...Catarina Figueira; Joseph Nellis; Richard Schoenberg Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate the extent of bank industry consolidation across the European Union, the patterns that have emerged from the mergers and acquisitions (M&As) and the regulatory framework that underpins...

...Colin Clark; Michael De Martinis; Maria Krambia‐Kapardis Purpose To examine the enabling legislation of European Union (EU) member country supreme audit institutions (SAIs) for their accountability to parliament and independence from the executive arm of government. Design/methodology/approach...

... a sunset industry in industrial societies, the textile and clothing industries nonetheless continues to maintain a significant presence in the European Union (EU) both in terms of employment (more than 2 million people) and their contribution to GDP (Eurostat, 2003). Since, they are dominated by a large...

... advantages in assessing new markets and resources. Again, efficiency gains will result. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 European Union International investments Acquisitions and mergers Transnational companies Greece Modern theories of regional economic integration highlight...

... significant growth in numbers coupled with impending enlargement. Stretched community resources dictated the need for new, more efficient systems that did not compromise the central integration tenet (EC 2000/0243). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 European regulations European Union...

...Peter Curwen; Jason Whalley Purpose The European Union (EU) has recently been significantly enlarged with the addition of ten countries. This was expected to induce telecommunications operators in the original EU15 to invest heavily in operators in the accession countries. This paper seeks...

...Derek Scott Keywords: European Union, United Kingdom, Political systems Much of the commentary on my book (Off Whitehall published by I.B.Tauris) has inevitably focussed on what it says about the relationship between Prime Minister Tony Blair and Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon...

...Kai‐Uwe Seidenfuss; Yunus Kathawala Purpose The paper aims to research the mechanics of voluntary export restraints (VERs). It first develops a comprehensive VER research agenda, subsequently covering a 1991 VER between the European Union (EU) and Japan that established “voluntary” quotas...

...David Floyd; John McManus Purpose This paper sets out to examine the increasing importance of small firms in the European Union (FEU). It further contrasts policy making in EU member states and it traces the development of an emerging EU‐wide policy‐making process. Design/methodology/approach...

...Philip R. Harris For the European Union to continue to succeed leaders in all 25 member countries have to devote more attention to the factors of culture and business. However, the key to successful business enterprise across Europe is not only understanding the impact of culture on human behavior...

... in these countries flows from the European Union. The simultaneous equations model results suggest that higher rates of economic growth result in a greater inflow of foreign capital. The regression results also suggest that interest rate differentials exert a much stronger effect than economic growth...

...Karl H. Pagac © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 --> European Union USA International relations A new "special relationship" Why Europe and the United States should work together Keywords: European Union, USA, International relations “Less might...

...Lionel Bell © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 --> European Union Constitutional law Federal government The Europe of Democracies The Minority Report is based on independent countries, linked by a treaty,rather than by a unifying constitution. It is as much about...

... Publishing Limited 2004 Europe European Union Exports Export markets Market entry Marketing strategy Never before in recorded history have business firms throughout Europe, large and small, been so involved in, and affected by, the international marketplace. As noted by Cateora...

... to hire more staff, but this would require the blessing of the Member States. © MCB UP Limited 2003 European Union Anti‐trust law Decentralised government Merging Single markets The Commission has put forward radical proposals to change the rule set controlling the implementation...

... concentrations. © MCB UP Limited 2003 European Union European legislation Competitive strategy Acquisitions and mergers The European Commssion’s toolkit for regulating competition at the Community level was much enhanced when the Merger Control Regulation (MCR) was adopted in December 1989...

...Sir Julian Rose; Jadwiga Lopata © MCB UP Limited 2003 --> Farms European Union Poland Sir Julian Rose and Jadwiga Lopata are co-Directors of the International Coalition to Protect the Polish Countryside (ICPPC). The ICPPC can be contacted at jadwiga@eceat-pl.most.org.pl...

...Lindsay Jenkins © MCB UP Limited 2003 --> European Union Economic integration United Kingdom Lindsay Jenkins has an honours degree in History from Bedford College, University of London. She has worked as a senior Civil Servant at the Ministry of Defence and has worked...

...Paul Gordon Dickinson In the northern dimension the Kaliningrad region of Russia is designed to get a pilot position as a laboratory for co-operation between the European Union and Russia and it was discussed again when a European Union delegation met President Putin in Moscow in May 2001...

...Steven K. Paulson; Jeffrey W. Steagall; Thomas M. Leonard; Louis A. Woods This paper reviews the literature concerning the degree to which a universal European business management model exists now and is expected to develop in the future in response to European Union (EU) influences...