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BusinessWeek
July 25, 2005
Gail Edmondson et al. |
Detroit East Eastern Europe is becoming the world's newest car capital. Some are even calling this super-concentration of carmaking "Detroit East."   |
BusinessWeek
May 30, 2005
Gail Edmondson |
BMW Keeps The Home Fires Burning BMW's new, cutting-edge auto plant is in Germany, not in low-wage Eastern Europe. |
BusinessWeek
October 4, 2004
William Boston |
Off The Dole -- And On The Assembly Line In 2001, BMW decided to build a manufacturing plant in Leipzig, Germany and in the process put hundreds of unemployed people back to work. |
BusinessWeek
February 7, 2005
Jack Ewing |
The Downside Of Higher Productivity A small jump in labor productivity may inspire complacency -- and slow the push for labor reform in Europe. |
BusinessWeek
May 17, 2004
Jack Ewing |
Is Siemens Still German? Worker representatives at the electrical engineering company have concluded that Siemens is contemplating the elimination of 74,000 jobs from Germany in the next decade. |
IndustryWeek
September 1, 2004
John S. McClenahen |
Estonia et al: The Bottom Line On The New EU Ten additional countries in the European Union represent new markets for U.S. manufacturers, and five more could join in the next few years. But differing cultures and currencies could make for a bit more complexity. |
BusinessWeek
November 15, 2004
Jack Ewing |
Germany: Revved-Up Dynamo But Germany's surprising export machine won't create many new jobs. The number of jobless could top 5 million this winter in a population of 82 million. |
BusinessWeek
January 10, 2005
Jack Ewing |
Why Europe Inc. Is Jumping Ship Its booming multinationals see more profits in newer, less sclerotic economies than the Europe bogged down in an endless struggle to reform and grow. How much further this split develops cold have huge consequences for the region. |
HBS Working Knowledge
October 10, 2005 |
Readers Respond: What's the Future of Globally Organized Labor? Some readers believe unions are on their way out because of market pressures and ineffectiveness, while others think they provides a valuable service and can adapt to changing conditions. |
BusinessWeek
January 8, 2007
David Rocks |
Made In China--Er, Veliko Turnovo Chinese electronics manufacturer Sichuan Changhong is building a $30 million factory in Nymburk that will turn out 1 million flat-screen televisions a year when it swings into full production. |
BusinessWeek
June 18, 2009
Jack Ewing |
The Auto Slump Hits Slovakia Sometimes called Detroit East, the Central European country is struggling to revamp its national business plan. |
IndustryWeek
April 15, 2009 |
Laboring To Find Common Ground Launching a continuous-improvement initiative within a union shop involves a number of significant challenges, not the least of which is overcoming the adversarial nature of labor-management relationships. |
Job Journal
June 12, 2005
Michael Kinsman |
Career Pros: France's 35-Hour Mistake France admits its shortened workweek was a faux pas. |
BusinessWeek
November 1, 2004
Gail Edmondson |
Showdown In The Ruhr Valley A new wave of layoffs looms in Germany's industrial heartland, and unions are mobilizing for battle. |
BusinessWeek
September 6, 2004
Gail Edmondson |
Germany: Welfare Reform Won't Cut It Schroder needs to help business create jobs, not just slash the dole. |
BusinessWeek
December 12, 2005
Ewing & Edmondson |
Rise Of A Powerhouse How the young knowledge workers of Central Europe are pushing the region to a new level. |
BusinessWeek
May 23, 2005
Matlack & Arndt |
Cutting Their Losses U.S. multinational companies are scaling back their presence in Western Europe in favor of more promising venues in Eastern and Central Europe. |
BusinessWeek
May 23, 2005
Ewing &Turek |
Hungry for Discounts, Not Delicacies East European shoppers are giving a cold shoulder to glitzy Western supermarkets. Meanwhile, Lidl opened its first Czech store in November, 2003 and now has more than 100 stores and nearly 5% of the $25.5 billion market. |
BusinessWeek
February 4, 2010
Carol Matlack |
A European Tour for U.S. Labor American unions are taking the fight for U.S. workers to European employers' home turf. |
BusinessWeek
August 15, 2005
Jack Ewing |
The Bell Tolls For Germany Inc. Cozy relations between business, banks, and labor are unraveling in Germany. |
IndustryWeek
September 1, 2004
Tonya Vinas |
Meeting Asia's Demands Bosch Rexroth opens third plant in China. This puts the drive and motor manufacturer closer to customers in China, and has increased sales. And the company is poised for even more growth. |
The Motley Fool
July 14, 2004
Brian Gorman |
Automaker Threatens to Try New Tactics Intense global competition may force DaimlerChrysler to adopt American labor strategies. The contrast between the company's relatively free hand in the U.S. and its labor troubles in Germany is striking. |
BusinessWeek
April 18, 2005 |
Jobless In Detroit -- And Germany In Michigan, the problem is sclerotic corporate health-care, pension, and wage policies that are hugely expensive. In Germany, where the government controls these policies, the problem is national. |
BusinessWeek
June 7, 2004
Ewing & Matlack |
The Lazy Men of Europe No More? Longer working hours will help make Germany and France more competitive with lower-wage countries. |
The Motley Fool
June 16, 2006
Jim Gillies |
Investing World Cup: Western Europe Rebuttal Don't count the Old World out just yet. Characterizing Western Europe as stodgy and mature completely ignores the new, high-growth businesses it's generating. |
BusinessWeek
March 29, 2004
Carol Matlack |
France Is Shooting Itself In The Pied Its rigid labor policies are driving off desperately needed foreign investment |
Reason
November 2000
Michael McMenamin |
Labor Lost Why the AFL-CIO's cynical survival strategy is doomed... |
BusinessWeek
November 27, 2006
Roberts & Engardio |
Secrets, Lies, And Sweatshops American importers have long answered criticism of conditions at their Chinese suppliers with labor rules and inspections. But many factories have just gotten better at concealing abuses. |
BusinessWeek
May 24, 2004
James Mehring |
Germany: So Much for Schroder's Agenda For Change In March, 2003, German Chancellor Gerhard Schroder unveiled his grand plan for structural reforms, called Agenda 2010. |
BusinessWeek
October 3, 2005
Jack Ewing |
Impasse In Berlin The German election brought a stalemate. Now will reforms grind to a halt? |
BusinessWeek
January 6, 2011
J. Webb et al. |
Joining the Euro: Poland and the Czechs Delay They were eager to join, but weakness in other nations makes it better for them to back off for now |
BusinessWeek
August 9, 2004
Jack Ewing |
German Execs Must Make Sacrifices, Too They've gotten big raises lately -- not necessarily warranted by their companies' performance. Let German chief executives get fat paychecks -- as soon as they deserve them. |
BusinessWeek
July 14, 2003
Ewing & Matlack |
A New Deal in Europe? With labor's power flagging, serious reforms may be around the corner |
BusinessWeek
August 8, 2005
Aaron Bernstein |
So Long, AFL-CIO. Now What? The labor unions that split will focus on service jobs that can't easily be shipped overseas. |
BusinessWeek
February 17, 2010
Peter Coy |
Germany's Merkel: She's Got the Whole Euro in Her Hands Angela Merkel, the EU's most powerful leader, has to save Europe from itself. |
BusinessWeek
October 18, 2004
Jack Ewing |
How Germany Inc. Is Loosening Up In the past two years Germany's major corporations have been focusing on what they do best and unloading the rest. |
BusinessWeek
November 21, 2005
Carol Matlack |
Crisis In France How welfare state economics failed a generation in France. |
BusinessWeek
June 13, 2005
Carol Matlack |
For Europe, Opportunity Knocks Why the votes against the EU constitution may strengthen Europe. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
Czechmate, Or the Pitfalls of Rapid Privatization in Emerging Economies In his forthcoming book, Gerald McDermott offers a new explanation for why the Czech Republic and other emerging markets, which try to eliminate state involvement and undergo rapid mass privatization, may achieve only short-term or illusory economic success... |
BusinessWeek
April 4, 2005
Mary Lisbeth D'Amico |
A State Utility Turns Up The Juice CEZ, the Czech Republic's electricity powerhouse, is buying up plants around the region |
The Motley Fool
June 12, 2006
Stephen D. Simpson |
Investing World Cup: China vs. Western Europe China and its myriad challenges take on the long-established West. With more and more investors looking abroad for stock ideas, we present our own version of the World Cup. |
HBS Working Knowledge
October 3, 2005
Jim Heskett |
What's the Future of Globally Organized Labor? Are we about to see the rise of labor organized on a global basis? If so, will such a movement be able to achieve the same purposes that have motivated large unions on a national basis? By what means will this be achieved? |
BusinessWeek
May 23, 2005
Aaron Bernstein |
A Major Swipe At Sweatshops Nike, Patagonia, Gap, and five other companies have joined forces with six leading anti-sweatshop groups to devise a single set of labor standards with a common factory-inspection system. If a pilot project in Turkey succeeds, long-sought global labor standards could emerge. |
BusinessWeek
November 4, 2010
Simmons & Campbell |
M&A Among Emerging-Market Telcos Emerging-market telecom companies are driving the latest round of takeovers, but Western players may not stay on the sidelines for long. |
The Motley Fool
March 15, 2005
Selena Maranjian |
China Says: "Please Exploit Us!" Are bad working conditions better than no work at all? |
Finance & Development
September 1, 2000 |
Supplement Czech Republic: Recent Developments and Current Outlook... Fall 2000 World Economic Outlook... International Capital Markets Report... Prague to Be Venue for 2000 IMF/World Bank Annual Meetings... |
BusinessWeek
March 7, 2005
John Rossant |
In Europe, Every Little Reform Counts A slew of modest economic policy moves in Germany and France may add up to brighter growth prospects for 2005. |
Finance & Development
September 2010
Helge Berger |
Return to Form Germany's economy is again Europe's locomotive, but its export dependence is both a blessing and a curse |
Job Journal
October 9, 2005
Michael Kinsman |
Career Pros: Unions at a Crossroad What's behind the split within organized labor? Could the division of the labor community reignite passion in union activism? |
