People are ready, business / Europe is not

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Stories / possible developments

  • People are ready for a change as the society is more flexible, and the the state of the economy continues to slip.
  • EU governments are bogged down by politicians who are out for intrests of their particular country due to the dissolving state of the EU.
  • Businesses are hesitant to innovate and invest as legislation is stuck in first gear due to the low liberalization of labor laws.
  • Low economic growth is seen across the board.
  • Nationalistic governments limit foreign investment.
  • Large multinationals struggle as fierce competition from smaller rivals increases. Unable to draw up more competetive contracts with unions, small adaptive enterpreneurships flourish.
  • Massive layoffs at Phillips, Daimler Benz and SAP.
  • Galileo space program falls apart as control cannot be agreed upon. Germany wants to retain majority share and increase control in the program, and causes EU countries to withdraw their contributions.
  • Britain exits from the EU. Transfer payments and unfair portions of agricultular subsidies are paid out of Britains expense. Britain expends ties with America.

Arjan

  • Strong left-wing governments win elections in france and germany, while Labour has a historic loss in the UK
  • This unravels strong nationalistic labour forces within several countries, with more power for the unions again.
  • This results in the upkeeping of strict labour laws and a dissolving state of the EU
  • eventually the spending patterns and measures of the socialis movement causes a less flexible EU and organisation (under pressure of socialist movements and the unions), bringing economic growth to a halt
  • while the blue collar workforce is advocating many of the measures of the government the white collar workforce is becoming increasingly mobile, individualistic, demanding, and informed, causing a change towards a more flexible society
  • while european businesses struggle to become more competitive the asian (china) corporations are knocking on the porch of Europe's market
  • the socialists are brining europe into a deadlock by insisting on trade barriers
  • this causes further deterioration of the economy, while the new eastern member states seriously considder to join the russian led free trade zone in the area of independent states

Jasper

  • Many companies in the air traffic industry report record high turnovers and seem to finally have overcome the slughish years
  • A new wireless network is being launched and wireless internet is available everywhere. This new network also enables stable connections while moving (e.g. in cars/trains)
  • Because of the troubling state of the EU, many Asian economies switch to the Dollar as the main trade currency, which consequently leads to a huge decline of the value of the EURO. The Dollar becomes the #1 currency again.

ron

  • Europe is becoming one virtual workspace, physical mobility for corporate purpose diminish, European borders and legislation is gaining less importance due to the corporate trend towards the next (21st) organisation structure, virtual organisations. Businesses are taking lead, and as they are already operating across countries and continents the world including Europe is unifying towards a new model as well.

Sander

  • Employees are assigned to tasks that are stored in their profile, allowing them to work at different places and at any time
  • Employees work on the same task while physically be in different countries

Developments

Politics

Since the elections for creating a constitution for the European Union has been rejected, Europe has turned into a dissolving process. National governments are out for interest for their own countries. As a result national governments are putting limits to their foreign investments. In France and Germany strong left-wing parties win the elections, while in the United Kingdom the Labour party suffers from an historic loss. This reinforces the nationalistic behaviour within several countries, which gives the unions more power. As a result labour laws remain strict and the socialist are insisting on trade barriers. Eventually the spending patterns and measures of the socialistic movement causes a less flexible Europe and the new Eastern state members are seriously considering to join the Russian free trade zone.

Economy

The economical growth is declining throughout Europe. Businesses are struggling to remain competitive in the global market which gives Asian companies with China up front to knock on the porch to enter the European market. Because of the deteriorating economy and the low liberalization of labour laws, European business are reluctant to invest in business innovations. Large global corporations are experiencing fierce competition from smaller national companies, because they’re unable to draw up more competitive contracts with the unions. As a result small adaptive entrepreneurship flourishes on a national level.

Society

The society is getting more flexible. Teleworking has become very popular in European countries. Despite a difference in opinion, some people are now ready for taking it to the next level. While the blue collar workforce is advocating many of the measures of the government, the white collar workforce is becoming increasingly mobile, individualistic, demanding and informed.

Technology

The technology is improving at a consistent pace. Technological convergence is enabled, because major technological developments have been standardized. A new wireless network has been developed and in major cities it becomes available everywhere. It also enables stable connections while moving in cars or trains. Despite the many developments and improvements security remains an issue to handle for many companies.

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