ISBN 2-907587-13-7

In recent decades, Europe has been at the forefront of economic integration, owing to successive enlargements of the internal European internal market and (within the Eurozone) the advent of a common currency. Indeed, European corporations have actively pursued the new opportunities offered to them both within the continent and at the global level. Europeans nevertheless fear job losses either due to delocalisation out of Europe, or to the loss of competitiveness of European companies failing to adapt to globalisation.


What can be learned from the last two decades of globalisation? Are European corporations subject to typical globalisation patterns? May we set benchmarks or identify leading practices to chart or advance these processes henceforth?

This book consolidates the sentiments of eminent corporate leaders and thinkers who have agreed to share their experiences at the helm of their respective organisations, and to discuss the lessons they have drawn from their own encounters with globalisation. It also provides some analytical contributions pertaining to the main challenges of globalisation, and their leading resolutions.

Unisys is a global company specialising in information technology services and solutions with clients located in more than 100 countries.

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Outline

Foreword
Jean-Marc Lazzari - Vice-President & General Manager, Unisys Continental Europe

Notes from the editors
Catherine Distler - Managing Director, PROMETHEE
Bernard Nivollet - Vice-President & General Manager, Unisys Continental Europe Global Financial Services

Executive summary
Catherine Distler - Managing Director, PROMETHEE

Part I. THE TRIPLE CHALLENGE OF LEGITIMACY, SECURITY AND COMPLEXITY
• The efficiency/legitimacy dilemma :
Pascal Lamy - former EU Trade Commissioner
• Security : the paradigm shift :
Rear Amiral (ret) Jean Dufourcq - Chief Academic Research Branch, NATO Defense
• Reducing globalisation's complexity through competences and reputation :
Lawrence A.Weinbach - Chairman, UNISYS


Part II. INFRASTRUCTURES FOR GLOBAL MARKETS
• Efficient and innovative infrastructures serving global clients :
Pierre Francotte - CEO & Chairman of the Management Committee, Euroclear SA/NV
• Global system and franchise, local needs :
Hans Van Der Velde - President and Chief Executive, VISA Europe
• Global markets in search of renewed trust :
Christian Mouillon - Global Vice Chair, Audit, Ernst &Young


Part III. ALIGNING OPERATIONS FOR CHALLENGING GLOBALISATION
• Strategic consistency through alignment of corporate values and partnerships :
Peter A. Wuffli - Group Chief Executive Officer, UBS
• Achieving efficiency and productivity within a network of companies :
Claude Brunet - Member of the Managing Board, AXA
• Operational and regulatory consequences of absolute connectivity :
Hermann-Joseph Lamberti - Member of the Board of Managing Directors & COO, Deutsche Bank AG
• Leveraging technical expertise across borders :
Rembert Von Lowis - Group Chief Finance Officer, Dexia
• Improving time-to-market; optimising networks :
Dr. Horst L Lennertz - Chief Technical Officer, KPN Mobile
• Securing the Benefits From a Global Scale in Financial Services :
Bernard Nivollet - Vice President & General Manager, Continental Europe Global Financial Services, Unisys & Christian Gensch - Senior Manager, Continental Europe Global Financial Services, Unisys
• Global security management :
Bart de Marteleare - EMEIA Security Services Lead & Bertrand Bouteloup - EMEIA Security Business Develoment Director, Unisys


Part IV. BRAND, CULTURE AND VALUES
• Leveraging capabilities, diversity and trust through a global brand :
Douglas J. Flint - Group Finance Director, HSBC
• Issues and patterns in global branding :
Ian Ryder - Vice-President, Global Strategic Programs, UNISYS
• Building a global vision of collective excellence :
Pierre Hurstel - Global Managing Partner, People, Ernst & Young
• Nurturing talents; aligning corporate values :
Patricia Bradford - Head of Worldwide Human Resources, UNISYS
• The DNA of effective post-merger integration :
Ralph Welborn - Managing Partner, Worldwide Transformation Team, UNISYS