There are two views of the European Union which appear at initial reading to be different from each other. The first is a vision of a free‐trading group, a Europe of nations, and the second is a vision of a European nation‐state. In the calculations of gains and losses, the former is often...

Examines, with special regard to business, the operation of certain aspects of the Merger Control Regulation (MCR), particularly the “one‐stop‐shop‐approach”, that is likely to be reappraised at the forthcoming inter‐governmental conference or the scheduled review of the MCR. Uses...

With all the “Euro‐hysteria” surrounding 1992 many may accept already that the realisation of a single market is a foregone conclusion. Unfortunately, argues the author, the truth is somewhat different. The bureaucrats in Brussels may not be up to the tasks involved in creating a single...

Reviews United Kingdom′s environmental obligations ensuing from EC membership with respect to both EC directives and UK law. Discusses the merits of a cradle‐to‐grave approach to the production process; a stringent but flexible system of pollution control integrated into each stage. This...

Highlights the key features and differences between cash and electronic money and the benefits the former cannot deliver. However, consumer confidence is seen as the vital factor in acceptance of the latter. Summarises the four main areas identified by the European Commission in 1997 where...

This article takes a close look at the ways US, Israeli, and Irish policy makers have addressed the start‐up equity‐financing gap. US policy makers have been indirect, providing funds and creating the regime conducive to the growth of the private venture capital industry. Israeli policy...