Monthly Archive: December 2011

Ethan Strassfield, Big4.com Staff Reporter

Forrester Research Inc., an independent technology and market research company has recognized Deloitte member firms (Deloitte) for their holistic approach to business continuity management.

The report Market Overview: Global Business Continuity Consultancies, Q3 2011 notes … Continue reading…

Ethan Strassfield, Big4.com Staff Reporter

Deloitte’s latest multichannel research, published in the business advisory firm’s Consumer Review, ‘Digitally influenced’ has some interesting findings including 86% of foreign and 91% of domestic travel transactions are now digitally influenced.

Multichannel consumers … Continue reading…

Rob Starr, Big4.com Staff Reporter

According to the PwC Productivity Scorecard released recently, national labour productivity grew 0.3 per cent in the past 12 months, but actually fell 0.2 per cent compared to the June quarter.

Economist and PwC partner … Continue reading…

Rob Starr, Big4.com Staff Reporter

PwC‘s triple recognition this year follows the gold Brandon Hall Excellence in Learning Award it received in 2010, when the firm’s Advisory University (AU) was honored in the “Best Use of Blended Learning… Continue reading…

Rob Starr, Big4.com Staff Reporter

PwC’s December Capital Markets Flash report www.pwc.com/ca/cmf sets out reasons why Canadian markets did well in 2011. Some of these include:

• Radian6, a New Brunswick-based social media start-up acquired by US cloud computing giant

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Kenneth Guillame, Big4.com Staff Reporter  

Each year QuantumShift, co-founded by Richard Ivey School of Business and KPMG Enterprise, brings together 40 top Canadian entrepreneurs for a week-long leadership and executive development program.

The Ivey Entrepreneurs Index is based on a … Continue reading…

Kenneth Guillame, Big4.com Staff Reporter

A KPMG survey conducted during the 2011 Oracle Open World conference in San Francisco this past fall revealed nearly half (49 percent) of corporate executives recognized their organization was overwhelmed with data, making the decision-making … Continue reading…

Erica deVry, Big4.com Staff Reporter

A recent study by Ernst & Young shows that growing digital media consumption and favorable demographics are key drivers for the future growth of the media and entertainment industry in India.

According to Ernst & … Continue reading…

Erica deVry, Big4.com Staff Reporter

Analysing the full-year results of Australia’s largest banks for 2011, Ernst & Young has found that while the banking sector remains strong, earnings and revenue growth options are likely to become more challenging over the … Continue reading…

By Kalen Smith, Big4.com Blogger

Car sales in India this past year. Annual car sales have grown 16% for the past 10 years, but declined 2-3% this past year. Car sales grew 30% in fiscal year 2011, only to face … Continue reading…

Rob Starr, Big4.com Staff Reporter

A new report issued by Professional Services Firm PwC finds that South African companies have reported a significant increase in tax fraud and market fraud and to a lesser extent, insider trading as well.

The … Continue reading…

Rob Starr, Big4.com Staff Reporter

According to Emerging Trends in Real Estate® Asia Pacific 2012, a real estate forecast jointly published by the Urban Land Institute (ULI) and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), commercial real estate investment and development in … Continue reading…

Rob Starr, Big4.com Staff Reporter

According to PwC’s Year-End US M&A Outlook, sellers are looking for both speed and deal certainty, while simultaneously pursuing various alternative options and scenarios through the full deal timeline to maximize the … Continue reading…

Erica deVry, Big4.com Staff Reporter

Investing remains the number one area of focus on the capital agenda over the next year for oil and gas companies responding to Ernst & Young‘s 5th capital confidence survey.

Ernst & Young’s Global … Continue reading…

Erica deVry, Big4.com Staff Reporter

A new Ernst & Young smart phone application called “Tracer” helps international business executives and their employees avoid unintentional tax violations while simplifying their travel at the same time.

Ernst & Young’s Human Capital practice … Continue reading…