International and Emerging Markets Blog
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 22, 2011
| Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
China ,
India
| Tags: India,
links,
entrepreneur,
China,
Corporate Governance,
emerging markets,
international,
women in business,
International Track 100,
Arab Spring,
2011,
blog,
best
In case you missed them first time around, check out our most popular reads in 2011, covering everything from the business impact of the Arab Spring to the number of women in the boardroom around the world. In reverse order, our most-read posts were…
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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, May 25, 2011
| Posted by: Graham Brearley
Categories:
Thought leadership
| Tags: international,
VAT,
cross-border,
Graham Brearley,
Europe,
EU,
goods,
suppliers,
export,
import,
origin,
green paper,
rates,
system,
destination
The decades-old VAT system for traders operating within Europe is complex, open to fraud and in desperate need of an overhaul in the modern global economy. A new European Commission green paper is consulting with business but can the EU navigate through the political nightmare to adopt a system of VAT rates that is simple and fair?
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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,
successful,
International Track
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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Wednesday, April 13, 2011
| Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
India,
India Watch Issue 12
| Tags: business,
India,
investment,
finance,
economy,
Grant Thornton,
global,
India Watch,
growth,
UK,
Grant Thornton India,
deals,
international,
economic,
Indian Economy,
sectors,
IT,
India Economy
During the first quarter of 2011, India witnessed 143 merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions compared to 188 in the corresponding quarter of 2010. M&A transaction values for the period were estimated at US$17.88bn (Q1 2010 equaled US$17.44bn).
In Q1 2011, there was 60 cross-border transactions of which 26 were inbound transactions (into India) with a total value of US$13.75bn. Whereas, in comparison to Q1 2010 there were 69 cross-border transactions of which 23 were inbound with a value of US$1.12 bn.
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Tuesday, April 12, 2011
| Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
India,
India Watch Issue 12
| Tags: business,
India,
investment,
economy,
Grant Thornton,
global,
China,
India Watch,
growth,
Grant Thornton India,
emerging markets,
international,
IBR,
economic,
Indian Economy,
inflation,
International business report,
IT,
India Economy,
BRIC
According to the latest results of the Grant Thornton International Business Report* (IBR) over Q4 2010 and Q1 2011 92% of Indian senior executives surveyed said they had an optimistic outlook for their country’s economy over the next 12 months, the second highest result globally, and an 8% rise from 12 months ago. Only Chile was more optimistic at 95%.
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Friday, January 21, 2011
| Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
| Tags: business,
India,
economy,
Grant Thornton,
governance,
India Watch,
growth,
UK,
risk,
Grant Thornton India,
South Asia Group,
aim,
international,
South Asia,
Capital Markets,
mergers
Last year saw a public debate in respect of the UK takeover regime which ensued as a result of the acquisition of Cadbury by Kraft. Some of the market participants were of the view that the UK takeover regime made it too easy for hostile offerors (i.e. offerors whose offers are not from the outset recommended by the board of the offeree company) to succeed. In addition, some commentators felt that the outcome of offers, particularly hostile offers, was influenced unduly by the actions of the so-called ‘short-term’ investors (eg persons who become interested in the shares of an offeree company only after the possibility of an offer has been publicly announced).
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| Posted by: Grant Summers
Categories:
| Tags: India,
investment,
finance,
economy,
Grant Thornton,
global,
India Watch,
growth,
UK,
risk,
Grant Thornton India,
aim,
international,
GDP,
Capital Markets,
economic,
Alex Wright,
FTSE,
sectors,
India Economy
As we say farewell to 2010, we can take this opportunity to reflect upon the economic environment in India over the past year and also the opportunity to focus on some of the key areas of economic importance for the year ahead.
The first half of 2010 saw significant year on year growth, with GDP ranging between 8.5% and 8.8%. The year, however, was not without its problems, as highlighted by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), economic activity in both the manufacturing and service sectors in India slowed in the 3rd quarter of the year while infrastructural development and investment continued to cause concern, along with India’s ‘old friend’ inflation.
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