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Owing to the extension of the EEC [European Economic Community] and the introduction of the Euro as a common currency, commodity exchanges, especially with Eastern European countries, will increase strongly in the future. Under socialism, computer supported business economy work, such as accounting, storage and purchase order processing, processing of orders, [and] cashkeeping were only inadequately mastered, whereas in Western Europe, companies that did not use modern computer programs vanished from the market. Due to its history and geographical situation, [Austria] is the natural partner to accompany its neighbours, Slovenia, Hungary, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic on their way to the European Community. One of Austria's essential tasks on this way might be to create school partnerships in order to introduce students from these countries, through the use of textbook 'model companies', into the practice of business economy work. This should be restricted to universities and economy schools that provide courses in German as a foreign language (a translation into English will follow after the introduction of the Euro in the United Kingdom).