The isolation of national telecommunications markets in the past has meant that pronounced differences remain among the R&D systems operating in the countries of the European Community. The intended opening up of public procurement markets by the end of 1992 could therefore lead to substantial...

All developed market economies have, during the last two decades, suffered serious structural difficulties in their economies, due, in part, to increasing LDC competitiveness in the production of manufactured goods. Most developed countries have reacted by adopting measures aimed at...