• 6 Mar 2012

Thomson Reuters and INSEAD to Produce Asia Business Sentiment Survey

Quarterly report will survey Asia’s leading corporations and their outlook for the next six months

Singapore – Thomson Reuters, the world's leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, today announced a partnership with INSEAD, the leading international business school, to produce the Thomson Reuters/INSEAD Asia Business Sentiment Survey, a quarterly survey of Asia’s leading corporations and their outlook for the next six months.

The survey expands upon the previous Thomson Reuters Asia Corporate Sentiment index, launched in June 2010, with additional survey questions and an increase in the number of companies included, providing additional data and insight. The survey will be compiled quarterly and poll 275 senior executives at top companies across 11 countries in Asia and covers industries ranging from autos and financial to technology. The index will measure the change in companies’ outlook for the next six months, establishing if their outlook is turning positive or negative in the current economic climate. The first joint survey is due to be published by Reuters on March 22nd.  

“We are thrilled to collaborate with Thomson Reuters on this exciting initiative which will produce insights into how firms in Asia view current and expected future economic conditions,” said Ilian Mihov, Deputy Dean of INSEAD. “Given that now Asia represents two of the world’s fastest-growing large economies and its share of world output continuously increases, we expect this survey to become a necessary and valuable tool for our understanding of the business dynamics in the region and in the global economy.”

“The relationship brings together INSEAD’s industry leading survey methodology and Reuters journalistic excellence. The result is unmatched in the region,” said Jean Yoon, deputy editor, Asia for Reuters.

About INSEAD, The Business School for the World
As one of the world’s leading and largest graduate business schools, INSEAD brings together people, cultures and ideas from around the world to change lives and to transform organisations. A global perspective and cultural diversity are reflected in all aspects of our research and teaching.

With campuses in Europe (France), Asia (Singapore) and Abu Dhabi, INSEAD’s business education and research spans three continents. Our 141 renowned Faculty members from 35 countries inspire more than 1,000 degree participants annually in our MBA, Executive MBA and PhD programmes. In addition, more than 6,000 executives participate in INSEAD’s executive education programmes each year.

In addition to INSEAD’s programmes on our three campuses, INSEAD participates in academic partnerships with the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia & San Francisco); the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University near Chicago, and  Johns Hopkins University/SAIS in Washington DC.

In Asia, INSEAD partners with Tsinghua University in Beijing and the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore. INSEAD is a founding partner in the multidisciplinary Sorbonne University created in 2012, and also partners with Fundação Dom Cabral in Brazil.

In 2009, INSEAD celebrated 50 years as a pioneer of international business education based in Europe. In 2010, INSEAD celebrated the 10th Anniversary of our Asia campus in Singapore. This year, we mark five years of activity in Abu Dhabi.

Around the world and over the decades, INSEAD continues to conduct cutting edge research and to innovate across all our programmes to provide business leaders with the knowledge and sensitivity to operate anywhere. These core values have enabled us to become truly "The Business School for the World." More information about INSEAD can be found at www.insead.edu

About Thomson Reuters
Thomson Reuters is the world’s leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals. We combine industry expertise with innovative technology to deliver critical information to leading decision makers in the financial, legal, tax and accounting, healthcare and science and media markets, powered by the world’s most trusted news organization. With headquarters in New York and major operations in London and Eagan, Minnesota, Thomson Reuters employs more than 55,000 people and operates in over 100 countries. For more information, go to thomsonreuters.com.

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