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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Larry Elliott and Graeme Wearden in Davos

Almost two in five CEOs ‘fear their global firms will be unviable within 10 years’

A room at the congress centre on the opening day of the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland.
A room at the congress centre on the opening day of the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland. Photograph: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images

Almost two in five of the bosses of global companies fear their businesses will be unviable within a decade because of the struggle to find talented workers and the need to adapt to technological change.

As the World Economic Forum got under way in Davos on Monday evening, a survey of chief executives by the consultancy firm PwC was released, showing a downbeat mood about the immediate global outlook and longer-term survival prospects.

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