To mark the 20th anniversary of eight CEE countries joining the EU, Emerging Europe speaks with PwC’s Agnieszka Gajewska, uniquely placed to offer insight on what has been a huge success for all concerned. PwC’s Global Government and Public Services Leader and CEE Clients and Markets Leader Agnieszka Gajewska remembers precisely where she was on May […]
Since the beginning of this year, Emerging Europe, in partnership with Microsoft and PwC, has been running a regional discussion series aimed at increasing resilience and perseverance. Here are some of my takeaways. The region is only a moderate innovator; There are hardly any unicorns; Companies and governments are stuck in the past. Over the […]
Solving our planet’s carbon issues requires upscaling an array of nascent technologies, making it critical that we accelerate innovation. Europe experienced its warmest summer ever in 2022, with temperatures increasing by more than twice the global average over the past three decades, faster than any other continent. Economic losses due to climate-related extremes during 1980-2020 […]
In my March column I provide a summary of the recent 26th Global CEO survey by Price Waterhouse Coopers focused on results of the CEE region and compared with global results. I provide links to the full Global CEO Survey and the CEE CEO survey. The most important conclusion is the need of nearly 60% of Leaders to take decisive action to reinvent their businesses for the