The achievement of social and economic development involves three processes: the increase in gross domestic product per capita, the reduction of unemployment and increase of employment, the reduction of poverty and income inequalities. Directly related to that are the objectives of new EU member...

The current volume represents the outcome of the international conference “National and European Values of Public Administration in the Balkans,” organised in Bucharest on 15-16 July 2011. The conference has been organised by Jean Monnet research network dedicated to “South-Eastern...

Since the conceptual framework of the European Administrative Space (EAS) in 1990s, at least two convergent trends may be found out. The first trend refers to EAS operationalisation as instrument and mechanism for assessing the reforms of the national public administrations. Herewith, we refer...

Public administration reform is a very important area of Croatian EU accession negotiations. The main criticism regarding the Croatian public administration is addressed towards its size and inefficiency. Public administration reforms run slowly. The existing legal and administrative system in...

Dans cet article nous analysons l'impact des fonds structurels sur le processus de convergence des régions européennes. Les effets de la convergence ont été observés jusqu'à présent en utilisant la méthode de l'économétrie spatiale laquelle explique l'impact des fonds structurels sur...

Until two years ago the majority of the world and the EU distinguished economists were convinced that the EU may proceed more quickly and efficiently forward into a brighter future abolishing Keynesian macroeconomic management and the welfare state and bringing back "flexible markets" following...

Mergers and acquisitions represent prominent phenomenon of the developed capitalist world. Growth of the company through mergers and acquisitions provides access to new markets and resources, and the success or failure is of great importance not only for the companies involved in these...

The utilization of European Union (EU) financial assistance is one of the central issues for Member States, as well as Candidate Countries like Croatia. In order to fully gain from the allocated resources of the EU budget, each country needs an adequate absorption capacity (AC). This article is...

The food industry is one of Europe's most important and dynamic industrial sectors. The degree of competitiveness of the food manufacturing sector in 27 EU countries is analysed empirically, using Eurostat and other relevant data. The EU food industry is currently confronted with several main...