Global economy & markets

How to prepare for Brexit’s effects on supply chains

The exact details of how Great Britain’s exit from the EU will affect company supply chains remains unknown. But the Brexit arguably provides opportunities for businesses to plan for the changes and seek ways to capitalise on them.

What Brexit means for the talent pool

HR specialists give their view on the implications for access to talent in the UK and what organisations can do to shore up their talent pipelines.

Priorities for businesses in wake of Brexit vote

Alex Stojanovic, a director of the Centre for Governance, Risk & Accountability at the University of Greenwich, outlines the critical questions senior management teams should ask in the wake of the referendum result.

Must-reads on Brexit

There’s almost too much to read on the historic Brexit vote. We’ve created a short list to help cut through the noise.

Proposal would clear path to US CPA for foreign credential holders

Changes proposed this month to the Uniform Accountancy Act (UAA) and the Uniform CPA Examination Model Rules in the US are designed to help holders of qualified foreign designations apply for state licensure as a CPA and support the updated Uniform CPA Examination.

The case for cultural intelligence

Business interactions in the age of globalisation can be minefields. A glimpse into the world of cultural intelligence offers strategies for fitting in abroad.

How cost-competitive are mature markets?

The cost of doing business in a market is an important factor in where in the world a company expands. Find out how the NAFTA region and mature markets in Europe and Asia Pacific rank.

How SMEs grow in an uncertain global economy

Small and midsize companies follow five strategies to increase revenue, head count, and investments while doing business in an uncertain global economy, PwC research suggests.

PwC survey finds tiny decrease in economic crime

The results of a recent PwC survey might not appear to be particularly alarming: the percentage of organisations that experienced economic crime in the previous 24 months was down, albeit only slightly. Scratch beneath the surface, however, and it doesn’t take long to find signs of trouble.

How to account for innovation

Financial chiefs are more inclined to spend on research and development despite economic worries abroad—a scenario that highlights the increasingly complex job of the finance chief: balancing innovation and costs.
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