Research & insights

PwC’s second annual point-of-view study reviews current and future trends and revenue growth in the global casino gaming industry and the online gaming sector over the next five years, which is increasingly global while acknowledging local gaming habits and regulation.

There are three key areas banks need to address to sustain competitive relevance in the rapidly changing transaction banking field: how to get closer to chosen customers; how to manage risk and capital; and how to keep pace with market developments.

Download PwC's 15th Annual Global CEO Survey as a PDF or ePub, to gain insight from over 1,250 CEO interviews on growth, risk, talent and innovation strategies in a volatile economy.

Global CEOs discuss regulation, corruption, debt issues, natural disasters, and other risks — and their strategies for remaining resilient.

In this PwC survey, CEOs from 60 countries share their local strategies for growing their business globally in volatile economic times.

This PwC survey shows how CEOs from 60 countries are embracing volatility and what it means for the global economic outlook.

This survey asks CEOs from 60 countries how they are innovating on multiple fronts to remain competitive, satisfy customers and grow their business.

This PwC survey shows that talent management is a top challenge as more CEOs are changing talent strategies as a means for growth.

This study explores how to reduce the chances of pre- and post-deal problems. It shows how to avoid doing bad deals, how to successfully complete on good deals, and how to make sure a good deal doesn’t turn bad after the deal trophy is on the shelf.

PwC surveyed over 4,000 millennials to learn what they value most in their career. What’s clear is that the way our global workforce is sourced, organised, and managed is headed for radical change.

In this issue: Predicting risk in an uncertain world; Getting to grips with cyber threats; From compliance to competitive edge; A new direction for the IASB?; Auditor reporting: Is it relevant?

How are G20 economies progressing in reducing their carbon emissions levels and how far must they go to meet 2050 targets?

Free download of this study measuring and ranking the ease of filing tax returns and paying taxes for a small to medium-sized domestic company.

Our Paying taxes series compares tax systems around the world, assesses compliance burden, and examines the impact of VAT compliance on a business.

There are three key areas banks need to address to sustain competitive relevance in the rapidly changing transaction banking field: how to get closer to chosen customers; how to manage risk and capital; and how to keep pace with market developments.

This paper looks at why business information and reporting is under fire from companies, investors, government and regulators alike ― and why it's falling short, what’s driving change, where insight is missing and how companies can take action.

Press coverage of PwC’s Global Annual Review 2011, including cuttings from The Times, Straights Times, and The Daily Telegraph.

Respondents to the 2012 Global State of Information Security Survey® say two crucial drivers of information security effectiveness are having a sound strategy in place and proactively executing it. What other issues did the survey reveal?

While companies have a more positive view of compensation levels in the short term, the slow nature of the economic recovery and unprecedented scrutiny of executive pay has given rise to performance-based equity as the chosen compensation vehicle.

Government policies play a key role in lowering or raising the tax compliance burden for business. What do tax experts from 183 economies say about the issue?

PwC provides perspectives on the recent trends affecting M&A activity within the global stock exchange sector, focusing on potential future developments within the emerging markets.

Companies want to retain star performers and talent - but it's important to also focus on the pivotal roles that can improve retention and create (or destroy) value. What are organisations doing to engage pivotal talent and ultimately stay ahead?

A PwC-sponsored YouGovStone survey that explores attitudes among Audit Committee Chairs and Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) to audit quality and potential reforms.

CEOs recognize big opportunities to meet rising expectations for environmental and corporate responsibility practices. They see environmentally friendly products and services as one component of long-term growth.

In this issue: Investors want better M&A disclosures; Reporting must evolve, not fail; Confident about your crisis response?; IASB regime change; Internal audit: Rising to the challenge?

According to the CEOs we surveyed, Innovation is high on the agenda for 2011 in virtually all industries. The accelerating pace of change is a major reason why CEOs polled for PwC’s 14th Annual Global CEO Survey believe innovation is now as important to growing their businesses as expanding in existing markets.

CEOs today are focusing on fast-growing emerging markets as major engines of growth. But success in unfamiliar markets requires more deliberate alignment of risk monitoring with strategic planning and operational execution. How prepared is your organisation to grow away from home?

The Sustainability Yearbook 2011, offers you an overview of the results of SAM's 12th annual assessment of corporate sustainability practices, which provides the basis for the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes.

Gender and Gen Y: Insights into Global Diversity in China

PwC has produced this paper in collaboration with the World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders to spark dialogue on workforce issues common to governments worldwide. We hope it will initiate a conversation on how governments can maintain their competitiveness in the war for talent, how private sector leaders can (and should) assist their public sector peers, and how aspiring leaders can prepare themselves for public service.

PwC's report outlines factors shaping new global industry clusters and where the new centres of activity are likely to develop.

PwC's Banking Banana Skins 2012 ranks bankers views on current risks facing the banking industry. The top three risks ranked are macro-economic risk, credit risk, and liquidity risk.

Download PwC's 15th Annual Global CEO Survey as a PDF or ePub, to gain insight from over 1,250 CEO interviews on growth, risk, talent and innovation strategies in a volatile economy.

Global CEOs discuss regulation, corruption, debt issues, natural disasters, and other risks — and their strategies for remaining resilient.

In this PwC survey, CEOs from 60 countries share their local strategies for growing their business globally in volatile economic times.

This PwC survey shows how CEOs from 60 countries are embracing volatility and what it means for the global economic outlook.

This survey asks CEOs from 60 countries how they are innovating on multiple fronts to remain competitive, satisfy customers and grow their business.

This PwC survey shows that talent management is a top challenge as more CEOs are changing talent strategies as a means for growth.

View insights from approximately 3,000 banking customers in nine different markets to understand customers' needs, attitudes and behaviours to digital media.

The telecommunications market is on a great growth trajectory - especially regarding the potential for services that go beyond basic voice and text offerings -- but major transformational challenges also face the industry. In this report, we address some of these challenges and identify the opportunities to seize.

This annual report by PwC forecasts the outlook for M&A activity in the global technology sector in 2010 and reviews the challenges the sector faced during 2009.

There is much that is wrong with executive pay in the UK. We believe that to get executive pay right, we need to understand how it can drive human behaviour. Our Psychology of incentives study, in conjunction with the London School of Economics, offers insights to understanding this important issue.

PwC's monthly bulletin gives you updates from across the UK financial industry on regulation, accounting and audit.

Defense leaders recognise that to weather today's increasingly complex threat environment, defense organisations must be smart, fast, adaptive, collaborative, and accountable. Here we offer their perspectives on the obstacles, enablers and building blocks to an agile defense organisation.

What makes cities thrive? This year's report covers 26 cities in-depth and examines issues and insights from urban thinkers and influencers. Choose any combination of 26 cities and 66 key variables and compare the rankings that interest you.

Technology Forecast is our quarterly journal that provides forward-looking perspectives and points of view that can help you understand, anticipate, and deliver the competitive advantage to be gained from new and emerging technologies.

Corporate development, human resources, and communications leaders discussed how to better integrate and engage human capital on the heels of a deal at a recent roundtable. What are the most compelling strategies that emerged?

Companies in advanced economies face a new competitive challenge: aggressive, cash-rich firms from emerging economies that are now able to invest heavily in technology and innovation. Companies in both markets are rethinking how they can organize, connect and collaborate to encourage innovation.

We recently held a webcast looking at developments in climate policy and exploring what to expect from the Durban climate change summit, held recently in South Africa. The webcast also explores findings from our Low Carbon Economy Index 2011 report.

We analysed the historic performance of 51 countries over 30 years to see whether there was a material economic impact on the country which set up a Sovereign Wealth Fund. Overall we found it's beneficial to the country which sets it up. And the recent clamour by countries to start new Funds may indeed be justified.

The 2011 APEC CEO Summit provided opportunities for dialogue between business and government on key trends and issues of significance to APEC member countries, and beyond. Our report summarizes a survey of CEO's from the region.

Cross-border assignments are showing no signs of a slowdown. Since even well-planned assignments cost more than an assignee’s salary, effective and strategic planning—from tax considerations to how an assignment is structured—is more important than ever.  

Why the anti-corruption regulatory movement is now one of the most formidable compliance challenges confronting the private sector, and what you need to know about it.

The global trade and shipping industry was not immune to the economic downturn, but showed improvement in 2010. What challenges still lie ahead? Here, we take a look at some key performance indicators to get an answer.

There are three key areas banks need to address to sustain competitive relevance in the rapidly changing transaction banking field: how to get closer to chosen customers; how to manage risk and capital; and how to keep pace with market developments.

Press coverage of PwC’s Global Annual Review 2011, including cuttings from The Times, Straights Times, and The Daily Telegraph.

Africa has some of the world’s fastest-growing economies and offers the highest risk-adjusted returns on foreign direct investment among emerging economies. To succeed, investors must look beyond dazzling returns and one-off projects, and sign on as participating partners in Africa's long-term growth and development.

This edition looks at ways in which HR can help educate employees of the dangers of lax mobile security. It also examines lawyers who are now heading HR functions; and addresses how we can protect ourselves from phone-hacking scandals like the recent one in the UK.

What are the six seismic shifts that are transforming the global playing field in the digital economy that CEOs must address? Here we delve into them and outlines how they'll affect companies in all industries.

PwC provides perspectives on the recent trends affecting M&A activity within the global stock exchange sector, focusing on potential future developments within the emerging markets.

Two years after the global crisis, the US is still spluttering along, the eurozone faces a sovereign debt crisis, and Japan has lapsed back into recession after a devastating natural disaster. What are the key opportunities for and threats to getting back on track?

Human capital is central to the organization's corporate value. PwC's Saratoga US human capital effectiveness report looks at the major factors surrounding this, such as the quality of hire, workforce productivity, turnover, costs and the economy's impact on HR.

This PwC-sponsored white paper takes a close look at the seismic shifts transforming the global playing field and outlines how they will affect companies in all industries. What are the specific shifts and what should CEOs be doing to ensure their firms remain competitive in this disruptive environment?

Cloud computing can help businesses meet demands for greater agility as its solutions have the potential to accelerate innovation and time-to-market, enhance customer engagement, and improve connections across the network of suppliers, time zones, and cultures.

Driven by necessity, technology, and cultural norms, the workforce taking shape today, while divergent in many ways, shares an undeniable and natural affinity for flexibility, fresh perspectives, individuality, and innovation. How can employers navigate these complex dynamics to spur growth and retain pivotal talent?

European financial regulation updates: Recent topics include updates on cyber security; short-selling ban; recovery and resolution plans in the UK; and the push by Germany and France for a financial transaction tax.

Last year we proposed a 100% renewable electricity vision and roadmap for Europe and North Africa by 2050. How is this progressing? Our new report assesses the progress and examines five areas considered critical for moving forward: political leadership; market structure; investment climate; planning and permitting; and technological progress.

Providing adequate transportation, utilities, clean water, and sanitation for thousands of athletes and millions of spectators at a mega-event like the FIFA World CupTM or the Olympics is no mean task. But what becomes of that supporting infrastructure after the athletes and spectators have gone home?

How enterprises are planning for and adopting cloud computing as a replacement for traditional data center infrastructure - or how these plans might affect traditional IT outsourcing service providers - is unknown. Will there be a complete shift to public cloud offerings, a transition to private clouds, or a combination of both?

What trends are contributing to China's rapid rise as a global greentech leader and what solutions are supporting it? This report analyses recent developments and examines existing and emerging opportunities in six key sectors: cleaner conventional energy, renewable energy, electric power infrastructure, green building, cleaner transportation, and clean water.

Executive remuneration is an issue likely to pique the interest of the public for a long time. This briefing looks at compensation regulatory changes, how to align risk management with reward, changes to incentive, and how best practices in the US compare to those in the UK.

The Mobile VAS market has huge potential in India, but there are issues holding it back. This report examines those issues and the direction needed to realise future success for the industry.

Based on a survey of more than 50 cloud services providers in Germany, this report demonstrates how these providers are meeting current demand and identifies their most significant risks and opportunities.

Global Technology Scorecard is a PwC analysis and benchmark of top technology companies. The Scorecard cross-compares company quarterly and annual performance and revenues. We also offer a deeper dive into data through our online charting tool allowing you to get up close to raw statistics and manipulate which companies you'd like to compare and benchmark against .

Insurance Banana Skins is piece of research conducted by the Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation (CSFI), an independent think tank, that is sponsored by PwC. It's a survey of insurers and seeks out their views on current risk and future trends.

Welcome to the fourth-quarter 2010 edition of Intersections, PwC’s quarterly analysis of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the global transportation and logistics industry.

The Indian information technology (IT) / IT enabled Services (ITeS) industry has played a major role in putting India on the global map. India’s fundamental advantages—abundant talent and cost—are key to advancing the industry's success going forward. What are the other factors lending to success - and what are the challenges that might serve as obstacles to this success?

Why are more companies promoting their corporate responsibility efforts? In the interest of transparency and the fact that investors are increasingly interested in non-financial information, businesses are looking to increase long-term shareholder and social value while mitigating the negative environmental and social impacts of company activities.

This report looks at how private institutions are integrating climate change issues in the context of research, asset management, retail banking, insurance and reinsurance, corporate banking, investment banking, and project finance. 

This book outlines actions banks should be taking in response to Basel III, and examines the related reforms and parallel developments in accounting rules, taxation, strategy, supervision and the economy.

This PwC explains why many developed market financial services groups are looking to emerging markets for growth and ever-stronger emerging market-based firms are seeking to strengthen their global footprint.

This book outlines actions banks should be taking in response to Basel III, and examines the related reforms and parallel developments in accounting rules, taxation, strategy, supervision and the economy.

As cleantech matures into one of the largest global industries and the U.S. and China deploy ambitious cleantech build-outs, opportunities for alliances and cross-border collaboration are emerging in cleantech sector "sweet spots", including utility-scale wind and solar generation, water technologies, electric transportation and smart grid infrastructures.

The software industry is in the midst of significant change as new technologies (cloud and mobile) and customer behaviours emerge. Here, PwC presents not just the leading software companies from key markets around the world but, more importantly, insights into where the industry is going in the next five years shared by executives from companies such as Adobe, Dessault, Sage, SAP, and Wipro.

This study aims to help senior procurement managers provide strong arguments for building a business case on the value of sustainable procurement with top management and the CEO.

Being sustainable can drive new growth through lowered costs, reduced risk, enhanced customer value, revenue growth, new products and markets, and motivated work force. All companies, ecofriendly or not, can adjust their thinking to be more sustainable. How can your company benefit from doing so?

In this 50-page report, PwC assembles in-house research on 11 countries, as well as several US states, known for large concentrations of high-tech organisations, reviewing and analysing the specific tax, legal and other fiscal policies that these governments are employing to foster innovation in their territories.

TEEB is a global study initiated by the G8 that focuses ‘the global economic benefit of biological diversity, the costs of the loss of biodiversity, and the failure to take protective measures versus the costs of effective conservation.

Health systems are beginning to proactively understand and support individuals in managing their own health, rather than just treating them in reaction to an existing health issue. The HealthCast series reports are based on surveys of medical professionals, policy makers, insurers, and others around the world to get a view of the proactive measures being taken to care for the individual.

The move to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) is advancing the transparency and comparability of financial statements around the world. Many countries now require companies to prepare their financial statements in accordance with IFRS.

PwC's Banking Banana Skins 2012 ranks bankers views on current risks facing the banking industry. The top three risks ranked are macro-economic risk, credit risk, and liquidity risk.

Download PwC's 15th Annual Global CEO Survey as a PDF or ePub, to gain insight from over 1,250 CEO interviews on growth, risk, talent and innovation strategies in a volatile economy.

Global CEOs discuss regulation, corruption, debt issues, natural disasters, and other risks — and their strategies for remaining resilient.

In this PwC survey, CEOs from 60 countries share their local strategies for growing their business globally in volatile economic times.

This PwC survey shows how CEOs from 60 countries are embracing volatility and what it means for the global economic outlook.

This survey asks CEOs from 60 countries how they are innovating on multiple fronts to remain competitive, satisfy customers and grow their business.

This PwC survey shows that talent management is a top challenge as more CEOs are changing talent strategies as a means for growth.

This study explores how to reduce the chances of pre- and post-deal problems. It shows how to avoid doing bad deals, how to successfully complete on good deals, and how to make sure a good deal doesn’t turn bad after the deal trophy is on the shelf.

View insights from approximately 3,000 banking customers in nine different markets to understand customers' needs, attitudes and behaviours to digital media.

What are the online shopping habits of consumers around the world? How can retailers adapt their operating models to keep pace with the demands of cross-border, multichannel consumers, and what are the complex tax issues they need to consider? Our consumer survey reveals some interesting findings.

PwC surveyed over 4,000 millennials to learn what they value most in their career. What’s clear is that the way our global workforce is sourced, organised, and managed is headed for radical change.

In this issue: Predicting risk in an uncertain world; Getting to grips with cyber threats; From compliance to competitive edge; A new direction for the IASB?; Auditor reporting: Is it relevant?

With a growing population, increasing GDP levels and improving lifestyles, renewable and non-renewable resources—energy, water, land, minerals—are in ever higher demand. In this report, we found that the supply of many minerals and metals is struggling to keep up with rapid increases in consumption, resulting in price hikes and delivery delays. For a manufacturing organisation with a global supply chain, this could spell trouble. Explore how this scarcity will impact seven key manufacturing industries around the world.

PwC’s second annual point-of-view study reviews current and future trends and revenue growth in the global casino gaming industry and the online gaming sector over the next five years, which is increasingly global while acknowledging local gaming habits and regulation.

Diagnostics 2011 outlines M&A deal activity during the past two years and the factors driving it, the development of new prospects for early detection testing and a review of significant events for the development of personalised medicine. The report highlights how multi-billion dollar IVD (in vitro diagnostics) deals in the first seven months of 2011 more than tripled M&A deal value from 2010 to over $15 billion.

The telecommunications market is on a great growth trajectory - especially regarding the potential for services that go beyond basic voice and text offerings -- but major transformational challenges also face the industry. In this report, we address some of these challenges and identify the opportunities to seize.

This annual report by PwC forecasts the outlook for M&A activity in the global technology sector in 2010 and reviews the challenges the sector faced during 2009.

There is much that is wrong with executive pay in the UK. We believe that to get executive pay right, we need to understand how it can drive human behaviour. Our Psychology of incentives study, in conjunction with the London School of Economics, offers insights to understanding this important issue.

PwC's monthly bulletin gives you updates from across the UK financial industry on regulation, accounting and audit.

Defense leaders recognise that to weather today's increasingly complex threat environment, defense organisations must be smart, fast, adaptive, collaborative, and accountable. Here we offer their perspectives on the obstacles, enablers and building blocks to an agile defense organisation.

PwC's Global economic crime survey examines the causes and effects of fraud worldwide, focusing on the growing threat of cybercrime.

What makes cities thrive? This year's report covers 26 cities in-depth and examines issues and insights from urban thinkers and influencers. Choose any combination of 26 cities and 66 key variables and compare the rankings that interest you.

Technology Forecast is our quarterly journal that provides forward-looking perspectives and points of view that can help you understand, anticipate, and deliver the competitive advantage to be gained from new and emerging technologies.

Corporate development, human resources, and communications leaders discussed how to better integrate and engage human capital on the heels of a deal at a recent roundtable. What are the most compelling strategies that emerged?

Companies in advanced economies face a new competitive challenge: aggressive, cash-rich firms from emerging economies that are now able to invest heavily in technology and innovation. Companies in both markets are rethinking how they can organize, connect and collaborate to encourage innovation.

How are G20 economies progressing in reducing their carbon emissions levels and how far must they go to meet 2050 targets?

Free download of this study measuring and ranking the ease of filing tax returns and paying taxes for a small to medium-sized domestic company.

We recently held a webcast looking at developments in climate policy and exploring what to expect from the Durban climate change summit, held recently in South Africa. The webcast also explores findings from our Low Carbon Economy Index 2011 report.

Our Paying taxes series compares tax systems around the world, assesses compliance burden, and examines the impact of VAT compliance on a business.

We analysed the historic performance of 51 countries over 30 years to see whether there was a material economic impact on the country which set up a Sovereign Wealth Fund. Overall we found it's beneficial to the country which sets it up. And the recent clamour by countries to start new Funds may indeed be justified.

The 2011 APEC CEO Summit provided opportunities for dialogue between business and government on key trends and issues of significance to APEC member countries, and beyond. Our report summarizes a survey of CEO's from the region.

Cross-border assignments are showing no signs of a slowdown. Since even well-planned assignments cost more than an assignee’s salary, effective and strategic planning—from tax considerations to how an assignment is structured—is more important than ever.  

Why the anti-corruption regulatory movement is now one of the most formidable compliance challenges confronting the private sector, and what you need to know about it.

The global trade and shipping industry was not immune to the economic downturn, but showed improvement in 2010. What challenges still lie ahead? Here, we take a look at some key performance indicators to get an answer.

There are three key areas banks need to address to sustain competitive relevance in the rapidly changing transaction banking field: how to get closer to chosen customers; how to manage risk and capital; and how to keep pace with market developments.

The VAT exemption which applies to European banks does not lead to a tax advantage for the banking sector. This latest report concludes that if bank services were subject to VAT in place of the current exemption system, it would not lead to any significant increase in EU VAT revenues.

This paper looks at why business information and reporting is under fire from companies, investors, government and regulators alike ― and why it's falling short, what’s driving change, where insight is missing and how companies can take action.

Press coverage of PwC’s Global Annual Review 2011, including cuttings from The Times, Straights Times, and The Daily Telegraph.

This PwC Financial Services M&A in Asia report highlights the overview and outlook for M&A activity in the region. Explore the data for in-depth findings and download country-specific reports for the areas of most interest to you.

How are companies the world over responding to climate change and disclosing their carbon output? Get a complete picture of what the world's largest companies across the Global 500, FTSE 350 and S&P500 are doing.

Respondents to the 2012 Global State of Information Security Survey® say two crucial drivers of information security effectiveness are having a sound strategy in place and proactively executing it. What other issues did the survey reveal?

While companies have a more positive view of compensation levels in the short term, the slow nature of the economic recovery and unprecedented scrutiny of executive pay has given rise to performance-based equity as the chosen compensation vehicle.

Government policies play a key role in lowering or raising the tax compliance burden for business. What do tax experts from 183 economies say about the issue?

Africa has some of the world’s fastest-growing economies and offers the highest risk-adjusted returns on foreign direct investment among emerging economies. To succeed, investors must look beyond dazzling returns and one-off projects, and sign on as participating partners in Africa's long-term growth and development.

This edition looks at ways in which HR can help educate employees of the dangers of lax mobile security. It also examines lawyers who are now heading HR functions; and addresses how we can protect ourselves from phone-hacking scandals like the recent one in the UK.

What are the six seismic shifts that are transforming the global playing field in the digital economy that CEOs must address? Here we delve into them and outlines how they'll affect companies in all industries.

PwC provides perspectives on the recent trends affecting M&A activity within the global stock exchange sector, focusing on potential future developments within the emerging markets.

Two years after the global crisis, the US is still spluttering along, the eurozone faces a sovereign debt crisis, and Japan has lapsed back into recession after a devastating natural disaster. What are the key opportunities for and threats to getting back on track?

Human capital is central to the organization's corporate value. PwC's Saratoga US human capital effectiveness report looks at the major factors surrounding this, such as the quality of hire, workforce productivity, turnover, costs and the economy's impact on HR.

Companies want to retain star performers and talent - but it's important to also focus on the pivotal roles that can improve retention and create (or destroy) value. What are organisations doing to engage pivotal talent and ultimately stay ahead?

A PwC-sponsored YouGovStone survey that explores attitudes among Audit Committee Chairs and Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) to audit quality and potential reforms.

CEOs recognize big opportunities to meet rising expectations for environmental and corporate responsibility practices. They see environmentally friendly products and services as one component of long-term growth.

This PwC-sponsored white paper takes a close look at the seismic shifts transforming the global playing field and outlines how they will affect companies in all industries. What are the specific shifts and what should CEOs be doing to ensure their firms remain competitive in this disruptive environment?

In this issue: Investors want better M&A disclosures; Reporting must evolve, not fail; Confident about your crisis response?; IASB regime change; Internal audit: Rising to the challenge?

Cloud computing can help businesses meet demands for greater agility as its solutions have the potential to accelerate innovation and time-to-market, enhance customer engagement, and improve connections across the network of suppliers, time zones, and cultures.

Driven by necessity, technology, and cultural norms, the workforce taking shape today, while divergent in many ways, shares an undeniable and natural affinity for flexibility, fresh perspectives, individuality, and innovation. How can employers navigate these complex dynamics to spur growth and retain pivotal talent?

According to the CEOs we surveyed, Innovation is high on the agenda for 2011 in virtually all industries. The accelerating pace of change is a major reason why CEOs polled for PwC’s 14th Annual Global CEO Survey believe innovation is now as important to growing their businesses as expanding in existing markets.

CEOs today are focusing on fast-growing emerging markets as major engines of growth. But success in unfamiliar markets requires more deliberate alignment of risk monitoring with strategic planning and operational execution. How prepared is your organisation to grow away from home?

European financial regulation updates: Recent topics include updates on cyber security; short-selling ban; recovery and resolution plans in the UK; and the push by Germany and France for a financial transaction tax.

Last year we proposed a 100% renewable electricity vision and roadmap for Europe and North Africa by 2050. How is this progressing? Our new report assesses the progress and examines five areas considered critical for moving forward: political leadership; market structure; investment climate; planning and permitting; and technological progress.

Providing adequate transportation, utilities, clean water, and sanitation for thousands of athletes and millions of spectators at a mega-event like the FIFA World CupTM or the Olympics is no mean task. But what becomes of that supporting infrastructure after the athletes and spectators have gone home?

How enterprises are planning for and adopting cloud computing as a replacement for traditional data center infrastructure - or how these plans might affect traditional IT outsourcing service providers - is unknown. Will there be a complete shift to public cloud offerings, a transition to private clouds, or a combination of both?

What trends are contributing to China's rapid rise as a global greentech leader and what solutions are supporting it? This report analyses recent developments and examines existing and emerging opportunities in six key sectors: cleaner conventional energy, renewable energy, electric power infrastructure, green building, cleaner transportation, and clean water.

Executive remuneration is an issue likely to pique the interest of the public for a long time. This briefing looks at compensation regulatory changes, how to align risk management with reward, changes to incentive, and how best practices in the US compare to those in the UK.

The Mobile VAS market has huge potential in India, but there are issues holding it back. This report examines those issues and the direction needed to realise future success for the industry.

What is the rationale behind the trends and key individual deals in the renewable energy sector? Why is energy efficiency increasingly important and what are some of the critical issues for companies engaging in deal activity within the sector?

Based on a survey of more than 50 cloud services providers in Germany, this report demonstrates how these providers are meeting current demand and identifies their most significant risks and opportunities.

Global Technology Scorecard is a PwC analysis and benchmark of top technology companies. The Scorecard cross-compares company quarterly and annual performance and revenues. We also offer a deeper dive into data through our online charting tool allowing you to get up close to raw statistics and manipulate which companies you'd like to compare and benchmark against .

The Sustainability Yearbook 2011, offers you an overview of the results of SAM's 12th annual assessment of corporate sustainability practices, which provides the basis for the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes.

Insurance Banana Skins is piece of research conducted by the Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation (CSFI), an independent think tank, that is sponsored by PwC. It's a survey of insurers and seeks out their views on current risk and future trends.

Welcome to the fourth-quarter 2010 edition of Intersections, PwC’s quarterly analysis of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the global transportation and logistics industry.

The Indian information technology (IT) / IT enabled Services (ITeS) industry has played a major role in putting India on the global map. India’s fundamental advantages—abundant talent and cost—are key to advancing the industry's success going forward. What are the other factors lending to success - and what are the challenges that might serve as obstacles to this success?

Gender and Gen Y: Insights into Global Diversity in China

PwC has produced this paper in collaboration with the World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders to spark dialogue on workforce issues common to governments worldwide. We hope it will initiate a conversation on how governments can maintain their competitiveness in the war for talent, how private sector leaders can (and should) assist their public sector peers, and how aspiring leaders can prepare themselves for public service.

Why are more companies promoting their corporate responsibility efforts? In the interest of transparency and the fact that investors are increasingly interested in non-financial information, businesses are looking to increase long-term shareholder and social value while mitigating the negative environmental and social impacts of company activities.

This report looks at how private institutions are integrating climate change issues in the context of research, asset management, retail banking, insurance and reinsurance, corporate banking, investment banking, and project finance. 

This book outlines actions banks should be taking in response to Basel III, and examines the related reforms and parallel developments in accounting rules, taxation, strategy, supervision and the economy.

This PwC explains why many developed market financial services groups are looking to emerging markets for growth and ever-stronger emerging market-based firms are seeking to strengthen their global footprint.

This book outlines actions banks should be taking in response to Basel III, and examines the related reforms and parallel developments in accounting rules, taxation, strategy, supervision and the economy.

This booklet sets out how PwC has played and continues to play a key role in helping governments, business and society make the transition to renewable solar energy options.

As cleantech matures into one of the largest global industries and the U.S. and China deploy ambitious cleantech build-outs, opportunities for alliances and cross-border collaboration are emerging in cleantech sector "sweet spots", including utility-scale wind and solar generation, water technologies, electric transportation and smart grid infrastructures.

The software industry is in the midst of significant change as new technologies (cloud and mobile) and customer behaviours emerge. Here, PwC presents not just the leading software companies from key markets around the world but, more importantly, insights into where the industry is going in the next five years shared by executives from companies such as Adobe, Dessault, Sage, SAP, and Wipro.

This study aims to help senior procurement managers provide strong arguments for building a business case on the value of sustainable procurement with top management and the CEO.

Being sustainable can drive new growth through lowered costs, reduced risk, enhanced customer value, revenue growth, new products and markets, and motivated work force. All companies, ecofriendly or not, can adjust their thinking to be more sustainable. How can your company benefit from doing so?

PwC's report outlines factors shaping new global industry clusters and where the new centres of activity are likely to develop.

In this 50-page report, PwC assembles in-house research on 11 countries, as well as several US states, known for large concentrations of high-tech organisations, reviewing and analysing the specific tax, legal and other fiscal policies that these governments are employing to foster innovation in their territories.

TEEB is a global study initiated by the G8 that focuses ‘the global economic benefit of biological diversity, the costs of the loss of biodiversity, and the failure to take protective measures versus the costs of effective conservation.

Health systems are beginning to proactively understand and support individuals in managing their own health, rather than just treating them in reaction to an existing health issue. The HealthCast series reports are based on surveys of medical professionals, policy makers, insurers, and others around the world to get a view of the proactive measures being taken to care for the individual.

The move to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) is advancing the transparency and comparability of financial statements around the world. Many countries now require companies to prepare their financial statements in accordance with IFRS.

The move to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) is advancing the transparency and comparability of financial statements around the world. Many countries now require companies to prepare their financial statements in accordance with IFRS.