International and Emerging Markets Blog
Wednesday, February 01, 2012 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Brazil,
India,
Thought leadership
| Tags: India,
governance,
report,
infographic,
growth,
research,
IBR,
Brazil,
International business report,
expansion,
regulation,
red tape,
bureaucracy,
Australia,
Poland,
Greece,
restraints
Our graphic shows, by country, the percentage of businesses citing bureaucracy and regulations as a constraint on growth. Brazil is the BRIC most affected, while our International Business Report (IBR) research also shows India moving up the red tape rankings.
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Thursday, December 01, 2011 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Brazil,
China ,
Russia,
Korea,
India,
South Africa,
Thought leadership
| Tags: business,
economy,
global,
report,
growth,
survey,
emerging markets,
international,
IBR,
insight,
inflation,
International business report,
trends,
global economy,
recovery,
2012,
Ed Nusbaum
What will 2012 bring for both mature and emerging markets? Read on for our major new report surveying demand, employment, investment, inflation and access to finance across 40 economies. It’s a must-read for any business looking to navigate international opportunities at this difficult time.
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Wednesday, November 23, 2011 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Brazil,
India,
Interviews
| Tags: India,
Grant Thornton,
Colin Johnson,
international,
insight,
due diligence,
energy,
Brazil,
staff,
Meet our experts,
profile,
Q&A,
disputes,
arbitration,
expert witness,
investigations,
Latin America,
profile, Q&A, insight
This month we welcome Colin Johnson to our blog series, which goes behind the scenes of our emerging markets services. Colin, who speaks Spanish, Portuguese and several other languages, communicates with an average of six different countries each day. But with his focus on Latin America, it is Brazil’s growth story that he recommends companies take a closer look at.
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Wednesday, November 16, 2011 | Posted by: Mark Henshaw
Categories:
Brazil,
China ,
India,
Thought leadership
| Tags: business,
statistics,
growth,
research,
emerging markets,
IBR,
International business report,
technology,
social media,
tech,
Europe,
media,
digital,
social business,
e-commerce,
Mark Henshaw,
ICT,
mobile,
G7
Businesses in emerging markets have taken to the use of social media much quicker than peers in mature markets, and the gap is set to widen, according to the latest findings from Grant Thornton’s International Business Report (IBR). Our Head of Media, Mark Henshaw, raises some questions for UK businesses seeking international growth.
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Thursday, November 03, 2011 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Brazil,
China ,
India
| Tags: statistics,
China,
GDP,
inflation,
Economist,
conference,
BRIC,
Jim O'Neill,
High Growth Markets Summit,
Indonesia,
renminbi,
Turkey,
investment banks,
Korea,
BRICs,
Growth 8,
Mexico,
keynote,
emerging economies
The Economist’s High-Growth Markets conference, held in London in September, closed with a view of how the world’s most powerful emerging economies are set to change the global economic landscape in the next decade. So who are the ‘Growth 8’ and what other trends are important to note?
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Tuesday, November 01, 2011 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Brazil,
China ,
Russia,
Korea,
India,
South Africa,
Interviews
| Tags: HMRC,
OECD,
patent box,
transfer pricing rules,
taxable profits,
business risks,
double taxation,
R&D tax credits,
tax jurisdictions,
transfer pricing,
international tax,
tax treaties,
arm’s length prices
Operating in international waters can be complex but with clear planning a lot can be addressed before you take the big step. Even after you have begun trading overseas, it makes sense to talk about your tax structure sooner rather than later.
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Thursday, March 03, 2011 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Brazil,
China ,
Russia,
India,
Thought leadership
| Tags: India,
statistics,
China,
report,
M&A,
growth,
survey,
IBR,
mergers,
Brazil,
funding,
Russia,
mergers and acquisitions,
BRIC,
acquisition,
listing,
Brazil, Russia, India, China, M&A, mergers and acquisition, IBR, statistics, acquisition, growth, report, survey, listing, funding
Nearly half (44%) of privately held businesses in the BRIC economies are planning to grow by acquisition in 2011, according to a new survey by Grant Thornton International. You can read the full report on M&A activity planned by Brazil, Russia, India and China below.
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Thursday, February 24, 2011 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Brazil,
China ,
India
| Tags: business,
India,
links,
China,
M&A,
inflation,
news,
corruption,
Brazil,
mergers and acquisitions,
luxury,
BRIC
What have been the international and emerging market must-reads of the last few weeks? Check out our recent bookmarks from the world of international business news and opinion.
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Wednesday, November 17, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Brazil,
China ,
Russia,
Korea,
India
| Tags: business,
growth,
emerging markets,
list,
BRIC,
CIVETS,
groupings,
acronyms,
size,
potential
A swathe of new international political and economic groupings seems to be competing for the next generation of becoming the acronym king, the latest of which arrived this week in the form of the EAGLES. We’ve rounded them all up – how many do you recognise?
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Wednesday, November 10, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Brazil,
China ,
Russia,
India
| Tags: risk,
emerging markets,
insight,
talent,
competition,
Economist,
conference,
BRIC,
globalisation,
Vince Cable,
summit,
videos
Here’s a list of the video presentations from business leaders and politicians at the Economist’s recent Emerging Markets Summit 2010 held in London in September. It looks like we may need to timetable some business viewing…
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