This paper examines European public research and development (R&D) subsidies that support precompetitive development (PCD), which is R&D up to and including a prototype. The research seeks to determine How effective these subsidies have been and whether European practice has been influenced by...

In the last decade or so, the EU has adopted a number of legislation aimed at liberalising network industries and developing an EU-level regulatory framework for those industries. Against this background, we examine the extent of liberalisation and the nature of market performance in a group of...

This paper examines European public research and development (R&D) subsidies that support precompetitive development (PCD), which is R&D up to and including a prototype. The research seeks to determine How effective these subsidies have been and whether European practice has been influenced by...

The Commission's general approach with regard to competitiveness is inspired by the 1990 Communication (Bangeman I), the White Paper (Growth, Competitiveness, and Employment) of December 1993 and the 1994 Communication (Bangeman II). The European Commission has repeatedly stressed the need to...

The new European economy, complete with monetary union, gave rise to the emergence of a New European Economic Policy (NEEP). This paper takes as its task the analysis of: i) forms of the European Union elaborating on some of the specifics of the NEEP; ii) the problems the new European economy...

[Introduction]. The following essay analyses how the industrial relations actors of the German and French automotive industry, exemplified with particular reference to Volkswagen and Renault, mediate the pressure which has been induced through the increasing globalisation of production...

[From the Introduction]. In light of these challenges that face EU policy makers, this paper attempts to address two fundamental questions: What is innovation? And what kind of policy is best suited for the job − one anchored in competition policy or industrial policy? Evaluation of the EU’s...

In the last decade or so, the EU has adopted a number of legislation aimed at liberalising network industries and developing an EU-level regulatory framework for those industries. Against this background, we examine the extent of liberalisation and the nature of market performance in a group of...

[From the Introduction]. In light of these challenges that face EU policy makers, this paper attempts to address two fundamental questions: What is innovation? And what kind of policy is best suited for the job − one anchored in competition policy or industrial policy? Evaluation of the...

The new European economy, complete with monetary union, gave rise to the emergence of a New European Economic Policy (NEEP). This paper takes as its task the analysis of: i) forms of the European Union elaborating on some of the specifics of the NEEP; ii) the problems the new European economy...