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This paper reviews the governance framework of the Lisbon Strategy and discusses the specific option of increasing the role of benchmarking as a means of improving the implementation record of structural reforms in the European Union. Against this background, the paper puts forward a possible avenue for developing a strong form of quantitative benchmarking, namely ranking. The ranking methodology relies on the construction of a synthetic indicator using the "benefit of the doubt" approach, which acknowledges differences in emphasis among Member States with regard to structural reform priorities. The methodology is applied by using the structural indicators that have been commonly agreed by the governments of the Member States, but could also be used for ranking exercises on the basis of other indicators.

The Lisbon strategy, launched in 2000 to promote growth and employment by developing a highly competitive European economy, is an incoherent mixture of economic liberalism, social democratic aspirations and neo-Schumpeterian technological determinism. This article presents the macroeconomic environment of the Lisbon strategy and calls into question the generally accepted notion that Europe lags behind the USA in terms of productivity and innovation. It discusses the implications of the most important integrated guidelines that member countries should follow to implement the Lisbon agenda and argues that they represent more a neoliberal programme than a renewal of the European social model. This article also presents the results of empirical work that tested the effectiveness of the various market liberalisation measures promoted by the Lisbon agenda. These results show that one should not expect significant results in two key areas: innovation and employment.

"Die Lissabon-Strategie, die im Jahr 2000 ins Leben gerufen wurde mit dem Ziel, eine höchst wettbewerbsfähige europäische Wirtschaft zu schaffen, ist eine inkohärente Mixtur aus Wirtschaftsliberalismus, sozialdemokratischen Zielen und neo-schumpeterianischem technologischen Determinismus. Dieser Beitrag beschreibt das makroökonomische Umfeld der Lissabon-Strategie und stellt die allgemein akzeptierte Auffassung in Frage, dass Europa in Sachen Produktivität und Innovation hinter den USA zurückbleibt. Die Autoren erörtern die Folgen der wichtigsten integrierten Leitlinien, die von den Mitgliedstaaten befolgt werden müssen, um die Lissabon Agenda umzusetzen, und argumentieren, dass diese eher einem neoliberalen Programm als einer Erneuerung des europäischen Sozialmodells entsprechen. In dem Beitrag werden ferner die Ergebnisse empirischer Arbeiten vorgestellt, bei denen die Wirksamkeit der verschiedenen von der Lissabon-Strategie geförderten Marktliberalisierungsmaßnahmen untersucht wurde. Aus diesen geht hervor, dass in zwei Schlüsselbereichen, nämlich Innovation und Beschäftigung, keine nennenswerten Ergebnisse erwartet werden sollten." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)

The launch of the EU's Lisbon Strategy in 2000 aimed to make the EU 'the most competitive and dynamic knowledge based economy' by 2010. The Strategy introduced a strong competitiveness narrative in EU politics and set benchmarks for a variety of policy areas in which the EU had little or no formal legal competence. Member States were encouraged to share 'best practice', report progress and participate in peer review. The governance structure of Lisbon also marked a major break from the traditional 'community method'. The EU's Lisbon Strategy provides the first comprehensive theoretical and empirical evaluation of the Strategy by some of the most notable scholars of EU studies from across the Social Sciences. Drawing evidence from a broad range of policy areas affected by the Strategy, the volume explores two questions: how far did the Lisbon Strategy achieve its own objectives and why?

How successful was the EU's Lisbon Strategy? This volume provides the first comprehensive assessment of the Strategy and reflects on its key developments during its 10-year cycle. The volume contains both theoretical and empirical contributions by some of the leading scholars of EU studies across the social sciences