Today, Greece can take pride in a thriving and dynamic economy – with rising living standards – although a number of important  BIS Review 83/2007  1  challenges still lie ahead. Some of these challenges are partly linked to the adoption of the euro, which entails benefits and opportunities but also implies constraints on economic policy and the functioning of the economy.
Very few firms planned for an emergency that would disrupt multiple sites in an entire business district, city, or region. Second, business concentrations, both market-based and geographic, intensified the impact of operational disruptions.