Insights

Choosing the right leader for your business is fundamental to its long-term success. So why are so many family firms not planning for succession effectively?

As growth in output and demand in Southeast Asia continue to accelerate, where to base your business and locate key functions within the region is high on the corporate agenda.

Relocation and restructuring can deliver significant commercial, operational and tax benefits and it isn’t just large multinationals who are on the move.

In light of growing international interest and scrutiny of corporate practices we set out to explore how three major aspects of governance – the role of culture, board composition and strategic planning – are affecting businesses around the world.

Effective management of country-by-country reporting is going to require a new way of looking at transfer pricing

Advances in technology and logistics allow businesses to expand across borders more easily, but understanding and overcoming the psychological barriers to expansion abroad is crucial to giving your global growth plans a head-start.

The European Commission unveil plans to combat corporate tax avoidance and tackle businesses exploiting the complexity of tax rules.

The hotel industry is going through a period of unprecedented, irreversible change and will look very different in 2020 than it does today.

Poised to be every bit as disruptive as the internet revolution, is your business ready for the rise of the sharing economy?

Linda Beal on the shake-up in mining and how it creates the perfect storm for M&A in the sector

Nathan Goode calls for a change of narrative in the sustainability debate.

Crowdsourcing is not a new concept. I see it as the guiding principle underpinning democracy; the wisdom of the crowds pick a better leader than any individual could (we hope!) But what about using crowdsourcing to develop business strategy?

Nathan Goode welcome growth opportunities extra government scrutiny brings

The technology sector is riding the crest of a wave. We interview approximately 150 technology companies around the world every quarter through our International Business Report (IBR) and what’s struck me since the beginning of the year is how bullish the leaders of these companies are about their growth prospects.

One of the greatest challenges with using social media strategically is measuring its success. Boards need to understand how social media is helping meet their strategic objectives and need to set goals and define success early in the planning stage. Measurement is crucial to understanding whether these goals have been achieved.

As the global economy slowly recovers its verve, so business leaders in the hospitality and tourism sector are looking at new ways to grow their operations. So says our International Business Report (IBR), which interviews around 150 senior executives in the sector globally every quarter.