This book analyses the EU’s current interpretation of competition and its effects on the implementation of political initiatives in the single market, while sketching out a possible solution based on a new interpretation of competition on the basis of the problems identified in theory and...

In the context of increasing globalization, global competition and rapid change the EU sees innovation and its commercialization as an effective way to build long-term global competitive advantage. Innovation policy is a link between research and technological development policy and industrial...

We study whether and to what extent EU countries implement recommendations on macroeconomic imbalances given by the EU in the so-called European Semester. We assess how recommendations have evolved since 2013, based on a new database. We also study how EU recommendations on addressing...