economic performance. The starting point is a scoping study by Cambridge Econometrics and Sustainable Europe Research Institute … change impacts) are grouped to envision two future world contexts for Europe, a "tough" and a more "friendly" world. For the …

dimensions, and classify European regions by their performance patterns. This provides critical insights into the compatibility … in Europe by their engagement in New Growth Path-related activities. We then deploy this data to test the impact of … in making "High Road"-strategies more likely to emerge. We also find evidence that European regions differ in their …

enormous differences between nations and regions in Europe, even when they had to face similar challenges. The paradigm shift … that state industrial policy in Europe after 1945 had been always one of the most controversial policy fields and that its … environment favourable to competition, innovation and technology transfer. For Western Europe, it was increasing trade and …

), trade resistance factors on the EU import side can be explained mainly by slow growth in Europe in the first half of the … nineties rather than by SMP-induced trade barriers. Concerning integration widening toward Central and Eastern Europe (CEE … of the Europe Agreements. As trade overlaps between Asian and CEE supply on EU markets are low, the trade diversion fear …