Your Business and the Euro + CD. A Strategic Guide, 20 лв
Your Business and the Euro + CD. A Strategic Guide
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction 7
Part 1
The Challenge of Economic and Monetary Union 9
- Operational challenge 10
- Strategic challenge 11
- Companies located in countries outside
EMU 12
Part 2
The Key to Unlocking the Euro 13
2.1. Step 1 - Conduct a Business Impact Assessment:
'How will EMU affect my strategy and operations?' 14
2.2. Step 2 - How to select a euro approach? 15
2.3. Step 3 - How to develop an action plan to implement the
selected approach? 16
2.4. Project management 16
Part 3
Impact Assessment Guide 19
3.1. Impact in the customer domain 19
3.2. Impact in the competitor domain 26
3.3. Impact in the products and services domain 28
3.4. Impact in the supplier domain 31
3.5. Impact in the organisation domain 34
3.6. Impact in the domain of business partners 38
Part 4
Selecting a Euro Approach 41
4.1. How to select an appropriate euro approach 41
4.2. Early adopter 43
4.3. Gradual approach 44
4.4. Late adopter 46
Five Key Points to remember 47
Part 5
Useful contacts 49
- Euro-numbers and Internet sites 49
- Euro Info Centres Network 51
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impact
of the introduction of the euro on their activities. In doing so, they
will therefore be able to identify strategic alternatives and devise an
action plan to implement the 'euro-approach' which is best suited to
their requirements.
The information contained is based on a study
of 35 SMEs representing a broad cross-section of SMEs from all the 15
Member States and all sectors of economic activity. The research was
carried out on behalf of the European Commission by Arthur Andersen. It
is my hope that all SMEs will find this an invaluable resource as they
grasp the opportunities offered by the introduction of the euro.
Christos PAPOUTSIS
Member of the Commission responsible for Enterprise Policy
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European Commission
Your business and the euro — a strategic guide Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities
1999 _ 52 pp. — 14.8 x 21 cm ISBN 92-828-6077-9
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