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Lost in Translation: Navigating global market complexities

Uncover the performance of international business operations.

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Overseas investments can unlock growth, but they can also contribute to underperformance. Deloitte’s latest Lost in Translation: Global markets report reveals €155.5 billion in operating losses across the globe from foreign-owned businesses. The report also shows where international subsidiary losses are concentrated, indicating where global market underperformance should be reviewed.

With losses rising across key markets, leaders need a sharper view of global market underperformance, international subsidiary losses and the hidden pressures affecting overseas portfolios.

Download the Deloitte Lost in Translation report to see where overseas subsidiaries may not be providing a return on investment and across which industries seem most impacted. 

Key insights 

The report analyses loss-making foreign-owned businesses with turnover over €1m and operating losses of up to €1bn. Key findings include:

What the report covers

Why download the report?

As geopolitical disruption, supply chain fragmentation, energy costs and policy uncertainty reshape international markets, businesses need a clearer view of where value is being created — and where capital may need to be redeployed. 

The report indentifies which markets and industries have been particularly challenging for international business investment and how this could be an indicator for Leaders when assessing their own global operations.

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Global markets report for the full analysis, country reviews and sector insights.

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