Competition policy in Europe

The modern industrial states desperately need more competition in order to generate growth and employment. Although the European Union pushed the member states to open several sectors to competition, there is much left to be done. At the same time powerful interest groups try to ...

The european commsission's jurisdiction to scrutinise mergers

Jurisdiction to scrutinise mergers. Second edition

Since the EC Merger Regulation was adopted in 1989, merger control has become established as an important part of EC competition law so that today all major businesses and law firms are aware of the Commission s extensive powers in this field. Right from the ...

Telecomunicaciones, infraestructuras y libre competencia

En este libro sobre Telecomunicaciones, infraestructuras y libre competencia dispone el lector un estudio sobre el nuevo reto que plantea al jurista, el impacto de las telecomunicaciones y las nuevas tecnologías de la comunicación en las sociedades capitalistas avanzadas. Aquí encontrará también una variada y ...

Antitrust developments in Europe 2002

Antitrust laws and proceedings in Europe, both at the Community and national levels, shape the European and international business landscape profoundly. It is therefore essential that business leaders and legal practitioners remain informed of the most important antitrust law developments and their effect on the ...

Computers and the environment

understanding and managing their impacts

Personal computers have made life convenient in many ways, but what about their impacts on the environment due to production, use and disposal? Manufacturing computers requires prodigious quantities of fossil fuels, toxic chemicals and water. Rapid improvements in performance mean we often buy a new ...

Acceptability of transport pricing strategies

Several studies and research projects all over the world have considered transport pricing strategies as promising attempts to solve the urgent traffic problems in urban areas. However, empirical results have shown that public and political acceptability of such strategies is low. Until now, acceptance research ...

The monopolistic competition revolution in retrospect

In 1977 a seminal paper was published by Avinash Dixit and Joseph Stiglitz that revolutionized the modeling of imperfectly competitive markets. It launched what might be called the second monopolistic competition revolution which has been far more successful than the first one, initiated by Edward ...

The emergence of entrepreneurship policy

governance, start-ups, and growth in the U.S. knowledge economy

This volume seeks to catalyze the emergence of a new field of policy studies: entrepreneurship policy. Practical experience and academic research both point to the central role of entrepreneurs in the process of economic growth and to the importance of public policy in creating the ...

Technological systems and intersectoral innovation flows

The authors of this notable book examine long-run technological change and the complex set of interrelated phenomena which can be grouped under the heading of #innovative processes#. They refer to a broad notion of the technological system and propose an original methodology to ensure consistent ...

The limits of convergence

globalization and organizational change in Argentina, South Korea, and Spain

This work challenges the notion that globalization encourages economic convergence and cultural homogenization across national borders. A systematic comparison of organizational change in Argentina, South Korea and Spain since 1950 finds that global competition forces countries to exploit their distinctive strengths, resulting in unique development ...

Competitive transformation of the postal and delivery sector

Edited by Michel A.Crew, and Paul R.Kleindorfer Competitive Transformation of the Postal and Delivery Sector is an indispensable source of information and analysis on the current state of the postal and delivery sector. It offers current insights of leading researchers and practitioners into ...

The geography of small firm innovation

The Geography of Small Firm Innovation offers a unique look at the importance of geographic proximity to the innovative activity of the high-tech small firms. IT explores the concentration of innovation across metropolitan areas in the United States during the 1990's by introducing a ...

El gas natural

del yacimiento al consumidor. Aprovisionamientos y cadena del gas natural licuado

El gas natural tiene indudables ventajas medioambientales en comparación con el resto de los recursos fósiles y, en los últimos años, se han multiplicado sus reservas, de forma que se ha convertido en un combustible abundante y económicamente viable. Alrededor de él ha surgido una ...

La transición a la competencia

sus costes y sus posibles compensaciones : un estudio crítico

Asistimos desde hace algunos años, y hoy todavía, a lo que se ha denominado como la liberalización de los servicios públicos. La liberalización supone un cambio trascendental que está planteando algunos problemas importantes. Sin duda, uno de ellos es el de su incidencia sobre la ...

Law of cartels

The law relating to cartels has been radically changed by the Enterprise Act 2002, which came into force on 20 June 2003. Cartel participation has been criminalised and directors involved in cartels can now be disqualified for periods of up to 15 years. At the ...

High-technology development in regional economic growth

policy implications of dynamic externalities

Korea has had considerable success in developing its high-technology industries and these have become significant employers in this region. By analyzing the situation in Korea, this text explores the effects of dynamic externalities on the growth of regional employment in the high- technology industries. It ...

Economía de las artes y política cultural

La actividad artística y cultural tiene importantes repercusiones y condicionantes económicos y sociales que atañen a los poderes públicos. El Estado debe mantener un compromiso constante a favor del arte y de la cultura, adaptándose a los cambios profundos de la sociedad.

Going public

the role of labor-management relations in delivering quality government services

The public sector currently employs around 40 per cent of all union members in the United States. Pressures for cost-effective and quality government services have placed new demands on the labour-management relationship. A fluctuating set of expectations about the appropriate responsibilities of government and a ...

Government birds

air transport and the state in Western Europe

Usually described as "state" industries, European airlines have been criticized as uncompetitive, overmanned, and subsidized. But this view begs the question of why and how the state became involved in air transport, as well as the question of whether airlines could have succeeded in Europe ...

Telecommunications regulation

Telecommunications Regulation examines the background to regulation and the work of the regulator. It discusses typical regulatory rules and the legal and administrative framework for regulation, and looks at regulatory strategies, market structures and approaches to price control. The book includes a number of case ...