Global Challenges
The collapse of Enron and other corporate scandals in the early 2000s demonstrated how imprudent company cultures can lead to unethical practices and outright fraud. The more recent implosion of Lehman Brothers showed how a culture of risk-taking pervaded financial institutions and precipitated the global financial meltdown.
In early 2009, many analysts feared that Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) was hurtling toward a regional crash reminiscent of the East Asian crisis of the late 1990s.
The global economy is showing unmistakable signs of recovery from the steepest downturn since World War II. Economic contraction has ceased in North America, Europe, and developed Asia, and most of the advanced industrialised countries are poised for positive GDP growth in 2010.
The Euro Med Partnership now includes all 27 member states of the European Union, along with 16 partners across the Southern Mediterranean and the Middle East. However, in the bars, tea gardens and boardrooms of Istanbul the question is still asked ‘Is Turkey Middle Eastern, Asiatic or European?’
As a leading provider of Information Technology risk management services in Australia and the Asia Pacific region, RSM Bird Cameron is closely following developments in the IT risk management sphere during the economic slowdown. In recent months, a number of changes have occurred that underscore the need to align IT risk management services with shifting market demand.
On April 7, the Westin Excelsior in Rome hosted the 2009 European Business Awards to honor the achievements of leading European companies. As part of the event, RSM International (a sponsor of the European Business Awards) conducted a survey to gauge the views of participants on the European business environment in the wake of the global recession.
Global climate change looms as a disruptive force in coming decades. The International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) predicts a 1.1-6.4˚C rise in global temperatures in the 21st century, a warming trend that presents an array of planetary threats.
Growing numbers of family-owned and closely-held enterprises in Europe, North America, and other regions are undergoing leadership successions as company founders depart and new owners assume control…
Chile’s economy is open and strongly export-oriented…
The expansion of commercial relations between China and the European Union constitutes a signal development in the global economy. Sino-European trade has increased 60-fold since the PRC’s opening in 1978...
China’s rapid economic growth over the past three decades has attracted a tremendous amount of foreign direct investment (FDI)…
The Canadian dollar / U.S. dollar exchange rate is an enormously important factor in the performance of the Canadian economy....
AIM’s reach extends beyond the United Kingdom, serving as the listing venue for over 590 companies operating in over 70 countries around the world primarily within Asia Pacific, the Americas and Europe....
What started as turbulence in segments of the U.S. subprime mortgage market has become a global financial crisis, which some analysts deem the biggest challenge to the international financial system since the Great Depression....
India is recognised as the global leader in offshored IT (Information Technology) services and a principal player in BPO (Business Process Outsourcing) services....