic shifts of focus: from steel to aluminium and away from Western Europe to the new M&A hotspot of North America. |
| Doing Business in the Russian Federation 2008 Guide to doing business and investing in the Russian Federation 2008 focuses on the precise concerns of business executives formulating global investment and trading strategies. It provides business people with practical, concise and up-to-date information on how to do business in Russia. Starting with a brief overview of general country information, it offers valuable insight into the Russian economy and business climate, its tax, legal and accounting systems, labour relations. |
| Emerging Trends in Real Estate 2008 A joint undertaking of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) and PricewaterhouseCoopers, Emerging Trends in Real Estate® Europe is a trends and forecast publication now in its fifth edition. The report provides an outlook on European real estate investment and development trends, real estate finance and capital markets, property sectors, metropolitan areas, and other real estate issues. |
| Convergence monitor: Enterprise mobility This is the second in a series of global surveys aimed at understanding preferences and interest to buy and use various converged services. Enterprise mobility focuses on workforce use of mobile technologies and perceived demand for converged enterprise solutions in the near future. |
| Doing Business in the Russian Federation Guide to doing business and investing in the Russian Federation 2008 focuses on the precise concerns of business executives formulating global investment and trading strategies. It provides business people with practical, concise and up-to-date information on how to do business in Russia. |
| Communications review: Keeping the promise With its theme of “Keeping the promise”, this issue includes articles on strategic alignment, tools for transformation, tackling complexity, and working in partnership. |
| CEO Perspectives in forest, paper & packaging The second edition of “CEO Perspectives” from PricewaterhouseCoopers summarises the thoughts of 26 CEOs from the forest, paper & packaging sectors from Canada, US, South America, Europe, Russia, South East Asia, India and South Africa. |
| Communications review: Agile and prepared With a global circulation of over 18,000, PricewaterhouseCoopers' (PwC's) quarterly journal for communications executives is regarded as a “must-read”. Communications review showcases some of the best global practices and leading-edge thinking regarding management and financial issues in the communications industry. Articles are authored by partners in PwC's communications industry practice. |
| Paying Taxes: the Global Picture Paying taxes is a unique annual report from PwC and the World Bank, which facilitates the direct comparison of tax systems in 178 countries worldwide, and ranks each country according to the relative ease of paying taxes. |
| How to capitalize on lifestyle advertising in a customer-centric world The most fundamental shift in the history of media usage is upon us. Consumers are empowered by new technology and distribution platforms to engage with media and advertising in new ways. They are interacting with content, not just taking it in. Advertisers can now gain far greater insight into consumer preferences, interests, and the consumer point of view than ever before. |
| Entertainment and Media Outlook: 2007-2011. Russian Market The Outlook provides five-year market growth forecasts and analyses for the global entertainment and media market as well as the analyses of the main sectors of the entertainment and media industry in Russia, including TV, film industry, radio, publishing, the Internet etc. |
| Global Economic Crime Survey 2007 In our fourth biennial survey, we interviewed senior representatives of more than 5,400 companies in 40 countries, including 125 leading companies within Russia, providing us with unparalleled depth of insight into perceptions, awareness and impact of economic crime on business around the world. |
