In the last 20 years Ireland attracted high FDI-inflows, which are to be explained. Based on wellknowntheoretical models, some host country determinants for different modes of FDI areanalysed. But the standard models for vertical and horizontal foreign direct investments can notsufficiently...

A multinomial logit model and survey data from the 25 EU member states and the US are used to establish the effect of demographic and other variables on various entrepreneurial engagement levels. These engagement levels range from "never thought about starting a business" to "thinking about it",...

The science/public/policy relationship is subject to deep changes. Taking these changesas a starting point, the following paper examines the changing foresight landscape in theEuropean Union, both from an institutional and from a methodological perspective. Thenecessity for a reorganisation of...

Die Stärkung des wirtschaftlichen und sozialen Zu -sammenhalts in der Europäischen Union ist einzentrales Anliegen der deutschen Politik. Mit demBeitritt der zehn neuen Mitgliedstaaten zum 1. Mai2004 und Rumäniens und Bulgariens zum 1. Januar2007 ist jedoch das Entwicklungsgefälle...

We assess the fiscal behaviour in the European Union countries for the period 1990-2005 via the responsiveness of budget balances to several determinants. The resultsshow that the existence of effective fiscal rules, the degree of public spendingdecentralization, and the electoral cycle can...

Die Gemeinsame Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik (GASP)und die Europäische Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik(ESVP) gehören heute zu den dynamischsten undmeist diskutierten Politikbereichen der EuropäischenUnion (EU). Laut Javier Solana, dem Hohen Vertreterder GASP, bildet die ESVP das...

The Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) andthe European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP) aretoday among the most dynamic and most frequentlydiscussed policy topics within the EuropeanUnion. Developing a European profile in foreign andsecurity policy has become one of the key...

This report was prepared by the SemanticHEALTH project, a Specific Support Action funded by the EuropeanUnion 6th R&D Framework Programme (FP6). SemanticHEALTH developed a longer-term research anddeployment roadmap for semantic interoperability. Its vision is to identify key steps towards...

The Eastern enlargement of the European Union and the requirements of the Euro-pean Monetary Union (EMU) increase the pressure for flexibility of labor markets in both the old and the new EU member states. In the framework of EMU and in order to follow the requirements of the optimal currency...

Mit dem Beitritt mittel- und osteuropäischer Länder (MOEL) sowie Maltas undZyperns zur Europäischen Union (EU) kann die EU auf bis zu 27 Mitglieder anwachsen.Neben den Kriterien, die von den Beitrittskandidaten vor ihrer Aufnahmeerfüllt werden müssen, stellte der Europäische Rat von...