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Global multi-channel consumer survey 2011
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 most recent survey reveals some interesting findings. |
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Millennials at work: Reshaping the workplace
The millennial generation, now flooding into employment, will shape the world of work for years to come. Attracting the best of these millennial workers is critical to the future of your business. In late 2011, PwC surveyed over 4,000 university graduates. Find out about their career aspirations, attitudes about work, and knowledge of new technologies in our new report. |
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Minerals and metals scarcity in manufacturing: The ticking time bomb
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. |
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Capital markets in 2025: The future of equity capital markets
Is the focus of capital markets finance moving eastward? Will emerging market exchanges have the sophistication and infrastructure to challenge incumbent exchanges in the West? What are the drivers behind the change in capital market dynamics? These are some of the questions we asked in our survey of senior managers from companies across the globe. Their responses paint a very clear picture of the challenges facing incumbent markets in the coming two decades.Download out report to find out more. |
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Diagnostics 2011: M&A surges, companion diagnostics accelerate, and early detection offers new prospects
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. |
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International assignment perspectives - critical issues facing the globally mobile workforce
Cross-border assignments are showing no signs of a slowdown. And while achieving cost-effective assignments has always been a strategic priority, the economic downturn has placed a renewed and enduring emphasis on cost control. This collection of thought leadership articles explores the critical issues facing the globally mobile workforce today. |
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The impact of Sovereign Wealth Funds on economic success
Despite the prominent role of Sovereign Wealth Funds during the financial crisis, there’s little research on the Fund’s effect on the economy where it’s established. This report focuses on some of the economic-related impacts which may arise from a country having a Sovereign Wealth Fund, by analysing the historic performance of 51 countries over a period of 30 years. |
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Securing the talent to succeed: Making the most of international mobility in financial services
There is a huge gap between financial services organisations’ growth aspirations and the availability of talent in key growth locations to make this possible. Drawing on interviews with senior HR executives from leading international financial services groups from around the world, this report explores the workforce management issues of matching talent with growth objectives and how companies can address these issues as part of their overall business planning. |
