A recent Oxford Economics report examines how fare negotiation—the ability for riders and drivers to agree on a trip price within an app—is gaining traction in ride-hailing markets, particularly in emerging economies.
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The level of excise duty and VAT levied on duty paid cigarettes is one of the main drivers of the illicit trade in cigarettes in the EU and elsewhere. Criminals can sell illegal cigarettes at lower prices because they avoid paying taxes, making them attractive to price-sensitive consumers.
Blog How Leading CPG Companies Understand Their Economic Footprint Understanding the broader economic role of a business is becoming increasingly important for companies in the consumer goods and services sector. Decisions around new product launches, facility expansions and supply chain investments ripple far beyond the balance sheet—shaping communities, supporting suppliers and strengthening regional economies. Clearly … Read more
This report focuses on the quantum computing sector in Sussex and Greater Brighton, and its potential contribution to the South East and wider UK economy.
Asia remains one of the world’s most dynamic growth regions—but the forces shaping business outcomes are changing.
The first KPMG Strategic AI Capability Index (SACI) provides a comparative, evidence-based assessment of how the world’s leading regions in the race for AI leadership (the United States, Europe, and China) are positioned to develop, scale, and govern artificial intelligence. The analysis is complemented by a detailed view of Europe’s internal sub-regions.
As heads of state at the World Economic Forum in Davos last Tuesday focused on geopolitics, business leaders at the nearby AI House were speaking about separate yet interwoven imperatives: AI scalability and sovereignty.
Japan is famous for its bullet trains, robots, and precision manufacturing, but step into many offices and you’ll find paper forms, hanko stamps, and a fax machine.
The report focuses on the socioeconomic contribution of UUSA’s National Enrichment Facility in Eunice, New Mexico in 2024. It provides an assessment of the economic contribution the facility makes to the U.S. economy, as well as to the regional economies of New Mexico and Texas.
To understand how the G20 countries are progressing in the energy transition, Oxford Economics PwC collaborated with PwC to create the Changing Energy Order Index. The index combines data from international economic organizations like the OECD and World Bank with with Oxford’s own forecasts to evaluate each country’s progress across five key pillars.
Low-income countries could unlock $75T in annual gains through AI, energy access, and finance narrowing global living standard gaps and driving growth.
explore how automation and AI are transforming operations across manufacturing, retail, and logistics. From empowering frontline workers to driving measurable efficiency gains, organizations are using intelligent operations to boost productivity, customer satisfaction, and competitiveness in a fast-changing global economy.
New research from Oxford Economics finds that the opening of Amazon fulfillment centers lifts up local communities by increasing economic vitality while reducing hardship
Oxford Economics, in collaboration with EY, conducted a survey to explore how strategic Environment, Health, and Safety (EHS) investments provide a competitive edge in today’s volatile world.
Gathering insights from 526 global EHS professionals and C-suite leaders, our research reveals that organizations investing in EHS report significant boosts in reputation, resilience, and operational efficiency. Those furthest ahead, the EHS leaders, align EHS with broader business strategy resulting in improved performance. Notably, 81% of EHS leaders say their initiatives have led to increased commercial value. The study offers a roadmap for embedding EHS initiatives to unlock new levels of organizational resilience and efficiency.
Tata Consultancy Services commissioned Oxford Economics to calculate their economic footprint in the UK in 2023/24.
The specialized information industry, represented by the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA), commissioned Oxford Economics to undertake a research program to explore the economic implications of policy interventions in the realm of digital markets.
Oxford Economics’ study for the Motion Picture Association quantifies Brazil’s audiovisual industry in 2024: R$ 70.2 bn in GDP, 608,970 jobs, and R$ 9.9 bn in taxes. It details impacts across film and TV production, cinemas, free-to-air and pay TV, and streaming, plus trade, tourism, and productivity.
Can artificial intelligence generate the improvements needed to deliver high-quality, affordable public sector services?
In Asia’s fast-changing economic and regulatory environment, tax policy is no longer just a matter for finance and legal departments—it’s a boardroom issue.
What’s behind Asia’s new era of policy assertiveness? What does it mean for international firms?
