What is Europe's impact on enterprises? 150 years ago, the emergence of nation-states created the national enterprise. After 50 years of European integration - is there a European firm distinct from the national firm?The book provides an assessment of the barriers to and prospects for this emerging species. Can it be claimed a major political failure of the EU not to have created an institution promoting European identity at the level of enterprise? The contributors look for European convergence at all levels of the economy - firm, branch, state, and EU. They stress various points of view, using diverse methods, and propose different measures. The overall result is an evaluation of the future potential of this new type of enterprise. Though in its infancy, the European enterprise has the power to change both the perception and the actual face of Europe.
Author(s): Harm Gustav Schroeter
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2007
Language: English
Pages: 297
The European Enterprise-Historical Investigation into a Future Species......Page 1
0.front-matter......Page 2
1.1.front-matter......Page 14
1.2.European Corporations-Ownership, Governance, Strategies and Structures. A Review of Five Countries- United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy and Spain......Page 15
1.3.Europe as Home and Host to Multinational Enterprise......Page 29
1.4.Common European Assets- A Japanese View on the ‘European Enterprise’......Page 43
2.front-matter......Page 56
2.1.Defining a European Vehicle-Community Standards as Integration Tools or Trade Barriers for European Enterprises......Page 57
2.2.Scotch Over Bourbon-How British Principles of Accounting Became the Norm for Financial Reporting in Europe......Page 71
2.3.The Impact of European Integration on Institutional Change in Switzerland......Page 86
2.4.European Institutions and Enterprises in Sweden......Page 100
2.5.Facilitating Technology Services-National and European Standards and the Shaping of FORCE Technology, 1940–2005......Page 115
3.front-matter......Page 126
3.1.The European Enterprise as a Fortress — The Rise and Fall of Unidata Between Common European Market and International Competition in the Early 1970s......Page 127
3.2.Europeanisation and Americanisation-Converging Backgrounds of German and Dutch Top Managers, 1990–2005......Page 141
3.3Suez Towards a European Enterprise (1982–2006)......Page 154
3.4.Greek Business in Southeast Europe-National, Regional, or European......Page 168
3.5.Did the Progressive Absorption of the French Paper Industry Create European Firms......Page 180
4.front-matter......Page 191
4.1.The Rise of the New Public Service Transnationals-European or Global Phenomenon......Page 192
4.2.Corporate Responses to Institutional Changes — the Effects of Europeanisation in the Case of Denmark, 1973–2003......Page 206
4.3.European, Global or Norwegian-The Norwegian Aluminium Companies, 1946–2005......Page 223
4.4.Changing Transnational Affections. Orkla, Elkem and Norwegian Big Business, 1960–2004......Page 235
4.5.European Challenges and Opportunities-The Role of Europe in the Internationalisation of Spanish Firms......Page 250
5.front-matter......Page 261
5.1.The Development Toward a European Enterprise-Results and Conclusions......Page 262
