Business intelligence for CEOs and managing directors across Europe
Global warning
However high-tech a business is, the chances are it is still vulnerable to the natural elements. Earthquakes and volcanoes may not pose a threat in most European cities, but bad weather is estimated to have an impact on almost all companies.
Europe awaits the wise men
WEATHER RISK MANAGEMENT
Global warning
DEAL BAROMETER
The outlook beyond 2007
Deals of the month
BUSINESS STRATEGY
CRM - the new package
REGULATORY NEWS
Corporate governance: EU action plan
Banking
Employment
Insurance
Research
Trade
BUSINESS BOOK REVIEW
Beating the 24/7
THE CHANGING ROLE OF THE CEO
Where have the cowboys gone?
COUNTRY FOCUS
Germany
BUSINESS STRATEGY
The rise of Linux
Gadget of the month
STEPPING OUT
Paris
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COMPANY LAW
Europe awaits the wise men
DEAL BAROMETER
The outlook beyond 2007
section:Deals
of the month
BUSINESS STRATEGY
CRM - the new package
Recent research indicates that companies are losing out on potential returns from their investments made in customer interaction strategies and could be achieving more from customer relationship management (CRM) technologies.
REGULATORY NEWS
Corporate governance: EU action plan
In the wake of Enron, WorldCom and Xerox, the European Commission has proposed various initiatives to foster improved corporate governance and accountability in the EU.
OTHER NEWS
Banking
Employment
Insurance
Research
Trade
THE CHANGING ROLE OF THE CEO
Where have the cowboys gone?
Not since the mid-1980s has the issue of corporate governance been placed under such intense political, investor and corporate scrutiny. The celebrity CEOs who remade organisations in their own image by sheer force of will during the 1990s have been exposed as ruthlessly duplicitous. The last year's host of high profile casualties confirmed what most already suspected: that right and wrong had conceded to moral equivocation, and building a lasting enterprise had become subordinate to amassing personal fortunes.
BUSINESS STRATEGIES
The rise of Linux
'Techies' love it, most people aren't aware of it, but Linux is becoming an increasingly popular technology spearheading the rise of opensource applications. Acknowledged as a valuable resource on the server side of a network, Linux is now being used in handheld devices and starting to make its way onto the desktop.
GADGET OF THE
MONTH: Sharp's
Zaurus SL-5500
Sharp takes
Linux into the
mobile
mainstream.
STEPPING OUT
Your business trip to... Paris
Georges Couvois, president of the European Federation of Financial Executives (EFFEI) lives and works in Paris and lists the pit stops for CEO Europe readers who want to get a feel for France's beautiful capital, Paris.