Survey: Regulation and Compliance Are Top Business Risks This Year
The third annual Ernst & Young Business Risk Report is out, and this year, the survey reveals the most important business risks varied dramatically across sectors, regions and companies.
For example, executives ranked regulation and compliance as the top business risk across the majority of sectors, undoubtedly related to the aftermath of the global financial crisis and prompted by a general uncertainty in the market place driven by regulatory reform. However, limited access to credit and the threat of continuing weak economic performance in certain regions of the world remain high on the list of potential concerns, ranking second and third, respectively. And, the fastest growing risk seen by survey participants is their companies’ abilities to succeed in emerging markets, a factor that is cited as a strategic imperative for global growth.
In addition to reflecting back over the past year, the report looks forward, hoping to predict business risks that will have a strong presence in the near future. According to the report, these risks include: (more…)









