Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgementsnotes; references; 5 the price of diversity; introduction; the industrial complex: centres of gravity in the industrial restructuring race; five concepts of control; bargaining and power in industrial complexes; rival views on competitiveness, subsidiarity and objectives; the management of dependencies in industrial systems: shifting cohesion, shifting concepts of control; the european union as the battleground of four rival concepts of control; notes; references; 6 european enlargement, competitiveness and integration; introduction
  • FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT AND INTERNATIONAL TRADEForeign direct investment; Trade flows; COMPETITIVENESS, CONVERGENCE AND INTEGRATION; The role of Germany; Implications for the transition economies; Implications for western Europe; Convergence, divergence and enlargement; CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; 7 CREATING A DYNAMICALLY COMPETITIVE ECONOMY; AIM AND STRUCTURE OF THE CHAPTER; THE COMPETITIVENESS OF NATIONS; The timing of the issue; The concept at the firm level; The concept at the national level; A tentative definition and its application; 'Enough' exports