Research & Studies

KPMG Banking Executive Survey 2012 found that 74 percent of banks active in Czech Republic would like to invest in strengthening client relationships and building positive customer experience.

Third year in a row that business students rank KPMG #2 in Universum’s ‘World’s Most Attractive Employer’ survey.

KPMG survey on shopping habits in the Czech Republic shows that Czechs do not trust organic food and find it expensive.

According to a KPMG survey, tourism generates CZK 92 billion in budget revenue.

Two thirds of executives of banks operating in Central and Eastern Europe said the economic situation in the banking market in 2012 worsened.

KPMG Česká republika would like to inform about the results of the current survey Global Assignment Policies and Practices 2012. 72 percent of global companies suggest the main objective of international assignment programs is to business objectives and strategy. In recent years there is also an increasing role of these programs to gain a competitive advantage in the battle for talent. Next to motivating conditions some benefits to family members are provided, e. g. visas or cultural integration courses, are applied to facilitate the departure of workers. On the other hand, companies are carefully watching both direct and indirect costs per employee. A still neglected area stays the care of outcoming employees after their return to home country. As it is often not sufficient, 47 percent of companies lose up to ten percent of internship subscribers within one year after the end of the stay abroad. Current survey data brought KPMG's Global Assignment Policies and Practices Survey 2012.

According to a study chemical industry managers believe in the growth of the industry less than a year ago.

5 of 10 countries to be widely investing into renewables are located in Asia - 43% of respondents says China is the new global player - Most of investments are expected in USA, from Europe in Germany

KPMG’s Global Automotive Executive Survey 2013 shows that BRICs market share is predicted to edge near 50 percent, while BRIC automakers have the biggest growth potential in Eastern Europe.

Read the outcome of KPMG Česká republika research focused on the change of consumer behavior regarding alcohol with regards to the methanol case. The outcome is in Czech language.

KPMG’s TLT benchmark shows that average revenues per hotel room reached their three-year maximum in this year’s third quarter.

KPMG Semiconductor Business Confidence Index stands at 46, indicating – for the first time since the 2008 downturn – negative sentiment about industry conditions.

KPMG’s CEE Property Lending Barometer 2012 surveyed 35 of the region’s leading banks and found that they appear to be even less sanguine about a recovery of the real estate market.

Main findings of the current survey on What students think: In connection with yesterday´s President´s veto of the act which was supposed to introduce the second pillar of pension reform also university students from economic faculties expressed their view. Only 3 percent of them believe that the reform in its current form has the chance to survive. One fifth of them assumes that if ČSSD wins the next elections the reform will be completely abolished. Almost one third of students understands the pension reform to be an important pre-election political parties programs´ issue.

KPMG’s benchmark of towns in the Czech Republic analysed various aspects and found out that life is better in Czech towns than in Moravian ones.

Quarterly analysis of Czech construction industry was prepared based on 100 interviews with directors of big, middle sized and even small construction companies.

EU Funds in Central and Eastern Europe – Progress report 2007-11, has been compiled by KPMG’s Public Sector team in Central & Eastern Europe (CEE) based on the input gathered from all KPMG practices within the Region which are present and operate in the Member States.

More than half of Czechs disagree with implementation of gender quotas, although the European Union is considering implementation duty of thirty percent part of women in leadership.

According to the research students of the economic university see the future of the European Union skeptical - almost third of them have predicted termination of EU within ten years. Only 24 percent of them gave helping hand to the countries that got into economic difficulties, such as Greece.

KPMG in Central and Eastern Europe has surveyed a select number of companies across the region operating in the consumer markets and retail industry to better understand how they perceive the risk of data theft and what they are doing to address it.