Consultancy - Research & Studies

Short policy brief explaining why the Czech Republic together with the UK rejected to join the EU fiscal pact.

What is the current "rating" of the Czech politics? What is going on inside the Parliament? How the political situation impacts your business? What is on the agenda?

The CMS European M&A Study 2011 evaluates M&A agreements for 1005 transactions of both public and private companies in Europe in 2007−2010. The data used in the Study is not publicly available and is based on transactions in which a member of the CMS organisation acted as an advisor to either the buyer or the seller. CMS is an organisation of independent European law and tax firms and therefore one of the few legal service providers with the capability to provide a European study of this kind due to its presence and market penetration in a wide range of jurisdictions across Europe.

This report forecasts retail sales for 2010 in central and southeast Europe. In addition, we forecast other variables such as unemployment and real GDP which impact retail. It is aimed at senior management of retail companies as well as investors.

CEOs’ views on Czech business challenges in a fragile economic environment

Freshly updated guide to Doing Business in the Czech Republic

In its current insight into lost and stolen information in 2009, KPMG looks at the ways data can leak, using the latest research into worldwide reports of data loss incidents.

An urgent need for more revenue is pushing many governments into active moves to increase the tax taken from indirect taxes, and a worldwide broadening of the tax base for corporate income taxes, KPMG International’s latest annual survey of tax rates affecting business has found.

Economic crime continues to be a serious issue affecting organisations worldwide, across Central & Eastern Europe (“CEE”) and in the Czech Republic. 24% of companies in the Czech Republic experienced one or more economic crimes in the past 12 months ...

Presenting an economic picture of Central and Eastern Europe as the region grapples with the effect of the global crisis. The economies of the region share many similarities, and most of all, they are facing similar challenges, and are strongly interdependent. Often, today’s risks are tomorrow’s opportunities. If we take proper advantage of these opportunities, the region will soon return to a path of strong economic growth.

Ninety-six percent of organizations believe they have an opportunity to improve their risk management functions. Furthermore, nearly half say committing additional resources to risk management could create a competitive advantage, according to Ernst & Young’s Future of Risk survey, which examined organizations’ attitudes toward risk management.

Central European Private Equity confidence survey

Can restructuring help companies to regain consumer confidence? How does the amendment to the VAT Act affect the private use of company cars? And why does it pay to invest in photovoltaics today? Find the answers to these and many more questions in the new issue of Horizons.

The results of a recent survey of 315 industry executives from 49 countries conducted in March and April 2009 by KPMG International and the Economist Intelligence Unit show that more than half of its respondents expect an improvement in organic growth (55 percent) and expect an improvement in growth by acquisition or take-over (53 percent) during the next 12 months. Respondents are also positive about their business prospects as they relate to premium volume (say 53 percent), expense ratio (say 53 percent) and capital reserves (say 47 percent). They are least positive about their share price, with only 40 percent of respondents expecting to see an improvement in this area.

To what lengths will companies go to survive the recession?

Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu (Deloitte) is pleased to present the second annual Global Powers of the Consumer Products Industry. This report identifies the 250 largest consumer products companies around the world based on publicly available data for the companies’ fiscal year 2007 (encompasses fiscal years ended through June 2008). The report also provides an outlook for the global economy; a discussion of major challenges affecting consumer products companies; the strategic implications of these challenges; and an analysis of market capitalization in the industry.

Global crisis yields mixed results and responses.

With the European auto industry in turmoil following precipitous falls in vehicle sales in the 2nd half of 2008 and no immediate prospect of a return to normal selling rates, governments in the region are being pressured to act to provide relief to the industry’s value chain. In the words of Carlos Ghosn, Renault’s CEO, “The industry faces a crisis that is brutal, global and exceptionally large. We can even talk of the Great Depression of 1929.”

PERSONAL INCOME TAX | CORPORATE INCOME TAX

We would like to share with you the findings of our Quick Market Survey we have conducted across Poland, Hungary, Romania and Czech Republic. The survey was carried out over the last three weeks. We had responses from over 500 Top HR leaders from every major industry in the region. This was a greater reaction than we expected, clearly indicating the sense of openness and sharing that leaders feel in these challenging times.