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,
Australia,
bureaucracy,
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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Monday, January 16, 2012
| Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
India,
India Watch Issue 15
| Tags: India,
economy,
Grant Thornton,
performance,
India Watch,
growth,
emerging markets,
inflation,
India Economy,
interest rates 2011,
inflation 2011,
India Economy 2011,
interest rates,
Rupee Devaluation 2011,
political direction,
economic advisory council,
Rupee,
stock exchange
As we enter what will hopefully be a more promising year in economic terms for many of the world’s economies, let us take this opportunity to take a look back at the year just passed.
2011 was somewhat of an annus horribilis, with natural disasters in Japan and New Zealand, political uprisings across North Africa, riots in some of the UK’s major cities and what could still be, an economic time-bomb in the form of the Euro-zone debt crisis. All these factors, and many others, led to the continued economic uncertainty seen in both 2009 and 2010, and India, like many other emerging markets was not immune to the global economic turmoil.
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Thursday, January 05, 2012
| Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Thought leadership
| Tags: business,
report,
growth,
UK,
survey,
international,
insight,
success,
value,
advice,
expansion,
sales,
International Track 100,
overseas,
Grow Global,
foreign
How have the UK’s most successful companies for fastest-growing international sales achieved their overseas success? Our latest report discovered what these companies have in common and how they have driven overseas sales and built real value.
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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 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, October 13, 2011
| Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
India,
India Watch Issue 14
| Tags: India,
economy,
India Watch,
growth,
inflation,
FTSE,
economic growth,
IMF,
growth rate,
Dow Jones,
Indian Rupee
As we enter the final quarter of 2011, the world’s economies remain on a knife edge. Economic concerns coming out of the US and the eurozone continue to cause uncertainty across global markets. These effects can be clearly seen across the world’s market indices. For example, in the year to date, the Dow Jones has seen a fall of nearly 6%, the FTSE 100 a 12% fall and India’s Sensex Index is down a remarkable 23% (with the last quarter seeing the worst fall for almost 3 years).
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| Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
India,
India Watch Issue 14
| Tags: India,
investment,
growth,
emerging markets,
GDP,
India Economy,
healthcare,
Capital goods,
Listed Indian Companies,
developed countries,
FMCG,
IT services,
equities
Indian markets have had a challenging 2011, first on domestic issues, and more recently on ‘global cues’. But how much will global events hurt Indian GDP and corporates? Not as much as expected.
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Wednesday, September 21, 2011
| Posted by: Nick Farr
Categories:
China
| Tags: business,
China,
M&A,
growth,
UK,
infrastructure,
retail,
technology,
mergers and acquisitions,
sectors,
Five Year Plan,
opportunities,
cost
What’s your five-year plan for doing business in China? Following the ratification of China’s 12th Five-Year Plan in March 2011, we predict the five best opportunities for UK business with operations or interest in China.
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Saturday, July 16, 2011
| Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
India,
India Watch Issue 13
| Tags: India,
economy,
China,
India Watch,
growth,
UK,
South Asia Group,
Anuj Chande,
Capital Markets,
inflation,
Reserve Bank of India,
RBI
This halfway point in the calendar year provides us with an ideal opportunity to review India’s economic and political status over the past few months and also to look forward to what the remainder of the year might have in store.
There seems no better item to start with then what has now become a fairly routine announcement from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Last month the RBI raised interest rates for the 10th time in 18 months. The repurchase rate was raised by 25 basis points to 7.5% as the RBI continued to try and curb inflationary pressure. As with the first quarter of the year, wholesale-price inflation (around 9.1% year-on-year to the end of May) continues to be fuelled by high oil prices and strong domestic demand.
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Monday, May 09, 2011
| Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Thought leadership
| Tags: business,
entrepreneurs,
growth,
UK,
international,
list,
Sunday Times,
league table,
HSBC,
sales,
companies,
leaders,
International Track 100,
ranking,
fastest growing,
International Track,
successful
Download the full 2011 list of the fast-growing UK companies by international sales, plus get a closer look at the leaderboard from yesterday’s Sunday Times HSBC International Track 100, in association with Grant Thornton.
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