Strategic Growth Markets - Ernst & Young - Global

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? 

Risk management is intrinsically linked to performance management. Approaching them as separate management systems significantly reduces the effectiveness of risk management – often with dire consequences. “A new balanced scorecard” (pdf, 269kb) explains how a risk-enhanced or re-balanced score card incorporates both key performance indicators and key risk indicators to link performance and risk management and develop a single language and risk culture throughout your organization.

Corporate venture capital survey 2008-09 analyzes the efforts of large companies to access innovation via investment in external companies. Produced in association with the NVCA and EVCA, the survey examines the processes, structures and strategic aims of 39 existing CVC units to provide a picture of lessons learned and best practices. A roundtable discussion between current CVC professionals further examines trends and directions, while investment statistics give insight into the state of the sector.

It's not luck that turns some businesses into market leaders, it's being exceptional. Our experience of working with dynamic and ambitious companies around the world has taught us that, whatever the industry or stage of growth, all businesses face certain challenges. Discover what we think it takes to become an Exceptional Enterprise on the road to market leadership in "Why are some companies luckier than others?".