Insights

In a time of political and economic uncertainty, people are willing to call out poor conduct more than ever before. For organisations around the globe, this presents both a challenge and an opportunity. People expect businesses to prove that profit and purpose are not mutually exclusive – and we can be certain they will watch on with a critical eye, ready to call out firms who they perceive to not be adhering to these types of strong values.

Organisations must be aware of the circumstances in which they are allowed to collect data to comply with Thailand’s Personal Data Protection Act.

Grant Thornton’s 2020 Women in Business report outlines how the Blueprint for Action is bring used to bring more women into global business leadership.

By empowering employees, eliminating waste, and improving processes, organisations can prosper in today’s rapidly changing landscape.

Though ransomware is not new in the cybersecurity space, its implications can have substantial impact on businesses.

Investing in human capital development drives growth as it improves the collective skill, knowledge, and capacity of the organisation’s employees.

International Standards on Auditing are often difficult to apply to less complex entities. The IAASB is considering possible solutions.

Companies must respond to evolving consumer expectations and demands with better supply chain and logistics management. Technology is the solution.

‘Presenteeism’ (the art of being at work but not working) happens in many businesses – it may very well be happening in yours right now.

Teams from Grant Thornton’s Singapore and Thailand firms recently planted 10,000 mangroves as part of their commitment to corporate social responsibility.

This article examines the RCEP trade agreement as it stands in late 2019, while also comparing it to the CPTPP agreement.

A strong finance function can drive innovation and proactively influence real-time strategic decision making, while its commercial insight helps broaden interactive stakeholder engagement and communication.

This article explains why companies might (or might not) choose to go public, how they should prepare for taking such a big step, and what the alternatives might be.

As a new and unpredictable decade dawns, the business world looks forward with its optimism largely intact, according to Grant Thornton’s latest International Business Report (IBR). Leaders in mid-market companies around the world delivered an average optimism score of 59% in H2 2019, a rise of 3% over the first half of the year. This modest improvement is an encouraging contrast to the two consecutive declines that preceded it, although there remains a long way to climb before reaching H1 2018’s high of 69% global optimism.

Whether you’re a sole trader or the CEO of a multinational organisation, we are all constantly seeking ways to do what we do better.

All organisations are grappling with the myriad of employee agreements and obligations that result in a wide variety of payments to their people.