Survey: Economic Challenges, Emerging Markets, and Talent Constraints Preoccupy Chemical Industry CEOs

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has published its 15th annual global CEO survey, which includes interviews with 88 CEOs from chemical companies across 29 countries. The survey shows that only 10% of chemical CEOs think the global economy will improve in 2012. The CEOs cite weak demand in industrialized economies, a slowdown in emerging economies, and greater volatility. However, 39% of chemical CEOs are very confident they can boost revenues over the next year and 51% are confident of boosting revenues over the next three years, PwC says. Chemical CEOs' confidence...

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