The everchanging European context may well lead to the evolution of MNCs' strategies in Europe and to the evolution of the control mechanisms within their subsidiaries. The author analyses the issue from the angle of human resources management, considered as an informal control tool that is...

Among inequalities in health, those which are explained by circumstances during childhood or parents' characteristics are recognized as inequalities of opportunities in health and are considered as the most unfair. Tackling health inequalities in later life and improving the underlying...

This research notes aims at assessing the research policy in the knowledge management field conducted by the EU during the last decades. this article highlights the results from this research but also points out the lacks of this research program.

The article determines which conflict resolution mechanisms are constructive and which are destructive, through analysing contractual agreements in European biotechnology enterprises. In the article, the term mechanism is used to refer to tools or the way in which conflicts are resolved....

Comparisons among countries can help to identify opportunities for the reduction of inequalities in health. We compared the magnitude of inequalities in mortality and self-assessed health among 22 countries in all parts of Europe.