Strategic Growth Markets - Ernst & Young - Global

In September 2009, we asked a group of future market leaders - participants in the global Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® Award - what their priorities were coming out of the global financial crisis. What lessons had they learned? Most of them are actually thriving in the downturn - see how.

At the 2009 World Entrepreneur Of The Year event in Monte Carlo (WEOY), we interviewed more than 35 country winners. We wanted to explore some of their experiences, talk about how they are coping in the current economic environment and what they think will be the path out of recession and future for entrepreneurship and the global economy. The result is conversations with entrepreneurs a unique insight from a group of the world’s finest entrepreneurs. 

How are the world’s best entrepreneurs responding to the economic downturn?  What actions are they taking to get their companies through the financial crisis and position themselves for success and growth when the recovery begins?  We asked successful alumni from the global Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year program.  More than 450 answered – see how dynamic business leader are planning for the future.

From survival to growth is Ernst & Young’s seventh annual report on venture capital. It examines the state of VC today and provides insights into such topics as strategies for seizing opportunities in the current downturn, managing working capital and concerns for technology companies. Throughout the report, leading company executives and VC investors from around the globe share their own perspectives on the impacts of the downturn and strategies for success.

Business is realizing it needs a response to climate change. Cleantech is one of the key enablers of this response. Ernst & Young intends to work with emerging cleantech companies and to assist multinational corporations to better understand the cleantech landscape and the opportunities it brings.

Effectively managing risk can be a high-growth company’s competitive advantage. Are your risk management practices enabling sustainable performance as your company grows? Watch risk management executives from Corning Inc., Under Armour, Inc. and Ernst & Young US as they discuss risk management insights for high-growth companies in our archived Thought Center webcast.

Despite the global financial crisis, the IPO pipeline contains many quality companies preparing to go public as they wait for market conditions to improve. Learn about the latest IPO market trends and issues relevant to companies planning an IPO in Ernst & Young’s sixth annual global IPO trends report for 2009, Shifting landscape - are you ready?