Comparisons of European companies with companies from other parts of the world – especially the USA and Asia – often emphasize the former's need to catch up. European production is too expensive. The Europeans' profits are too low, and they pay too little attention to shareholder value …  >>

Issue 5, Special edition, 2005

Best of European Business is a unique initiative conducted by Roland Berger Strategy Consultants and The Financial Times for the first time in 2005 …  >>

Modern mobile products can do almost anything. You can use them to download movies, receive and send pictures, music, e-mails and text messages, engage in instant messaging, and browse the Internet …  >>

Over the past few years, public discussion on the healthcare sector has been dominated by cost cutting and financing issues. But people tend to forget that healthcare is the largest sector of our economy …  >>

In many ways, Japan and Germany are very similar: Both countries recovered rapidly from the horrors of World War II. At the same time, innovative strength and standard-setting technologies helped both to establish themselves as world-class exporters …  >>