The European Enterprise

1. Front Matter

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2. General

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. The European Enterprise. Its Relevance and Problems

      • Harm G. Schröter

      Pages 3-22

   3. European Corporations: Ownership, Governance, Strategies and Structures. A Review of Five Countries: United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy and Spain

      • Franco Amatori, Andrea Colli

      Pages 23-36

   4. Europe as Home and Host to Multinational Enterprise

      • Mira Wilkins

      Pages 37-50

   5. Common European Assets: A Japanese View on the ‘European Enterprise’

      • Takafumi Kurosawa

      Pages 51-63

3. Impact of Brussels

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 65-65

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   2. Defining a European Vehicle: Community Standards as Integration Tools or Trade Barriers for European Enterprises?

      • Marine Moguen-Toursel

      Pages 67-80

   3. Scotch Over Bourbon1: How British Principles of Accounting Became the Norm for Financial Reporting in Europe

      • Isabelle Lescent-Giles

      Pages 81-95

   4. The Impact of European Integration on Institutional Change in Switzerland

      • Margrit Müller

      Pages 97-110

   5. European Institutions and Enterprises in Sweden

      • Kersti Ullenhag

      Pages 111-125

   6. Facilitating Technology Services: National and European Standards and the Shaping of FORCE Technology, 1940–2005

      • Lars Heide

      Pages 127-137

4. Europe as an Aim and as a Tool

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 139-139

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   2. The European Enterprise as a “Fortress” — The Rise and Fall of Unidata Between Common European Market and International Competition in the Early 1970s

      • Susanne Hilger

      Pages 141-154

   3. Europeanisation and Americanisation: Converging Backgrounds of German and Dutch Top Managers, 1990–2005

      • Wouter Fioole, Hugo van Driel, Peter van Baalen

      Pages 155-167

   4. Suez Towards a European Enterprise (1982–2006)?

      • Hubert Bonin

      Pages 169-182

   5. Greek Business in Southeast Europe: National, Regional, or European?

      • Margarita Dritsas

      Pages 183-194

   6. Did the Progressive Absorption of the French Paper Industry Create European Firms?

      • Marc de Ferriére le Vayer

      Pages 195-205

5. European Business or Business in Europe?

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 207-207

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   2. The Rise of the New Public Service Transnationals: European or Global Phenomenon?

      • Judith Clifton, Francisco Comín, Daniel Díaz-Fuentes

      Pages 209-222

This book offers a broad overview of the topic of the European enterprise: It ex- ines what the Europeanenterpriseis or might be, whetheror not it exists, and,if not, if tendencies towards its emergence can be discerned or not. To indicate the results just brie?y already: There is de?nitely a movement in that direction, one which has accelerated during the past few years; however,there is not a large numbersof ?rms which are taking part in this movement yet, and the movement is also characterized by cases of backlash and phases of stagnation. There is probably only one characteristic of Europe on which all persons – re- ers as well as contributors – would agree: Diversity. Europe is more diverse than any other region of the world of the same size. The same holds true, naturally, for views on and perceptions of Europe. No single person is in a position to provide all different views simultaneously. Thus, in order to encompass this variation, the v- ume was designed as an effort of many: Its 20 different contributions were written by 26 different persons, representing 13 different nationalities, including the United States of America and Japan. As a counterbalance to this diversity, the introduction provides a general focus and the conclusion the common results of the combined efforts.

• European Integration
• European Union (EU)
• European enterprise
• European identity
• Institution
• Integration
• Policy
• economic policy
• economy

• Department of History, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

  Harm G. Schröter

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