Joachim Jan Thraen uses insights from history to provide a fresh perspective on China’s potential transition towards a global innovation leader. He applies historical evidence from countries like the United States, Germany, and Japan in the 19th and 20th century and builds on results from four...

Introduction -- The Evolution of Security Outlook -- Basic Theories of the Industrial Security -- Industrial Security Analysis -- Construction of Industrial Security theoretical system -- Industrial Security Assessment System and Early Warning Industry Security Assessment -- Empirical Analysis...

This book addresses three important concepts in the economy-competition, innovation, and growth-using various cases and available data in Japan and other countries. First, the authors discuss competition, including global competition, to provide a better understanding of competition policy in...

Innovationen als treibende Kräfte für die Entwicklung von Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft -- Neuerungen in der Wirtschaft: Das Konzept „Innovation“, wirtschaftliche Dynamik und Innovationsprozesse in Netzwerken -- Erfindungen, Schutzstrategien und volkswirtschaftliche Auswirkungen -- Diffusion...

Regulatorische Rahmenbedingungen des EU-Zahlungsverkehrs -- Die Payment Service Directive (PSD I und PSD II) -- Single Euro Payments Area – Definition und Instrumente -- Die Abgrenzung zwischen PSD und SEPA -- Aktueller Status der PSD- und SEPA-Umsetzung -- Die Organe der PSD- und...

Subsidiarity in the European Union, as the guiding principle of decision-making 'close to the people', is often motivated and discussed from a predominantly political perspective. In this book, experts draw the demarcation between national and European policies from an economic viewpoint....

"Paul J.J. Welfens has written a highly perceptive study of the origins - and the implications - of what must be Britain's worst deliberate economic policy mistake since the Great Depression." -Harold James, Princeton University, USA "This book by Paul J.J. Welfens, dealing with the result of...

This book explores the intricate connection between the Single Market, characterized by the freedom of movement of goods, services, capital and labor within and across Europe, and the Digital Single Market, the virtual space that promotes freedom of movement of information and data. Both a...

This book provides a critical analysis of The European Union’s regulatory framework for mobile payments and bitcoin. Chapters discuss the creation of the EU single market for e-payments and combine legal analysis with comparative case studies in their exploration of the regulatory challenges...

Introduction -- The Role of Banks in Financial Integration: Some New Theory and Evidence from New EU Members -- Interdependence Between Foreign Exchange Markets and Stock Markets in Selected European Countries -- The Transatlantic Banking Crisis: Lessons, EU Reforms and G20 Issues -- Financial...