Strategic Management

A. Basic Concepts.- European Integration.- The European Union after Nice -- a Community facing a New Century.- The Euro -- How is it Working?.- Corporate Governance and Corporate Reporting.- The Fragmentation of International Regulatory Governance and the Case for a Single Global Financial Regulator.- Internet-Investor Relations -- The Impact of the Internet on Corporate Reporting.- Finance and Risk Management.- Optimum Bank Equity Capital and Value at Risk.- B. Outside-Inside Perspective.- Strategic Competitive Directions -- General.- The Relevance of Timing and Time in International Business -- Analysis of Different Perspectives and Results.- Opportunity Recognition and Exploitation in Highly Uncertain Environments.- Strategic Competitive Directions -- Commerce.- Planning and Developing Shopping Centers from an International Point of View.- Retail Branding -- Concept, Effects and its Influence on the Internationalisation Process of Retail Companies in Europe.- Strategic Competitive Directions -- Service Sector.- Media Companies -- Organising for Global Industry Leadership.- Strategic Competitive Directions -- Industry.- Secured Distribution as an Element in the Sales Strategy based on the Example of Goodyear Dunlop in the European Union.- Competitive Directions and Controlling.- Target Costing as a Strategic Controlling Instrument.- C. Outside-Inside Perspective.- Human Resource Management and Co-operation.- Strategic Human Resource Issues in International Joint Ventures.- Inter cultural Management.- The Influence of Personality on Negotiation -- A Canada-France Comparison.- "Competitive Acceptance" in Cross-Cultural Interaction.- The Rise and Demise of the "Euromanager": Lessons for the Development of Global Leaders.- Index of Authors.