Business Report

As the only survey of its type, International Business Report (IBR) is a valuable source of global business information covering issus from investment, exporting and expansion to employment, funding and ownership. For details please refer to www.internationalbusinessreport.com.

2008
Press releases

International survey: Anti-fraud awareness of Hong Kong privately held businesses falls short of worldwide standards (11 Jun 2008)

China privately held businesses top the world in acquisition and IPO; Hong Kong is the most bullish in cross-border acquisition (24 Apr 2008)

Increasing staff cost in mainland China tops the world (1 Apr 2008)

Corporate social responsibility adoption differ in mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan of privately held business (17 Mar 2008)

International survey: Hong Kong business confidence at six-year high (07 Jan 2008)

Focus report

Emerging Markets (PDF - 746kb)
Mergers and Acquisitions (PDF - 631kb)
Recruitment and Retention (PDF - 1,450kb)
Corporate Social Responsibility (PDF - 2.95mb)

2007
Press releases

International survey: HK business - good business risks management but below-average coprorate governance (29 Jul 2007)

A majority of Hong Kong business leaders are more stressed than a year ago (29 May 2007)

Hong Kong businesses expect to suffer the least impact from increased energy costs in the world (8 May 2007)

More than eight in ten businesses in Hong Kong have women in senior management (7 Mar 2007)

Hong Kong remains the main beneficiary of China's economic boom (6 Feb 2007)

Survey shows Hong Kong businesses top the world in export confidence for 2007 (9 Jan 2007)

Focus report

Global overview (PDF - 1.1mb)
Country focus - Hong Kong (PDF - 69kb)
Country focus - Mainland China (PDF - 72kb)
Energy and environment report (PDF - 1.5mb)
BRIC Emerging markets (PDF - 1.13mb)

2006
Press releases

Hong Kong most aggressive in developing exports in emerging markets (28 May 2006)

China’s economic growth is imposing both opportunities and threats for Hong Kong’s mid-size businesses(9 April 2006)

International survey shows that Hong Kong has the highest proportion of growing mid-size companies (13 March 2006)

Over two-thirds of business owners in Hong Kong report an increase in stress levels over the last year(16 Feb 2006)

Mainland Chinese business owners are highly optimistic about their prospects while their HK counterparts remain confident about their local economy despite a general downward trend on the worldwide optimism index (5 Jan 2006)

Topical supplements

Supergrowth index
Stress level
China
Business performance
The global market

Survey report

Hong Kong summary report 2006(PDF - 53kb)

China summary report 2006 (PDF - 49kb)

East Asia summary report 2006 (PDF - 53kb)

2005
Press releases

HK mid-size business owners benefit most from the "Chinese economic expansion" (3 Apr 2005)

HK mid-size business owners spend most time on email (27 Feb 2005)

HK mid-size business owners are the most stressed in East Asia (18 Jan 2005)

Survey report

International Business Owners Survey 2005 (PDF - 444kb)

Hong Kong summary report 2005 (PDF - 40kb)

2004
Press releases

Confidence in sustainable growth among HK mid-size business owners (05 Dec 2004)

HK medium sized companies adopt big business approach to risk (23 Mar 2004)

Women in senior management (23 Feb 2004)

Dramatic swing to optimism among HK business owners (23 Nov 2003) 

Survey report

International Business Owners Survey 2004 (PDF- 1.35Mb)

Hong Kong summary report 2004 (PDF- 62Kb)

2003
Press releases

HK business most confident & capable in developing both current & new markets (6 May 2003)

Independent business acting on corporate governance- HK Companies shown to be active among Asian countries (10 Feb 2003)

Survey report

International Business Owners Survey (PDF-2,517k)

Hong Kong summary report (PDF-88.9k)