Across Europe, restructuring in SMEs receives less public attention than large-scale restructuring. However, the recent economic crisis has sharpened policy focus in this area. The current discussion centres around the anticipation of change and individual forms of restructuring – particularly...

The paper summarises the issues discussed and put forward at the conference organised on this subject by the Enlargement Economic Department and the MEDEF International. The underlying thoughts tally with a triple aim. First, the Central and Eastern European countries are going to receive...

This study deals with the baseline and impact indicators for the EU rural development programming period 2007-2013. Key concepts are explained in part A, Common baseline indicators are defined in part B and Guidelines are provided for defining additional baseline indicators.