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Future Skills Requirements of the Food and Beverage Sector |
Economic views |
2009 State of the internal audit profession study |
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Future Skills Requirements of the Food and Beverage Sector |
 November 2009 |
Economic views |
 November 2009 |
EU Governments amend VAT treatment of carbon credits to prevent fraud Three EU governments have recently announced changes to the VAT treatment of the sale of carbon credits, driven largely by the detection of a number of 'carousel' type cases of VAT fraud. This change may impact the treatment of carbon credits for Irish VAT purposes and will be of interest to companies involved in electricity generation, using heavy volumes of electicity, trading in or are engaged in projects which generate carbon credits and in particular those industrial/ chemical companies generating carbon emissions from industrial processes. |
 August 2009 |
Doing business and investing in Ireland Ireland is one of the most favoured locations for investment in Europe, with over 1,000 companies from all over the world having chosen Ireland as their base to do business. However, despite the recent economic downturn, Ireland is still an attractive place to do business. This publication was produced in Ireland by a team of PricewaterhouseCoopers’ inward investment specialists. It draws on their extensive knowledge and experience of the critical issues faced by first time investors in Ireland including, laws, taxes, regulations and the business environment. |
 July 2009 |
Ireland the one stop shop for investment funds |
 June 2009 |
New €100 million fund to help business: Is your company eligible? |
 June 2009 |
Supporting excellence in higher education institutions |
 April 2009 |
Information Security: Protecting and sharing information |
 April 2009 |
Managing IT through the downturn |
 March 2009 |
Shared service centre: The 2nd Generation - Moving to the next level of capability |
 March 2009 |
CEOPulse 2009 The views of Irish business leaders on the current economic and operating environment. Includes insights into their key people concerns. |
 March 2009 |
Shared services evolution: Moving up the value chain |
 February 2009 |
Shared services and Lean Six Sigma |
 February 2009 |
Sustainable cost reduction for Insurers in the downturn: Pursuing savings while protecting value |
 February 2009 |
Advisory: Commercial Advice, Competitive Advantage This booklet highlights the broad range of business advisory services provided by PwC. |
 January 2008 |
Non-executive directors: The role and responsibilities |
 October 2006 |
Articles |
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| Real risk management with Bob Semple (The Irish Times Innovation) |
 May 2009 |
Planning ahead for a sustainable future |
 December 2007 |
Impact of converging media on communications with customers |
 December 2007 |
The human face of change |
 November 2007 |
Private companies: How to tackle uncertainty with pro-active risk management |
 September 2007 |
2009 Global Annual Review In this Global Annual Review we look at issues that impact our clients and our people around the world, and we examine our performance, our key network policies and standards, and our work in the global community during FY 2009. |
 October 2009 |
Security Among the Clouds* Cloud computing is rapidly moving from hype to a must-have service model. The benefits are certainly real, but a business must ensure that the cloud environment is secure enough for its essential data. In today’s harsh operating environment, the need to create new value and efficiencies is an imperative. Cloud computing has matured to the point that it can be a secure, viable, and highly effective approach. But without careful planning and consideration of market concerns, the gains can be overshadowed by the risk exposure. |
 September 2009 |
IPO Watch Europe Survey Q2 2009 |
 July 2009 |
Empower your business.*: Information rights management can lock down confidential documents and improve your information security Data leaks proliferate, whether accidental or intentional, introducing potentially costly and damaging risks to organisations’ reputations and compliance requirements. IRM helps plug these data leaks so that sensitive content, regulated data, and intellectual property are protected no matter where they reside. |
 June 2009 |
2009 State of the internal audit profession study |
 April 2009 |
Automated.* Security monitoring: the key to a successful compliance strategy Given the broadly accepted reality that every network can be compromised, there are too many systems offering too many services and running too many insecure applications. No amount of code reviews, patching, or access control can safeguard against every attacker. When prevention does fail, how do organisations prepare for the likely intrusions? Chances are they don’t know how. This paper addresses how organisations can step back and objectively consider how their risks and business objectives impact security. |
 May 2009 |
Fraud in a downturn |
 March 2009 |
Outsourcing comes of age: The rise of collaborative partnering This study explores one of the key issues raised by CEOs in the PricewaterhouseCoopers Global CEO Survey, and reflects insights on outsourcing gathered from executives of both outsourcing customers and providers representing 19 countries across several continents. The study finds that while outsourcing remains a critical element of the corporate strategic mix, success in today's complex outsourcing marketplace is contingent on new dynamics, specifically the customer and service provider relationship. |
 March 2009 |
Technology forecast: Winter 2009 In our last two technology forecast issues, we examined how agility is the deliberate combination of standardisation and flexibility that prepares a company for change and allows it to proactively shift course with minimal disruption. We also explained the importance of developing a business agility model for anticipating market changes and their impact on existing operations. |
 February 2009 |
IT cost reduction playbook The objective of this IT Cost Reduction Playbook is to provide you with a practical, step-by-step guide for achieving rapid, radical and sustainable IT cost improvements. The tried and true approaches and techniques discussed in this Playbook are meant to provide a starting point for delivering real and sustainable IT cost improvements today in a meaningful way. |
 February 2009 |
12th Annual Global CEO Survey: Redefining success CEOs around the world are retrenching, indeed many claim to be entering ‘survival mode.’ Our 12th Annual Global CEO survey shows how the financial crisis shattered short-term confidence. The percentage of CEOs who were ‘very confident’ about their one-year revenue growth prospects dropped to 21%, the lowest level in six years. Uncertainty about the future is still running high and confidence no doubt continued to deteriorate after we completed the survey in early December. |
 January 2009 |
| Convergence monitor: Personal mobility This is the third in a series of global surveys aimed at understanding preferences and interest to buy and use various converged services. Personal mobility focuses on which devices and applications people are using today, how they are using them, and what they would like to have in the future. We look at the changes driving and enabling personal mobility, and the resulting challenges faced by service providers, equipment manufacturers and application developers. |
 January 2009 |
The Sustainability agenda |
 January 2009 |
Meeting the challenge of the current financial crisis: Managing risks and capitalising on opportunities |
 November 2008 |
Being smart about the risks you take: Get up to speed* |
 November 2008 |
From crisis to opportunity: Get up to speed* |
 October 2008 |
Data loss prevention: Keeping sensitive data out of the wrong hands* This paper offers insights into an effective solution to organisations who are looking to provide transparency over data usage, controls over sensitive data, and reduction in the likelihood and costs of data breaches. Establishing unified procedures for gathering and documenting data reduces the need to ask the same questions of the same people. Data Loss Prevention solutions play an integral part in determining where data truly is and, thus, where companies need to position resources to conform to their chosen approach. |
 August 2008 |
M&A insights 2008: Media sector In the report, we analyse the trends driving M&A activity in the European media sector and look ahead to 2008 and beyond. Forecasts for 2008 media M&A activity was strong in the first half of 2007 although the impact of the ‘credit crunch’ began to be felt in the latter part of the year. |
 February 2008 |
Key trends in human capital |
 February 2008 |
How to build an agile foundation for change |
 February 2008 |
Confronting corruption: The business case for an effective anti-corruption programme |
 January 2008 |
Corporate Reporting: Is it what professionals expect? In an on-going effort to understand the views of investors and analysts about financial reporting issues, the global PricewaterhouseCoopers team interviewed over 250 investment professionals about the adequacy of the corporate reporting model. |
 November 2007 |
Making smarter risk decisions: Reinventing risk* |
 October 2007 |
The global state of information security |
 September 2007 |
Solvency II - impact on organisation, processes and systems |
 September 2007 |
Global Economic Crime Survey |
 September 2007 |
Post deal integration |
 August 2007 |
Risk-based capital management: At the heart of managing risk and value |
 December 2005 |
Finance effectiveness benchmarking |
 December 2005 |
Operational risk management: Embedding operational risk management: The real use test This flyer discusses how to overcome the challenge of truly embedding approaches that aim to reduce operational risk in the day-to-day management of business. |
 November 2005 |
The global state of information security |
 September 2005 |
Assessing awareness and impact of Sarbanes Oxley Section 404 in the global capital markets |
 March 2005 |
The PricewaterhouseCoopers security atlas guidebook This guide is organised according to five disciplines. The five CISO disciplines - assess, analyse, strategise, align and Communicate - go to the heart of what it means to transform security and, through security, aspects of business performance, compliance and risk management. Each discipline initiates a chapter within the guide and forms the basis for a set of actionable tips, suggestions and ideas intended to help you develop a security strategy that is repeatable, reportable and ultimately transforming. |
 March 2005 |
Strengthening the business: Optimising the benefits of enterprise-wide risk management for audit committees |
 February 2005 |
Transparent IT spending and performance in healthcare |
 January 2005 |
Governance: From compliance to strategic advantage |
 March 2004 |
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