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| Global Entertainment and Media Outlook
Against a backdrop of tough economic conditions, the Global Entertainment & Media Outlook 2009-2013 illustrates that there will be nowhere for the industry to hide from the implications of accelerating digital migration. Focusing on consumer and advertising spending, the Outlook has become one of the industry’s most anticipated publications with 5-year historical and forecast data across 12 industry segments for 48 countries
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| A new playing field: The outlook for FS M&A in Asia 2009
How times change. One year ago, when PwC conducted its 2008 survey of Asia's FS M&A activity, respondents were relatively bullish. Much has happened since then, and the 215 senior executives who responded to the 2009 survey are markedly more cautious. The survey was carried out in January and February 2009 by the Economist Intelligence Unit on behalf of PwC. In addition to the quantitative survey results, this report adds analysis based on qualitative research, including extensive one-on-one interviews.
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| Building to win: How multinationals are structuring to compete in emerging markets
Despite the current economic downturn, emerging markets are key to the success of R&C multinationals. Large-scale investments have been made in these countries with the expectation of significant growth, and there is intense pressure to deliver on growth targets. To be successful in these markets both retailers and consumer products companies are restructuring themselves, although their transformations are coming from different vantage points.
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| The role of the CFO in cost reduction
The perception of the CFO’s role has recently changed from helping the business to understand the financial implications of operational decisions to helping business to understand the operational decisions required to improve its financial position. This paper examines how the CFO, as a functional leader, and indeed the finance function as a whole, can provide the compass from which companies will navigate to a more profitable future..
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| World Business Summit on Climate Change
Business needs to play a critical role in financing, developing and deploying solutions to climate change and Government needs to put the right incentives and regulation in place to make low carbon investments commercially viable. That was the overwhelming conclusion of over 550 business leaders from over 40 countries attending the World Business Summit on climate change in Copenhagen prior to the UN climate negotiations in December. This event summary, produced by PwC, provides the details.
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| Expectations & aspirations—Public attitudes towards social care
In advance of the UK Government Green Paper on social care, PwC commissioned this independent survey to explore public levels of awareness and understanding of social care provision. This research is part of PwC's wider work with the Institute of Public Policy Research (PPR) about the future of social care.
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| Substance: Aligning international tax planning with today's business realities
The current downturn has made it likely that a large number of countries will enact legislation that allows tax authorities to more effectively challenge tax structures which are perceived as artificial. Tax planning without appropriate economic substance is therefore under big pressure. This book addresses this need for the proper monitoring of economic substance in the context of corporate structures and in the context of operating models. It also considers the domestic tax rules in 44 countries around the globe and reviews how they interact with the OECD rules and EU law.
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