Why regulate -- Explaining regulation -- Regulatory strategies -- Who regulates? Institutions and structures -- What is 'good' regulation? -- The cost-benefit testing of regulation -- Enforcing regulation -- Setting standards -- Self-regulation -- Regulating risks -- Regulation in the European...

This book provides a comprehensive picture of the location of technological innovation of multinational corporations in the European Union. The increasingly global research strategies of the world's largest firms are analyzed at a detailed regional level across the major EU countries. This...