ABSTRACT

The third edition of European Business is published at a time of turbulence in Europe. This uncertainty puts Europe's unique business environment at risk.

Key features of the new edition include:

  • assessments of how individual member states affect the integration process and bring diversity to European business;
  • new material on the links between Europe and the World’s other main regions, including emerging economies;
  • new case studies on topics such as the rise of the BRICs, the energy crisis, enlargement and the Euro.

The book retains popular pedagogical features to help students make sense of a confusing and complex environment.

A unique and accessible text, the book is ideal reading for students of European and International Business and important additional reading for those interested in European politics and economics.

part |81 pages

A portrait of Europe

chapter |20 pages

A portrait of Europe

chapter |18 pages

European business

Structure and performance

part |111 pages

The business environment and market integration

chapter |20 pages

The Single European Market

Towards a new phase of market integration

chapter |26 pages

European competition policy

The guardian of integrated markets

chapter |20 pages

Promoting structural change

EU industrial and enterprise policy

chapter |23 pages

Economic and monetary union

A step too far for European integration?

part |134 pages

Inputs and factors of production

chapter |28 pages

Transport

Towards efficient and effective mobility

chapter |31 pages

Energy policy

The quest for competitive, clean and secure energy supplies

chapter |27 pages

EU environment policy

A green light for competitiveness?

chapter |20 pages

A Digital Agenda for Europe

Creating the inclusive information economy

part |111 pages

Europe and the rest of the world

chapter |28 pages

Europe in a global context

chapter |19 pages

Engaging with the European space

Enlargement and neighbourhood policy

chapter |19 pages

European business in a global context

The developed world

chapter |30 pages

Europe and the BRICs

Opportunity or threat?

chapter |13 pages

Europe and the least developed countries

Trade, aid and the ACP states