Index_E

E

E21s, 268-269

e-health consumers, 151

Earnings forecasts, 34-35

ECOFIN Group, 202

Edmunds (car valuation company), 142

Edmunds.com, 142, 147

Eitel, Maria, 52

Employees

age for employment, minimum, 71-73

diversity issue and, 93-98

Gen Y, 97-98

human capital, 89

labor costs versus human assets, 88-89

labor force scarcity and, 98-101

productivity and, 103

quality performance and, 103

in twenty-first-century organizations, 88-89, 93-98

work-family integration and, 95-96

EM.TV, 177, 179-180

Encompassing model of corporate citizenship, 40-41

Enron, 26, 223, 252

Environmental devices (E21s), 268-269

"Equity culture," 193

Equity gap, 184

Ethics, business, 168

Euro, 174-175

Euro STOXX 50, 197-198

Euronext, 176

EURO.NM (Brussels), 177

Europe. See also specific countries

accounting standards in, 175-176, 251

acquisitions in, 194-200

air travel industry in, 138

automobile industry in, 148-149

banks and banking regulations in, 171, 181-183

boards of directors in, 189-194

CEOs in, 192-193

corporate governance in

banks and banking regulations, 171

boards of directors, 189-194

challenges, 200

corporate takeovers, 194-200

debt financing, 180-184

evolving landscape of, 171

institutional activism, 204-208

institutional investors, 201, 208-210

overview, 171-172

public pension systems, 201-204

stock markets, 171-180

venture capital, 171, 184-189

corporate takeovers in, 194-200

"equity culture" in, 193

institutional investors in

activism of, 204-208

equity of, 201

issues of, open, 208-210

pension reform and, 201-204

rise of, 201-204

Internet and market in, 149

IPOs in, 177, 187-189

public companies in, 187-189

public pension systems in, 201-204, 209

stock market in

accounting standards and, 175

"Big Bank" law and, 173-174

continent connection and, 175-176

euro and, 174-175

London Stock Exchange and, 172-176

market enforcement and, 179-180

Neuer Markt, 176-178

Regulatory alignment and, 178-179

European Commission, 172

European Takeover Directive (European Commission), 172, 198-200

European Union, 175, 200, 251

Expedia, 138-139

Eyeglasses, low-cost, 280-281