An overview of industry data, trends and financial reporting practices
2007 edition
PricewaterhouseCoopers' Automotive Practice is pleased to present The annual Global Automotive Financial Review: An overview of industry, data, trends and financial reporting practices* 2007 edition. This much acclaimed flagship thought leadership piece provides automotive executives with an excellent synopsis of industry trends and one place to review disclosures, example abstracts from letters from the Chairmen, and financials.
There is an interview with Mr. David Palmer, Fiat Automotive Group’s CFO, by PwC’s Giorgio Elefante who illuminates why the Fiat has become an industry success story. Analysts from the PwC Automotive Institute review and forecast the global automotive industry and explore the developments in the mature, yet dynamic, markets of the European Union, Japan, and North America.
Subject matter specialists present several articles that address the automotive industry’s hyper-competitive and regulatory environment. Dr. Derik Evertz and Thomas Steinberger examine the ongoing challenges suppliers encounter and offer suggestions for risk mitigation. The evolving automotive industry and what can be done to maintain a tax-efficient and compliant operating model is analyzed by John Ranke. The new so-called Japanese “J-SOX” regulations and their effects on automotive companies are then examined by Hitoshi Kiuchi, while Philippe Vincent and Franзois Jaumain explain how automotive companies can communicate their joint venture economic performance and provide illustrative disclosure examples from a number of suppliers and automakers. Al Vondra reviews the impact of recent corruption enforcement and why the automotive industry needs to maintain vigilance.
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