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EMU: from talk to action. (implications for joining the European Monetary Union)
December 22, 1997... Welcoming the British government's recent decision to join the EMU, the Chairman of one Europe's biggest and most international companies here discusses the opportunities and problems that European Monetary Union presents.
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Monetary Union - a successful venture for Europe?
December 22, 1997... A broad EMU is now in prospect when the single European currency is launched in 1999, including ten or eleven EU member states. The UK could also join early in the next century "if EMU is a success". This article describe the path to...
The information society - the EU framework. (European Union telecommunications market)
December 22, 1997... On January 1 1998, the crucial European Commission Directive concerning full competition in telecommunications markets comes into force. In this abridged version of the last of the 1997 Stockton Lectures, the Member of the Commission who was...
The European business lobby. (business influence on European Union policy)
December 22, 1997... Lobbying is a familiar if not always welcome reality in politics and many now recognise that companies have a legitimate role to play in the public policy process. But how firms set about exerting influence - and what works best - is still...
Profit-sharing in OECD countries: a review and some evidence. (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development)
December 22, 1997... This article starts by describing the extent of profit-sharing schemes in OECD countries. It suggests that firms have increasingly introduced profit-sharing schemes not only because of the tax breaks they involve, but also because of...
Intellectual capital and the new wealth of nations II. (human capital versus intellectual capital)(includes case studies)
December 22, 1997... In the second part of his analysis of intellectual capital and the issues it raises for managers, the author concentrates on the distinction between intellectual capital and human capital. In particular, he argues that intellectual capital...
Better decision-making: a field study. (management decisions)(includes case studies)
December 22, 1997... Based on a large research project in north America, this article suggests that only about half of managers' decisions are successful, and that managers themselves are often unaware that the way that they go about making decisions is the main...
US manufacturing in the early 1990s: the chase and challenge. (management)(includes related articles on Hewlett Packard and customizing production)
December 22, 1997... "Mercedes is benchmarking Ford Motor Company in building its Tuscaloosa, Alabama plant. `Now Detroit is the benchmark', and Ford is the best in labour productivity. But Ford still benchmarks Toyota." So ran an article in the New York Times...