Title:Becoming Europeans. Cultural Identity and Cultural Policies
Author(s):SASSATELLI, MonicaDate:2009Type of Publication:BookAbstract:This book addresses European identity as an object of both theoretical and empirical investigation. At the theoretical level it focuses on the academic and institutional debate on European cultural identity. It places this ...
Title:Building a European Identity: France, the United States, and the Oil Shock, 1973-74
Author(s):GFELLER, Aurélie ElisaDate:2012Type of Publication:BookAbstract:The Arab-Israeli war of 1973, the first oil price shock, and France’s transition from Gaullist to centrist rule in 1974 coincided with the United States’ attempt to redefine transatlantic relations. As the author argues, ...
Title:Business Services: The new frontier of competitiveness
Author(s):GIOVANNETTI, Giorgia; GUERRIERI, Paolo; QUINTIERI, BeniaminoDate:2010Type of Publication:BookAbstract:The business services sector plays an increasingly important role in enhancing a country’s competitiveness. Reduced product cycles times, prompt delivery, and improved customer services are crucial for the survival of ...
Title:Changing rules of delegation : a contest for power in comitology
Author(s):HERITIER, Adrienne; MOURY, Catherine; BISCHOFF, Carina S.; BERGSTRÖM, Carl-FredrikDate:2013Type of Publication:BookAbstract:With each legislative issue, legislators have to decide whether to delegate decision-making to the executive and/or to expert bodies in order to flesh out the details of this legislation, or, alternatively, to spell out ...
Title:Clusters Facing Competition: The Importance of External Linkages
Author(s):GIULIANI, Elisa; RABELLOTTI, Roberta; VAN DIJK, Meine PieterDate:2005Type of Publication:BookAbstract:This book explores the external sources of industrial cluster competitiveness and examines how they complement, integrate and substitute local, intra-cluster networks. The novelty of this book is to merge the cluster ...
Title:Competition, Contracts and Electricity Markets: A new perspective
Author(s):GLACHANT, Jean-Michel; FINON, Dominique; DE HAUTECLOCQUE, AdrienDate:2011Type of Publication:BookSeries/Report no.:Loyola de Palacio ProgrammeAbstract:This book fills a gap in the existing literature by dealing with several issues linked to long-term contracts and the efficiency of electricity markets. These include the impact of long-term contracts and vertical integration ...
Title:Competizione e spazio politico. Le elezioni si vincono davvero al centro?
Author(s):DE SIO, LorenzoDate:2011Type of Publication:BookAbstract:II comportamento elettorale viene spiegato per lo più in base al cosiddetto "teorema dell'elettore mediano", secondo cui i partiti, per vincere le elezioni, devono spostarsi progressivamente verso il centro, fino a diventare ...
Title:Constitutionalism, Multilevel Trade Governance and Social Regulation
Author(s):JOERGES, Christian; PETERSMANN, Ernst-UlrichDate:2006Type of Publication:BookAbstract:This is a book about the ever more complex legal networks of transnational economic governance structures and their legitimacy problems. The book takes up the challenge of the editors' earlier pioneering works which have ...