Πηγή : The Wall Street Journal Europe

4 June 2012

BY Vanessa Fuhrmans ,  Dana Cimilluga

Daniel Michaels, Christina Passariello and David Pearson contributed to this article.

Businesses Prepare for Europe’s Worst

Multinational Companies Scramble to Protect Cash, Revise Contracts and Tighten Their Payment Terms

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French retailer Carrefour is consolidating its stores in Greece into fewer outlets to cope with declining sales.

As European officials race to quell fears that Greece may exit the euro, many companies doing business in the troubled country are preparing for the worst.

Most executives, analysts and others agree on one thing: the impact of a Greek withdrawal from the euro zone is impossible to predict. That is why multinational companies are rehearsing for any number of contingencies. They range from a paralysis in cross-border payments to a civil breakdown in Greece to a broader breakup of Europe’s common currency.

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