Euro is slow go

http://www.informationweek.com/717/17iueur.htm

This Jan. 18, 1999 InformationWeek article explains that many companies in both Europe and the United States have not yet updated their information systems for the euro and that this may have competitive ramifications. The article also provides two links to previous articles about the euro.

Questions:

1. Why is the conversion to be able to handle the euro such a large problem for information system departments?

2. Identify groups of companies for whom conversion of information systems to handle the euro does or does not have competitive significance.

3. Explain some of the reasons for not completing the euro conversion by the beginning of 1999.

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