General EMU References
European Monetary Institute, http://www.ecb.int/
Europa, http://europa.eu.int/
History of the European Economic Union, http://cec.caixacat.es/euro/int2eng.html
"EMU and Euro Jargon," http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/special_report/single_currency/newsid_66000/66823.stm
EMU Net
EMU Lexicon, http://www.westlb.com/euro/
Euro and Information Systems
"Preparing Financial Information Systems for the Euro," http://www.ispo.cec.be/y2keuro/src/wdiseuro.htm
Le passage à l'euro, http://www.01-informatique.com/cor_dos_1453.html
"Accounting and the Euro," http://europa.eu.int/comm/dg15/en/company/compta/index.htm
General EMU References
History of the European Economic Union, http://cec.caixacat.es/euro/int2eng.html
"EMU and Euro Jargon," http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/special_report/single_currency/newsid_66000/66823.stm
EMU Lexicon, http://www.westlb.com/euro/
Computer Companies
IBM, http://www.europe.ibm.com/euro/eurocentre/index.html
Microsoft Accounting, http://www.microsoft.com\/europe/industry/accounting/
Consulting Firms
Deloitte and Touche, http://www.deloitte.co.uk/sectors/financial/euro.html
KPMG's Survey of Europe’s Preparedness for EMU, http://www.kpmg.co.uk/uk/services/manage/emu.html
KPMG's "Overview of the Tax and Audit Implications of the Euro, Edition 3.1"
http://www.kpmg.com/library/98/august/Eurobk3-1.pdf
Price Waterhouse, http://www.pwcglobal.com/extweb/newcojou.nsf/docidmanagement/1879CD1859090357852566320076B390?opendocument
Selected Banks
Bank of England, http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/euroiss7.htm
Bundesbank, http://www.bundesbank.de/en/presse/wwu/eurokommt.htm
Chartered Accountants
The Institute of Chartered Accountants
http://www.icaew.co.uk/menus/links/links.htm
Computer Magazines
Computer World
http://www.computerworld.com/home/features.nsf/all/981005eurolinks
Educational Resources
Beyond the many text resources to study the euro, there are a number of emerging alternative educational resources for the "innovative" educator.
Cap Gemini (http://euro.capgemini.com/) have developed "euroka!" a business simulation in which participants explore the costs and benefits of being in the EMU. Participants manage a company through the key stages of adoption to a single currency.
"Captain Euro" is a comic strip where the hero defends Europe from evil and "upholds the values of the Union." (Frank, 1998, p. 1). Captain Euro comic books provide an introduction to some euro issues. http://itmatters.bworldonline.com/host/host_122498.html, http://www.captaineuro.com
Selected References
Boehm, B. 1981. Software Engineering Economics. Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
Condon, R. 1997. Finance software may get snagged by European currency demands. Computerworld (http://www.computerworld.com/home/features.nsf/All/980309euroy2klinks).
Dekker, P. 1997. Preparing Financial Information Systems for the Euro. (December) http://www.ispo.cec.be/y2keuro/src/wdiseuro.htm
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu International, 1998. Managing the Euro. London, 60 pages.
Dunn, A. 1998. Meet the Millennium Bug's European Cousin, Los Angeles Times, (December 21): c1 and c4.
Frank, R. 1998. Enter Captain Euro, Unlikely New Face of a United Europe. Wall Street Journal Europe (December 14): 1 and 6.
Henning, C. 1997. Cooperating with Europe's Monetary Union. Institute for International Economics (May) (http://www.iie.com/gimue.htm).
Jones, N. 1997a. The IT Cost of a Single Europe Currency. Gartner Group (May 7).
Jones, N. 1997b. The Year 2000 will be late in Europe. Gartner Group (May 29).
Jones, N. 1997c. Credit Rating: Measuring Progress toward EMU. Gartner Group (July 30).
Jones, N. 1997d. EMU: The Impact Analysis. Gartner Group (September 29).
Jones, N. 1997e. Preparing for EMU -- The First Steps. Gartner Group (October 30).
Kemerer, C. 1987. An Empirical Validation of Software Cost Estimation Models. Communications of the ACM (May): 416-427.
Knowles, A. 1997. Euro: Creation of a New Currency. Datamation (November): 80-83.
KPMG, 1998. Overview of the Tax and Audit Implications of the Euro, Edition 3.1.
http://www.kpmg.com/library/98/august/Eurobk3-1.pdf
Lillington, K., Pounds, francs, marks, lira, headaches. San Jose Mercury News http://www.mercurycenter.com/business/top/034397.htm
Neaman Bond Associates 1997. Strategic Business Systems and the Single European Currency. Neaman Bond Associates (December).
O'Leary, D. 1988. Software Engineering and Research in Accounting Information Systems. The Journal of Information Systems, (Spring): 24-40.
Price Waterhouse, 1997. 1997 EMU Corporate Treasury Survey (October).
PriceWaterhouseCoopers, 1998. Accounting for the Euro, http://www.pwcglobal.com/extweb/newcojou.nsf/docidmanagement/1879CD1859090357852566320076B390?opendocument
Public Accounting Report, 1997. Are you ready for the Euro? Public Accounting Report, (November 15): p. 1 and 4.
Software Echo, 1997. Hot Features: The Bumpy Ride to the EMU. http://www.hottecho.org/mainfeature/mainfeature11.htm
Sorkin, A. 1998. Change to Euro Currency May Cause Computer Snafu. http://www.star-telegram.com/news/doc/1047/1:BIZ12/1:BIZ12030898.html
Violino, B. 1998. The Euro: Are you ready? Information Week, (January 26): 44-58.
Last updated on December 26, 1999.