Europe


The Vacation That Wasn't: Who Should Have to Pay?

Oct 22, 1999

Q: My travel agent messed up on my mother's travel visa for her Europe tour. We returned the tickets. The agent says that we will be pena...  Read story

Hotline

By Martha E. Mangelsdorf |  Oct 1, 1988

Hotline information paragraphs on the above topics and subtopics.  Read story

Benchmark: Real Costs of Euro-Workers

By Michael P. Cronin |  Oct 1, 1994

A graph comparing employer's manatory and voluntary costs in various taxes verus employee's costs in 7 European states.  Read story

Inc. International: The Global Perspctive

By Inc Staff |  Mar 1, 1993

Quotes about European trade barriers, adjusting to international trade and finding foreign suppliers.  Read story

The Hottest Companies in Europe

By George Gendron |  Oct 1, 1995

Inc's Editor-in-Chief offers a quote, and comments on an upcoming European business conference.  Read story

Out on a Limb: Bold Prediction #5

By George Gendron |  May 1, 1993

Editor's prediction that aging baby boomers, downsizing and government intervention will cause self-employment to rise.  Read story

The European Road Show

By Mike Hofman |  Apr 1, 2000

By most accounts, getting ready for an initial public offering is a bear. For days at a time, a CEO must schlepp from city to city, pitching his or her co...  Read story

Nobel Prize Winner to Study Entrepreneurship

Jul 20, 2007

The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation has awarded a research grant to Nobel Prize winner Edmund S. Phelps to fund a three-year study comparing entrepreneur...  Read story

Expanding Internationally: Grow as You Go

By Robin Lea Curle |  May 1, 1998

Large companies routinely take advantage of the enormous potential of international markets. They simply budget for the expansion, spending whatever it ta...  Read story

Travel Agents are Your Secret Weapon

By Owen N. Wild |  Apr 1, 2008

Agents have the advantage when it comes to discounts and can help you get the best deal during a recession.  Read story

Best Of The Trade Press

By Martha E. Mangelsdorf |  Aug 1, 1991

Recent trends from various trade journals.  Read story

The French Connection

By Edward O. Welles |  Nov 1, 1991

Profile of the changing French entrepreneurial landscape.  Read story

Sharing the Risk

By Bruce G. Posner |  Nov 1, 1991

Investing in new markets without draining company resources.  Read story

Cutting Costs When Staying in Other Countries

By Tom Parsons |  May 15, 2000

Most consolidators and hotel discount directories cover international as well as domestic locations. You may want to collect several directories to optimi...  Read story

The Age of the Network

By George Gendron |  Jan 1, 1994

Quote from 'The TeamNet Factor,' by Jessica Lipnack and Jeffrey Stamps (Oliver Wight, 1993).  Read story

European Union (EU)

The European Union (EU), formerly known as the European Community (EC), was formed in the 1950s to encourage and oversee political and economic cooperatio...  Read story

Winning in the Asian Era

By Joel Kotkin |  Sep 1, 1988

The U.S. must take a new commerce perspective in regard to the changes taking place in the world economy.  Read story

International: What Next?

By Inc Staff |  Dec 1, 1989

Survey: Do Europeans believe their unification in 1992 will protect Europe from the U.S. and Japan?  Read story

How Business Can Prepare for War

Feb 13, 2003

Hit by both the threat of war in Iraq and a lingering economic slowdown, companies in many areas of the world are reining in investments and postponing th...  Read story

Total Private-Equity Funds Raised for Investment, 1986-1991

By Alessandra Bianchi |  Mar 1, 1993

North America ranks ahead of the Asia/Pacific region and Europe in terms of private-equity growth opportunity.  Read story

The Defiant Ones

By Jerry Useem |  Apr 1, 1996

Europe has concluded that it must work harder to recognize and nurture growth businesses, and what that means to you.  Read story

New Tool for EU Entrepreneurs

By Laura Palotie |  Feb 25, 2008

The online Enterprise Europe Network links research and policy groups with small-business owners.  Read story

The French Say

By Nadine Heintz |  Dec 1, 2003

The French complain about The Hours.  Read story

Internationalize So You Can Localize Successfully

By John Mulligan |  May 19, 2000

We all know that Europe and Asia are on the road to catching up with the United States in e-commerce. Estimates vary slightly, but they all indicat...  Read story

Start a Company, Save the World

By Jerry Useem |  May 1, 1997

A report on this year's World Economic Forum, a gathering of global CEOs and politicians.  Read story

That Ain't Hay

By Curtis Hartman |  Mar 1, 1984

Shakespeare's wife had one. Miles Standish had one. Thousands of European peasants had them. And now, thanks to a 48-year-old Califronia enterpreneur, you...  Read story

Rallying Overseas Reps

By Susan Greco |  Apr 1, 1994

How one company made the most of a three-day training for its foreign sales reps, held at U.S. headquarters.  Read story

Cleaning Up International Mailing Lists

By Susan Greco |  Feb 1, 1993

How to improve the accuracy of international mailings.  Read story

How Growth Companies Handle International Finance

By Michael P. Cronin |  Mar 1, 1993

Survey of companies new to int'l business: their financial problems and solutions.  Read story

Growing Your Business by Going Global

By Inc Staff |  Jun 1, 1993

Information on international business: Hungarian market opportunities, meeting ISO 9000 standards, and packing tips.  Read story

Giving Unternehmers a Good Name

By Marc Ballon |  Jun 1, 1997

The president of Europe's 500, an organization of the European Union's fastest-growing companies, talks about business.  Read story

Trade Winds

By Eric Wahlgren |  Nov 1, 2003

A sail manufacturer rides the weak U.S. dollar to new markets overseas. But what happens when the greenback rebounds?  Read story

Europe Inc.

By HEIDI S. FISKE |  Sep 1, 1985

In Europe, it used to be that the only thing worse than failing at entrepreneurship was succeeding, and making money. Now, suddenly, entrepreneurship is all ...  Read story

Start-Up, Spanish Style

By Jerry Useem |  Apr 26, 1996

When Nicolas Luca de Tena was setting up his franchising business in Madrid in the mid-1980s, "entrepreneurs" he says, "were considered bad people" in Spa...  Read story

Standing Out in Today's Complex Market

By Jeff Thull |  Apr 1, 2008

What obstacles do salespeople around the world face? The answer may surprise you.  Read story

Down by Law

By Joshua D. Macht |  Sep 15, 1999

After years of lagging behind in all things wired, Europe finally appears poised to embrace the Internet. The Continent's on-line population will quadrupl...  Read story

Falling Phone Rates Squash Global Fax Service

By Joshua D. Macht |  Apr 1, 1999

The Intergram Corp., hoping to undercut overseas rivals with Internet-based fax services, went bankrupt when international telephone rates began to plummet.  Read story

Capitalizing on Tomorrow's Europe

Oct 13, 1999

The surging number of cross-border mergers and acquisitions within Europe's $6.5 trillion economy is revolutionizing the way business is conducted in this...  Read story

Yankee Doodle Dandy

By DAVID L. BIRCH |  Jul 1, 1987

Entrepreneurship and innovation make our business culture worth celebrating. But they pose challenges, too  Read story

Will Europe Blow It?

By Joel Kotkin |  Dec 1, 1989

Small European companies worry that 1992's unified market will bring in a suffocating bureacracy of red tape, regulation, and centralization.  Read story