Publisher's Synopsis
The next couple of years will present a number of challenges to corporations worldwide. Significant changes are currently taking place on an economic and political level. Among them: the development of regional markets in Europe, North America, South America and the Far East, the developing economies of Eastern and Central Europe, a gradual overall economic improvement and increasing cross-border government intervention in the economic sphere.;These developments will affect the corporation in the coming decades, including the people who work for it, its shareholders as well as the banks financing its activities. This book includes different national perspectives on the problems and opportunities presenting themselves to corporations all over the world. Topics that are treated include shareholders' and directors' rights and liabilities, mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures, labour and workplace liability, litigation issues, environmental law concerns as well as specific EU issues.
