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The Culture Wars: How American and Japanese Businesses have Outperformed Europe's and why the Future will be Different [Hardcover]

John Viney (Author), J. Viney (Author)


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March 20, 2001
"Through his job of placing the leading European men and women in their jobs, John Viney understands their motivation and capabilities and thus has a unique "insider's view" of our developing European business culture."
—Sir John Egan, Chief Executive, BAA plc

"This is a thoughtful provocative book on the critical business issues for Europe and what lies at the heart of Europe. It discusses whether in the 21st Century it can be competitive with the rest of the world. The answer in The Culture Wars is "yes" and what's more it tells us what needs to be done."
—Colin M. Sharman, Chairman, KPMG International

"In The Culture Wars John Viney tackles one of the most important issues of our time, how Europe can meet the global competitiveness challenge at a time when the world economy is being transformed by technology, communications and free trade. He rightly points out that Europe cannot win simply by trying to ape the Japanese, American or even the German model. If Europe is to win in the new millennium, it will need to develop its own unique and successful business culture. Me tooism will be insufficient."
—John Jay, Managing Editor, Business News and City Editor, The Sunday Times

"The Culture Wars puts the cause for Europe in a different light. It does not talk much about politics or monetary union but concentrates rather on hard-nosed business issues. Thus, this business book is both compelling and highly relevant."
—Cob Stenham, Chairman, Arjo Wiggins Appleton plc


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The Culture Wars As the world divides inexorably into three trading blocs -the USA, Asia and Europe - an intense battle for industrial supremacy is developing. The weapons are business cultures, leadership styles and organizational structures. The received wisdom is that, for Europe, the battle is already lost leaving Asia and America to divide the spoils. The Culture Wars explodes this myth by demonstrating that Europe, far from being the underdog, has real potential to compete and in many instances out-compete the other two trading blocs. But this will only happen if individual countries put national autonomy second to the creation of a world-beating business culture. Europe has some formidable opponents. Asia has the cultural dynamism, the energy and entrepreneurial drive to be the pre-eminent super business region. Then there is America. Until now Americans have had the business world largely to themselves. Now with Asia on the march and Europe focused on regeneration America may find the stage too crowded. There is still all to play for. Europe has no time to lose. The Culture Wars offers radical new insight into the biggest business issue of the new millennium - who will win and who will lose the battle for global trade.

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"Through his job of placing the leading European men and women in their jobs, John Viney understands their motivation and capabilities and thus has a unique "insider's view" of our developing European business culture."
—Sir John Egan Chief Executive, BAA plc

"This is a thoughtful provocative book on the critical business issues for Europe and what lies at the heart of Europe. It discusses whether in the 21st Century it can be competitive with the rest of the world. The answer in The Culture Wars is "yes" and what's more it tells us what needs to be done."
—Colin M. Sharman Chairman, KPMG International

"In The Culture Wars John Viney tackles one of the most important issues of our time, how Europe can meet the global competitiveness challenge at a time when the world economy is being transformed by technology, communications and free trade. He rightly points out that Europe cannot win simply by trying to ape the Japanese, American or even the German model. If Europe is to win in the new millennium, it will need to develop its own unique and successful business culture. Me tooism will be insufficient."
—John Jay Managing Editor, Business News and City Editor, The Sunday Times

"The Culture Wars puts the cause for Europe in a different light. It does not talk much about politics or monetary union but concentrates rather on hard-nosed business issues. Thus, this business book is both compelling and highly relevant."
—Cob Stenham Chairman, Arjo Wiggins Appleton plc


Product Details

  • Hardcover: 252 pages
  • Publisher: Capstone; 1 edition (March 20, 2001)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1900961253
  • ISBN-13: 978-1900961257
  • Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 1.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,006,447 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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The final decade of the last century was dubbed, in Europe at any rate, the Naughty Nineties - it was a period of some moral laxity and bohemianism, the age of the salon and scandal, a final fling before the serious business of the twentieth century. Read the first page
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United States, Hong Kong, South Korea, Royal Dutch, United Distillers, General Motors, Alain Levy, New York, Standard Oil, Francis Fukuyama, Henry Ford, Robert Napier, West Germany, Anthony Sampson, Channel Tunnel, Marcus Samuel, Win Bischoff, Crispin Davies, Geert Hofstede, Kjell Nilsson, Latin America, Peter Davis, Soviet Union, United Biscuits, William Gibson
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