Online Retail in Europe
e-Recruiting Industry in Western Europe
E-Learning in Western Europe
Chartered director programme: certainly not a soft option
There are several senior positions you can hold without any formal qualifications – senior manager, parent and prime minister, for example. You can also be a company director without undergoing any real training. In the UK, however, a growing number of senior executives are submitting themselves to an exhausting and rigorous process which allows them to call themselves chartered directors. The Institute of Directors, which … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Author: Michael Skapinker | Source: Financial Times | Subjects: Corporate Governance, International – Europe
European Broadband Breakdown
Is Europe Ready for the Future?
A new Index going beyond narrow economic issues has been compiled to assess to what extent countries are prepared for the 21st century. This article explains the thinking behind the initiative – on the next two pages two experts give their reactions..
Note: you can read the article on the web page, but for a bigger font and to get the graphics referenced, read … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Author: Cansen Basaran-Symes | Source: European Business Forum (EBF) | Subject: International – Europe
Global Leaders for Tomorrow Europe 2050 Task Force
Home of the Report on Readiness for the Future Index, designed to to provide a comprehensive framework for evaluating how well European societies are placed to meet the challenges brought about by the new millennium.
Editor’s Note: The GLTs are young but proven leaders from business, politics, the arts and civil society committed to improving the state of the world. 100 new GLTs are selected every … [ Read more ]
Content: Online Resource | Source: World Economic Forum | Subjects: Economics, International – Europe
European Acquisitions of US Firms
Transatlantic Crossings
Seen as a panacea for limited growth prospects at home, recent European takeovers of US firms are encountering management problems. CEOs should be wary of the pitfalls.
Note: you can read the article on the web page, but for a bigger font and to get the graphics referenced, read the .pdf version instead (link on the right side of page).
Content: Article | Author: Eric Uhlfelder | Source: European Business Forum (EBF) | Subject: International – Europe
One Currency – but 15 Economies
Clashing regulations make cross-border business difficult in Europe.
Content: Article | Authors: Christine Tierney, David Fairlamb | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: International – Europe
Elite Graduate Expectations
Paul Gooderham and Odd Nordhaug gained fresh insights into the preferences of European business school students relating to their choice of job, employer and industry.
Editor’s Note: you can read the article on the web page, but for a bigger font and to get the graphics referenced, read the .pdf version instead (link on the right side of page).
Content: Article | Authors: Odd Nordhaug, Paul Gooderham | Source: European Business Forum (EBF) | Subjects: Career, International – Europe
European Consumers Left Off the Broadband Wagon
Good Deal for DSL in Sweden
MEPI (Measuring Environmental Performance of Industry)
This Web site presents the main results of the Measuring Environmental Performance of Industry (MEPI) project co-ordinated by SPRU – Science and Technology Policy Research at the University of Sussex, UK.
The key objectives of this research project were to:
* develop quantitative indicators for the environmental performance of manufacturing firms
* collect environmental and financial data for a large number of … [ Read more ]
Content: Online Resource | Source: MEPI | Subjects: International – Europe, Social Responsibility (ESG)
Hobsons Careers in Europe
Job-hunting advice and details of companies providing graduate career opportunities throughout Europe including training offered, degree subjects required, vacancies, salaries, and case studies of recent graduate recruits.
Content: Career Information | Subject: International – Europe
Internet Usage in Germany
Euro Countries Won’t Equally Share B2C Wealth
Making the Move to Online Procurement in Europe
Out With the Old And In With the New: The Countdown to E-Day
The old adage that “money makes the world go round” may never be more apt than it is on January 1, 2002. The introduction of Euro bank notes and coins on this date will be an operation of unprecedented enormity, affecting the currency regimes of 12 European countries. But unless the parties involved in the Euro cash supply chain, and especially consumers, are well prepared … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Author: Ludo Van der Heyden | Source: INSEAD Knowledge | Subjects: Economics, International – Europe