EU administrative governance

This unique contribution to the contemporary understanding of structures underlying European government and the exercise of governance will be of great interest to scholars in the fields of administrative law, EU law and administrative sciences.

Mergers and acquisitions

the innovation impact

#The volume provides provocative new insights into the dynamic relationship between two of the most strategic priorities for 21st century firms: technological innovation and M&As. It does so by bringing together in a novel way the literature on these two different areas of firm ...

The evolution of european competition Law

whose regulation, wich competition?

INDEX: Foreword Part I: Introduction Part II: Strategic Competition Policies? US#EU Conflicts and Convergence Part III: Controlling Restrictions of Competition Part IV: Approaching Competition by Regulation Part V: Conclusion: The New Thinking.

EU Private International Law

harmonization of laws

This book focuses on harmonization of conflict laws at the European Community level, which has been driven by the introduction of a series of conventions and regulations. It offers critical assessment of these advances across four main areas of concern: civil jurisdiction and judgments; the ...

Patents and the measurement of international competitiveness

new data on the use of patents by Universities, small firms and individual inventors

This highly original book represents a major advance in the use of patents to compare countries# technological competitiveness. It tabulates and analyses 280,000 United States patents from countries across the world over a ten year period. Specifically, these patents were granted to #not-for-profit# entities ...

Clusters and globalisation

the development of urban and regional economies

Clustering as an economic policy concern has become increasingly fashionable. The authors of this book shed light on this subject of which there remains remarkably little understanding, and even less agreement, regarding what clusters are, what they require for success and what impacts they are ...

Money, financial instability and stabilization policy

Money, Financial Instability and Stabilization Policy consists of original articles by leading Post Keynesians, Kaleckians and other heterodox economists from the developed and developing world.

Digital broadcasting

policy and practice in the Americas, Europe and Japan

Digital television is transforming both broadcasting and, as a result of convergence, the larger world of communications. The impending analogue switch-off will have a major impact on households all over the developed world. Digital Broadcasting considers the effects of digital television on the availability, price ...

International handbook on economic regulation

Michael Crew and David Parker have compiled a comprehensive, up-to-date and detailed analytical work on leading research issues in the economics of regulation. With contributions from international specialists in economic regulation, the Handbook provides a comprehensive discussion of major developments in both the theory and ...

National innovation, indicators and policy

This book takes stock of what is known about the process of innovation and its effects, and the policy interventions that influence both. It provides insights into future research required to support evidence-based policy-making and makes clear the need to take a systems approach to ...

The theory of international trade and unemployment

In this book, Paul Oslington underlines the contradiction between the prominence of job losses in political conflict over trade liberalization, and trade economists usually working with full employment models.

Developing corporate social responsibilility

a european perspective

The rapidly increasing attention devoted to corporate social responsibility (CSR) has resulted in the term 'CSR' being applied to myriad dissimilar phenomena. The authors therefore aim to dispel this confusion by presenting a multi-faceted view of socially responsible corporate behaviour and related themes. They provide ...

Handbook of fiscal federalism

This major new Handbook addresses fiscal relations between different levels of government under the general rubric of #fiscal federalism#, providing a review of the latest literature as well as an invaluable guide for practitioners and policy makers seeking informed policy options. The contributors include leading ...

Rethinking copyright

history, theory, language

#Two books in one, the first half of this manifesto offers a contrarian account of 18th- and 19th-century English copyright history; the second contributes to the burgeoning rhetoric of the public domain in contemporary copyright scholarship. Deazley contends that, contrary to the common wisdom, common ...

Criminalization of competition Law enforcement

economic and legal implications for the EU member States

This timely book brings together contributions from prominent scholars and practitioners to the ongoing debate on the criminalization of competition law enforcement. Recognizing that existing remedies and sanctions may be insufficient to deter breaches of competition law, several EU Member States have followed the US ...

Regulating the international market

This fascinating new book explores the management of the internal market from a legal perspective. While the EU agenda is currently dominated by the processes of Treaty reform, this assessment of both market and constitutional governance evaluates the coherence or otherwise of the project at ...

Economics uncut

a complete guide to life, death and misadventure

Applies principles of microeconomics to unusual settings to inspire students, teachers and scholars alike in the 'dismal science'. In this book, leading experts show how economics reaches into the strangest of places and throws light onto the dark side of human nature.

Autonomy and regulation

coping with agencies in the modern State

This book focuses on regulatory reforms and the autonomization and agencification of public sector organizations across Europe, Canada, New Zealand and Australia. The central argument of the book is that regulation and agencification occur and perform in tandem. Comparative analysis on the processes, effects and ...

Entrepreneurial decision-making

individuals, tasks and cognitions

This fascinating book aims to provide a deeper understanding of the decision-making processes of entrepreneurs. This is achieved via a comparison of entrepreneurial individuals with different levels of expertise in contexts with varying degrees of potential for entrepreneurial success. This multidisciplinary study is based on ...

A primer for benefit-cost analysis

BCA provides an objective framework around which discussion, correction and amendment can take place. Stated simply, it is the calculation of values for all the inputs and outputs from a project and then the subtraction of the first from the second. The authors' goal here ...