Industrial Enterprise and European Integration - From National to International Champions in Western Europe

Zusatztext Excellent book ... Industrial Enterprise and European Integration deserves to be most highly recommended. It merits particular applause for its perceptive analysis of ambiguity: of national firms and their multifaceted hybridisation, of nation states and their at times uneasy co-existence with the European Community, of the community itself and its hesitant search for solutions to deep-rooted industrial problems. Klappentext For centuries, states have attempted to increase their national wealth by protecting and promoting certain privileged enterprises. Since the 1960s, this phenomenon has accelerated with the emergence of 'national champions' - firms specially selected and promoted by governments to carry the national flag into the internationally competitive arena. This volume focuses on how European national champions have fared in an increasingly globalized industrial context. After setting the four national policy contexts of France, Germany, Britain, and Italy, it considers four major industrial sectors comparatively: electricity, aerospace, air transport, and telecommunications. It goes on to examine the binational collaboration involved in the Channel Tunnel project. It concludes with an assessment of the increasing impact of the European Union on Europe's national champions as they lose their national identity and monopoly status and become Europeanized, globalized, and hybridized. Zusammenfassung National champions are firms promoted by governments to defend the national interest in the international market. This book looks at how European national champions have fared under the pressure of European integration and in an increasingly competitive world economy.

Product details

• Authors: Centre for Eur Director, J.e.s. Hayward, Jack Hayward, Jack (Professor Hayward
• Assisted by: Jack Hayward (Editor), Hayward Jack (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.04.1995
• EAN: 9780198279723
• ISBN: 978-0-19-827972-3
• No. of pages: 380
• Series: Nuffield European Studies; Nuffield European Studies
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > International economy; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy, International business, International Economics, EU (European Union), International institutions, Central / national / federal government policies, Industry & industrial studies, EU & European institutions, Central government policies, Industry and industrial studies