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Purpose: Sustainable, inclusive progress, accompanied by income growth along with higher opportunities, quality of life, and environmental security, should be recognized as the key goal of any society. Moreover, development must necessarily include quality indicators, which reflect the compliance of the created economic environment with people's expectations. Therefore the aim of this research is to create a comprehensive index that combines quantitative and qualitative development indicators and identifies areas that need further attention and research. Design/Methodology/Approach: Unlike commonly accepted method of element by element development assessment, the method for calculating integrated development index for the EU member-states during 2016-2017s has been proposed in the article as well as the scenario forecasting up to 2020. The study is aimed at a hypothesis testing as: despite high income level, the country may experience low life satisfaction. Findings: Based on the analysis, it has been determined that countries with highest rates of human development occupy lower ranks according to the satisfaction with life index. Our comprehensive development index, which integrates human development index, the satisfaction with life and environmental performance index, has allowed us to identify countries that have balanced development of their economic-human-ecological systems. Practical Implications: Trend of decreasing value of the comprehensive development index of almost all EU member countries due to the reduction of their integrate indicators raise doubts. This may mean that EU member states' development will have slower, and subsequently negative dynamics. The results of scenario forecasting have confirmed it, without changing the priority from quantitative indicators to qualitative ones. Originality/Value: The study proves the need to take into account both objective and subjective development indicators in order to improve them and reach the overall goals of the EU. This will strengthen EU's international status ; peer-reviewed

The aim of the article is to compare the results of research on problems related to the commercialisation of innovations in enterprises operating in the European Union (EU) member countries. The analysis was based on the results of research conducted in February 2015 and 2016 by Kantar TNS Political & Social, which identified 10 major problems hindering the commercialisation of innovative goods and services, with their prevalence varying in frequency and scope.
The research revealed the commonness of specific obstacles that were identified as the major problems in the commercialisation of innovations. These hindrances included, i.a., a lack of financial resources.

1 Introduction: EU Legal Integration in the Field of Foreign Direct Investment -- I Setting the Scene: European Integration and FDI -- II European FDI Policies and the Liberalisation of FDI -- III European Integration and Investment Protection -- IV Definitions of FDI in Different Types of International Instruments -- V International Rule-making in the Field of FDI -- VI Scope and Structure of this Study -- 2 The Operation of the Internal Market Mechanism in relation to Direct Investment -- I Internal Market Integration in the Field of Direct Investment -- II Admission of Third-Country Direct Investment Into the Single Market and Issues of Demarcation between Articles 49 -- 54 and 63 TFEU -- III Post-Establishment Treatment of Third-Country Direct Investment in the Single Market -- IV Conclusion -- 3 The Lisbon Reform of the Common Commercial Policy: Implications for Union Competence and Practice in the Field of FDI -- I Union External Competence in the Field of FDI Before and After Lisbon -- II Implications of the Lisbon Reform of the CCP for the Union's Treaty-making Practice in the Field of FDI -- III The Lisbon Reform of the CCP and Inward FDI into the Single Market -- IV Conclusion -- 4 The Interplay between EU Law and Member State Bilateral Investment Agreements with Third Countries -- I Member State Practice of Concluding BITs and their Substantive Interaction with EU Law -- II The EU Legal Framework that Governs the Interplay between EU Law and Member State BITs with Third Countries -- III Post-Lisbon Developments with Regard to the Member States' Practice of Concluding BITs with Third Countries -- IV Conclusion -- 5 The Interplay between EU Law and Intra-EU Bilateral Investment Agreements -- I Historical Background to the Phenomenon of Intra-EU BITs -- II The EU Legal Order and Investment Protection -- III EU Law and Intra-EU BITs: Constitutional Aspects -- IV Intra-EU BITs and the EU Principle of Equal Treatment -- V Investor-State Arbitration under Intra-EU BITs and the Autonomy of the EU Legal Order -- VI Conclusion -- 6 Conclusion -- I The Union's Post-Lisbon FDI Competence and its Exercise -- II The Internal Market Freedoms and Inward FDI -- III EU Law and Member State BITs -- IV Future Direction of EU Legal Integration in the Field of FDI

"[D]iscusses nuclear liability and the interplay of the different stakeholders involved in the nuclear sector. It highlights shortcomings of the current liability regimes, suggests alternatives and calls for a more active role of the European Union in the area of nuclear liability. Contrary to existing literature, it refocuses the discussion of nuclear liability in the European Union away from the Euratom Treaty, arguing that the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union could also provide a sufficient legal basis for a European nuclear liability regime. The book presents a proposal for a harmonised European liability regime and discusses possibilities to enhance the feasibility of such a reform. It calls for a stronger involvement of the public in the nuclear sector and emphasises the intrinsic link between effective safety regulation and liability and compensation mechanisms. It also describes the need to find ways in which safety regulation and liability rules can mutually reinforce each other"--Back cover

This paper tests the central predictions of the theoretical tax competition literature for capital tax rates for a panel of European Union countries, notably a race to the bottom in corporate tax burdens. In contrast to the previous empirical literature, empirical support for increasing capital mobility to be resulting in a reduction in corporate tax burdens is found. The results also suggest that other factors driving the corporate tax burden should not be neglected and may provide substantial counterweight to tax competition forces

"The use of legislation by EU governments to define environmental standards for industry has been criticised for its poor track record in arresting the decline in the quality of Europe's environment. Environmental economists in particular have proposed that legislation should be supplemented or replaced by New Environmental Policy Instruments (NEPIs), such as eco-taxes, environmental charges, tradable permits and voluntary agreements. This book focuses on practical experiences with NEPIs in the EU and tests their application using the case study of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive. It traces the ways in which member states have adapted NEPIs to suit their preferred styles of environmental policy, then assesses their performance and how NEPIs have both assisted and hindered the EU environmental programme. It suggests options for ensuring that the environmental programme does not become fragmented by the use of NEPIs and discusses the implications of EU enlargement."--Provided by publisher.

"This volume addresses developments in European space policy and its significance for European integration, using discourse theory as a framework. It seeks to address the developments in European space policy by examining several sensitive security questions linked in general with space activities, on the one hand, and the interplay between space policy and security policy in the European Union (EU) on the other. The book argues that defence and security matters should be studied for a better understanding of space projects in their historical, political, economic, legal and social context. The volume seeks to answer the following key questions: What can space policy contribute to European identity formation and the integration process? What are the interests of member states/EU institutions in space? How is space policy perceived by European institutions, and how have they been engaged in the policy process to promote activity in space? In which ways is the EU engaged in space, in terms of policy areas, e.g. foreign policy, industrial policy, security and defence policies? What is the impact of institutions on the policy-making process in European space policy? This book will be of interest to students of EU policy, space policy, discourse studies and International Relations in general"--

A concise and well organized study of Central American regional integration and its relation to trade agreements with the European Union, including theory of integration, the AdA as a method for integration, interests of both sectors, and development