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The mainstream, hitherto Anglo-American dominated management education faces increasing challenge from both inside and outside the business circles in Europe and America. Instead of offering an ad hoc list of Confucius' wisdom on management, the authors of this paper aim to build up a thesis on how Confucianism may help to counter balance the deviation. And it is found such interaction may be best presented on three levels: (1) ontology of the management discipline; (2) epistemology and related methodology of the management discipline; and (3) value and practice instilled in the management education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The chapter discusses the participation of the Czech Republic in the European Union (EU). In this paper, ten member nations that were admitted to the EU in 2004 are enumerated, including the Czech Republic. In 2003, Czechs voted for membership in the EU in a historic referendum. Moreover, the split in public opinion in the country regarding the amount of decision-making control Czechs should surrender to the EU is also discussed in this paper.

The chapter provides information on the establishment of the European Union (EU). This article presents the history of EU. The countries that are members of the union include Denmark, Ireland and Great Britain. In addition, a background information on the structure of EU is discussed in this paper. The features of internal policy of EU on single market, economic status and key EU institutions are highlighted in this article.

This paper explores the conditions of entrepreneurship in European countries in transition. According to the author, these countries show different stages of development in their transition toward a market economy. The first group of countries in transition started negotiations with the European Union (EU) in 1998 and is considered the most advanced: the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Poland and Slovenia. The second group of countries, considered to be in an intermediate stage of transition, is made up of Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania and Slovakia. The third group consists of the countries of the former Yugoslav Federation, which have experienced long separatist wars: Bosnia, Yugoslavia, and Macedonia. A fourth group of countries in transition consists of former members of the Soviet Union: Russia, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Belarus, Moldavia, and the Ukraine. The author aims to provide insight into the social and economic situation in the areas under consideration. The author also explores how entrepreneurship research has developed in the European countries in transition so far, what crucial factors influence the behavior of people and subsequently the development of entrepreneurial activities in the process of transformation, which stage of economic development have already been achieved by these countries, and what can be learned from data such as start-up, growth and failure rates about the dynamics of entrepreneurship in these countries?

The article provides information on the European Union (EU). The commemoration of the beginning of EU is discussed in this paper. Information on twenty-five countries included in EU is also presented. In addition, characteristics of EU countries are enumerated. Changes and recent developments brought by EU in Europe are also highlighted in this article.

Chapter 3 of the book "Media Between Culture and Commerce" is presented. It presents empirical studies on media diversity done by communication scientists from different European Union (EU) member states. Results show that competition and concentration can increase and reduce diversity on television and newspaper markets. The situation depends on market conditions, governmental policies and the role of public-interest players.

Discusses the social meaning of money and introduces the analysis of the major mass media and their focus on the introduction of the Euro as a cultural indicator of national particularities and European commonalities. Factors that have resulted from the monetization of social life; Elements that characterize the fundamental difference of money from power and domination; Overview of the expectations of the Euro.