Index

A

A-shares, 217

ABF Euro VA, 207

Abuse, U.S. corporate, 3-4, 26-27, 34, 221

ACA, 145, 159, 161-162

Accountability, corporate, 71-74

Accounting standards

in Europe, 175-176, 251

in United States, 175, 251

Ackerman, Josef, 192

Acquisitions, European, 194-200

Activism of European institutional investor, 204-208

Africa, investors and, 27

Age for employment, legal minimum, 71-73

Age of Reform, new, 27-28

Agreement in Textile and Clothing (WTO), 49

AIC, 143, 145, 147

AIM (London, 1995), 176

Air quality, 55, 72

Air travel industry

in Asia, 138-139

consumer power and, 133-134

global response to, 137-139

strategic response to, 135-137

in Europe, 138

forecast for, 139-140

Internet and, 129, 133-139

structure of, 131-133

Alexander the Great, 77

Altersverm gensgesetz (AvmG), 203

Amazon.com, 157

AMCs, 218, 240-241

American Airlines, 135-136, 139

American company operating globally versus global company, 82-83

American corporate governance, 167-170

American Express, 139

Ancona, Deborah, 105

Annan, Kofi, 4, 7, 27, 56, 118

"Announcements Regarding Listed Companies' Loan Guarantees for Others" (2000), 232

AOL Auto, 142

AOL Health, 153

Apparel Industry Partnership, 57

Argentina, age for employment and, 73

Arsenic removal system, 279

Asia. See also specific countries

air travel industry in, 138-139

economic decline in, 3

Asset Management Companies (AMCs), 218, 240-241

Assogestioni (trade group for Italian asset management industry), 208

Athabasca Oil Sands Project, 108

"Atlanta Agreement," 52

Authorized capital takeover defense, 198

autobytel.com, 142-143

AutoChoice Advisor (ACA), 145, 159, 161-162

Autofusion, 143

Automobile industry

consumer power and, 132, 143-145

global response to, 148-149

strategic response to, 145-148

in Europe, 148-149

forecast for, 149-151

Internet and, 128-129, 143-149, 151, 159-160

in the Netherlands, 149

in 1900, 124

structure of, 140-143

technology and, integrating, 101

trust and, 150

Automotive Information Center (AIC), 143, 145, 147

AutoNation, 152

autonation.com, 152

autosite.com, 147

AutoVantage.com, 142, 152

autoweb.com, 147

AvmG, 203