n Accountant, released by Robert Half International.
             The above reports disclose a common consensus on the drivers of change which include:
             o Communications and information technology changing work pattern
             o Social demand for greater accountability
             The world's markets are shifting towards merging into a global marketplace, barriers to trade in goods and services are being lowered and world trade is growing faster than the states economies. These changes to the world economy and environment are also increasing the pace at which leading companies internationalise their operations and to extend their presence in key world markets. It is also a leading factor for many of the world's largest companies to become stateless in effect, with no home country, and with variety of implications for company law and accounting regulatory systems. The demands of large clients, and the removal of barriers to trade in services, increase pressure on large professional firms, to internationalise their structures and actions. People, ideas, information and capital cross borders much more easily than in the past.
             The expansion of the world economy and the internationalisation of large companies are just two of the factors indicating increased competitive pressures on businesses. Some companies are looking to mergers, acqu
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