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Asia Pacific (APAC) is a region in flux and remains the most dynamic region in the world in 2018

Data from our IBR finds that business optimism across the EU sits at net 60% in the 1st quarter of 2018

How can boards build wider stakeholder views and expectations into the strategy and management of the business?

Global survey finds business optimism has reached an all-time high, meaning now may be the time to invest

The 2018 report explores the drivers of change in gender diversity in business leadership

Only 40% of businesses, globally, think diversity is important to their business success

More businesses plan to employ more workers. However, they need to balance their investment decisions

New figures from IBR show that business confidence in the eurozone remains high, while there are growing uncertainties in the UK

The latest IBR results find growing workplace skills shortage as possible threat to booming business optimism

While global optimism rises, businesses in Italy still suffer from the uncertain climate, though business performance indicators are strong.

Results of IBR Women in business 2017: globally, 25% of senior roles is held by women, in Italy, 27%.

New research from Grant Thornton’s International Business Report – a quarterly global survey of 2,600 business executives in 37 economies – reveals a decrease in the optimism of Italian companies for the next 12 months. Italian businesses expect a decrease in export and employment and an upturn of the domestic demand. Optimism in Italy fell 6 percentage points with respect to the previous quarter, but less than in UK, Spain (both down 19pp) and France (-18pp).

The future of Asia Pacific: opportunity knocks if regional challenges can be overcome

A new report from Grant Thornton points out the key role of the corporate governance to meet the challenges of the next decade and, at the same time, the need and opportunity to adopt changes in the Board of Directors skills, in selection processes and in the corporate culture.