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This book analyses the key factors determining European competitiveness. It focuses in particular on the issues of internationalization of firms and markets, the role of technology and innovation, and of continuing European integration, and deals with these issues on the level of firms, industries and countries. The competitiveness of the EC as a whole, relative to the USA and Japan, is also examined. Part I deals with internationalization, the organization of firms, and the activities of multinationals in Europe. Part II focuses on trends in technological competitiveness, and its importance in growth and trade performance. Part III is concerned with structural change, the integration of the European market, competition and mergers, the role of the public sector, and the role of cultural differences. The book ends by addressing the role of industrial policy in the future of the Eastern European economies

Le référendum sur le Brexit a ouvert une division du pays confirmée par les élections de 2019, en dépit de la victoire conservatrice. Le gouvernement central et les régions composantes du Royaume n'ont pas vraiment dialogué durant les négociations avec l'UE. Et les dynamiques d'explosion se renforcent nettement en Écosse, en Irlande, où la question de l'unification est à nouveau posée, voire au pays de Galles. Le système politique est secoué, et la cohésion du pays directement mise en cause. politique étrangère

The study notes that there are obvious differences – Northern Ireland faces a unique complex of problems associated with the Irish border and the Good Friday (Belfast) Agreement, but there are also important similarities. For both Scotland and Northern Ireland, the impact of Brexit revolves around the exacerbation of internal political divisions, economic and social consequences, and increased tensions vis-a-vis Westminster and the UK government. Devolution – and the implications of two devolved areas voting remain – appears to have been viewed more as an irritation than a central concern in the UK's Brexit planning to date.

Assesses the main elements of the European policy under the Labour government, how it compares with earlier approaches, and how it relates to the challenges Europe faces; Great Britain.

The present government's policy for publicly funded science, which centres on selectivity and centralization, could damage Britain's capacity to innovate. The policy follows from a desire by government to control the scientific community and from the advice of some scientists and science policy experts. This paper details the contradictions in the government's thinking on industrial and scientific questions, and challenges the central, and usually unexamined, assumptions which are used to justify existing policy for science.