Across the Pond - Finding information on European Public & Private Corporations
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Registration Fee
- EarlyBird pricing is available for registrations submitted through March 23 - $95 for the half-day session for AIIP and SLA members; $135 for non-members.
- After March 23, AIIP and SLA members pay $125 for this half-day session; $155 for non-members.
- Special package pricing - Register for both this workshop and Arthur's Competitive Intelligence session and save. EarlyBird price: $175 for members; $245 for non-members. After March 23, $195 for AIIP and SLA members; $275 for non-members.
European corporations play a major part in the global economy, and many have a presence in the USA or actively compete with US businesses. Some are global players and household names. This session will focus on finding information on European business concentrating on finding company information, and understanding differences between the various European countries as well as Europe and the USA.
The workshop will cover:
- The political and economic structure of Europe and its impact on business, highlighting the Eurozone countries, the European Ecomomic Area States and the countries outside the EEA;
- Types of corporation – and what you can expect to find;
- Information sources for company financials – and how to find these;
- Stock market data;
- Cultural differences and how this can impact corporate structure;
- News sources;
- And more.
Examples will be practical – showing the types of information that can be easily found as well as some of the harder to find information that requires a more in-depth understanding of each market.
Benefits for AttendeesAttendees will:
- Gain an understanding of what is meant by “Europe” – beyond the basic geography. The inter-relationships between the Eurozone, the European Union, the European Economic Area and other groups will be covered, giving attendees an ability to interpret news stories on Europe and its impact globally.
- Understand the different types of corporations within Europe – whether GmbH, Ltd, PLC, SA and what these are.
- Discover how businesses operate within Europe – why some have a “supervisory board” and what this is, and why others don’t; why German financials can be limited; why Swiss financials may be non-existent but detailed UK financials available on even small privately held companies.
- Find out about some of the cultural differences between European countries and how this impacts business practice – whether in business organisational structure or how long to expect somebody to be on their lunch break.
- Learn sources for European business information including leading news sources; sources for company finances; anti-trust information sources; other public data sources, etc.
The workshop should be of interest to anybody who wants to understand more about business in Europe and will help any IIP who needs to do research covering any aspect of European business. 
About the Presenter
Arthur Weiss is CEO of AWARE, specialising in European competitive intelligence research, analysis and training. He joined AIIP in 2002 and is a frequent contributor to the AIIP list. He’s given a number of webinars for AIIP including “Top Ten Tips for Finding Competitive Intelligence Online” and “So You Think You Speak English,” looking at the difference between UK and US English and how this can impact research.
He currently leads the Institute of Competitive Intelligence’s secondary research workshop, and has led highly rated workshops on CI at ICI and also SCIP conferences both in the USA and Europe as well as commercial workshops globally. In 1997 he led the world's first workshop on "Using the Internet for CI" at the International Online Information conference. Arthur’s background is the information industry – he worked for D&B for 10 years. He’s an MBA Marketer and has a BSc in Biochemistry.
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Contact:
Arthur Weiss
AWARE
a.weiss@marketing-intelligence.co.uk
+44 208 954 9121
Twitter tag: #aiip12
AIIP 26th Annual Conference
May 3-6, 2012
Hyatt Regency Hotel,
One South Capitol Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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