Thursday, 1st March 2012

Expect the Unexpected: Building Business Value in a Changing World

Source: KPMG

From the press release:

New research from KPMG International has identified 10 "megaforces" that will significantly affect corporate growth globally over the next two decades.

The KPMG study, Expect the Unexpected: Building Business Value in a Changing World, explores issues such as climate change, energy and fuel volatility, water availability and cost and resource availability, as well as population growth spawning new urban centers. The analysis examines how these global forces may impact business and industry, calculates the environmental costs to business, and calls for business and policymakers to work more closely to mitigate future business risk and act on opportunities.

Michael Andrew, Chairman of KPMG International, said: "We are living in a resource-constrained world. The rapid growth of developing markets, climate change, and issues of energy and water security are among the forces that will exert tremendous pressure on both business and society."

+ Link to full report (PDF; 4.65 MB)

+ Link to executive summary (PDF; 586 KB)

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• Air travel (DocuTicker)
• Business and economics (DocuTicker)
• Climate Change/Global Warming (DocuTicker)
• Energy (DocuTicker)
• Environment (DocuTicker)
• Food and agriculture (DocuTicker)
• Government and politics (DocuTicker)
• Industries (DocuTicker)
• International (DocuTicker)
• Science (DocuTicker)
• Transportation and travel (DocuTicker)
• Chemistry (DocuTicker)

Source:

• KPMG

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By Peggy Garvin

Peggy Garvin, of Garvin Information Consulting, is the author of United States Government Internet Directory (Bernan Press) and Real World Research Skills, 2009 (TheCapitol.Net). In her 20 years in the information business, Peggy has managed electronic information products and services in a variety of environments, including commercial publishing, e-commerce, law firms, and the Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress. Peggy's work has been recognized with the 2011 SLA Dow Jones Leadership Award. She has a Masters of Library Science degree from Syracuse University School of Information Studies.

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